#the theme is changeable (+ the back and forward buttons work too)

[tetotrinsky2006]

thoughts on the soon-to-be-new layout??????

[carry-on-my-wayward-meg]

'THE DEATH OF CLASSIC THEME RESTORER FOR FIREFOX'

“The add-on for Firefox WILL STOP WORKING when Mozilla releases Firefox 57.0 Stable, and Firefox 59.0 ESR.

It was developed as a DIRECT RESPONSE to Mozilla refreshing Firefox with the Australis theme release in Firefox 29.

The add-on allows Firefox users to restore many theme features that MOZILLA REMOVED and changed with the Australis launch, or introduced with it.

If you check out the official add-on page of Classic Theme Restorer on Mozilla's AMO site today (March 18, 2017), you will notice the following paragraph at the top:

“THIS ADD-ON WILL STOP WORKING WHEN FIREFOX 57 ARRIVES IN NOVEMBER 2017 AND MOZILLA DROPS SUPPORT FOR XUL / XPCOM / LEGACY ADD-ONS. IT SHOULD STILL WORK ON FIREFOX 52 ESR UNTIL ESR MOVES TO FIREFOX 59 ESR IN 2018 (~Q2).”

There is no "please port it" or "please add support for it" this time, because the ENTIRE ADD-ON ECO SYSTEM CHANGES and the technology behind this kind of add-on GETS DROPPED WITHOUT REPLACEMENT.

Aris posted a request on Bugzilla to GET MOZILLA TO INTRODUCE APIs that would allow him to port the add-on, but Mozilla marked the request as Wontfix. This means basically, that Mozilla won't create the APIs required to port Classic Theme Restorer, and many of the other add-ons that require this kind of access.”

While the new theme API may introduce some features, it is too limited to create a viable WebExtension version of this add-on.

Classic Theme Restorer, at the time of writing, is one of the HIGHEST RATED ADD-ONS on AMO. It has a FIVE STAR RATING BASED ON 1176 USER REVIEWS, and more than 413,000 users at the time of writing.

413,000 users may not be much when compared to Firefox's total population. MOST OF THESE USERS HAVE -- LIKELY -- USED FIREFOX FOR YEARS, EVEN BEFORE THE AUSTRALIS DAYS.”

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/

!!! I AM CRYING MY FUCKING EYEBALLS OUT !!!

I WANT MOZILLA TO EITHER POST THE GODDAMN COMPLEX APIs, OR CREATE, NOT ONLY “BROWSER WALLPAPERS” BUT, REAL COMPLETE THEMES THEMSELVES THAT ARE JUST AS GOOD AS CLASSIC THEME RESTORER OR WHAT CLASSIC FIREFOX USED TO BE.

THIS. Is what my Browser used to be. (AS OF NOVEMBER 12, print taken 3 DAYS AGO.)

THAT LITTLE FIREFOX BUTTON WHICH’S 3 THINGS IN ONE?

1. COLOR CHANGEABLE, INCLUDING PURPLE. 2. THE CUTEST. 3. OCCUPIES ZERO SPACE AT THE SIDE OF THE TABS.

I WANT IT BACK.

(The other Buttons, like, “Back”/”Forward”, which are also MUCH CUTER, I want it back as well.)

(At last on this Update, I LOVE that the Folders are Dark Gray instead of yellowyuck! FINALLY!)

Pardon my “supposed dumbness” but I see NO WAY of accessing the Menu on this “Firefox Quantum”.

UNLESS one opts to show “MENU BAR” OVER THE TABS, OCCUPYING THE HEIGHT OF A WHOLE BAR, SEVEN SEPARATED VISIBLE MENUS, WHICH IF IT ALREADY WASN’T UNNECESSARY, IS ALSO MADE OF 2/3rds of EMPTY SPACE.

Left:

Middle:

Right:

THE ENTIRE “MENU BAR” IS UNNECESSARY.

SINCE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN [FOR-EVER].

But there’s NO OTHER WAY TO ACCESS IT. I found NO WAY of changing this on the built in “Customize...” tab either.

TWO THOUSAND FUCKING SEVENTEEN. THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU MOZILLA.

Update: I DISCOVERED SOMETHING.

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The “Library” button has most of the Menus in it (still not all), but as importantly:

I CAN DRAG IT TO THE SIDE OF THE TAGS!

But the Purple Mozilla Logo was ENDLESSLY CUTER FOREVER!