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was mich auch schon lange an FX aufregt
benutze den "Video DownloadHelper" als Beispiel
addons.mozilla.org "Video DownloadHelper"
erst lesen und dann dürfen die FX Heiligsprecher was dazu sagen :wink:
(Revised)
Video DownloadHelper used to be one of my indispensable add-ons but not anymore! And the reason appears to be fundamentally Firefox's fault.
1. Firefox 29 and 30 issues with Video DownloadHelper version 4.9.22 (current)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I've wasted hours trying to resolve why I CANNOT PAUSE a Video DownloadHelper download with Firefox versions 29 and 30. Moreover, no one seems to have a satisfactory solution. (It's only one of many new problems with these recent versions of Firefox.)
Furthermore, with recent Firefox versions—certainly vers 29 and 30—I've found that I cannot revert to any earlier version Video DownloadHelper, as simply none of them will work with these latest versions of Firefox.
2. The Problem Resides Fundamentally with Mozilla and Firefox!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------The reason why Video DownloadHelper (and or why download pause fails) seems much more related to FireFox bugs (and of Mozilla's ineptitude) than any related to Video DownloadHelper. (As I point out below, Video DownloadHelper v 4.9.22 works with earlier Firefox versions.)
It's the usual and very longstanding Mozilla problem: whenever one upgrades Firefox one's guaranteed to break many of one's add-ons! This Mozilla shambles has been perpetrated on users since Firefox's earliest days. Mozilla's lack of inter-version compatibility has become truly a fundamental issue for Firefox, and it's made worse by the incessant, and unnecessary upgrades—it seems that every minor bug fix comes with a new full-version number (and one has to be a developer to figure out the unfathomable changes/change-logs from version to version).
(If Microsoft was ever to do this, then there would be uproar and hell to play, but somehow Mozilla has conned everyone into believing that it's a completely acceptable practice to break add-ons with every Firefox upgrade. This, simply, is an outrageous practice. [I often wonder why developers ever bother to develop add-ons in such a hostile development climate]).
4. No Video DownloadHelper Fix/Update
------------------------------------------------------Worse still, Video DownloadHelper has been stuck on version 4.9.22 for ages without a fix (probably because its developers are perplexed about how to unravel Mozilla's spaghetti code).
As said, there's no satisfactory solution for this problem on the net (and I'm not alone in experiencing it--check for yourself). Moreover, the only response from Mozilla to others who've complained about the download/pause problem is that it's the fault of the add-on's developer.
In Video DownloadHelper's case this is utter rubbish, it's just Mozilla trying to deflect problems with product development (again, see below).
Summary
------------Firefox's ability to break extensions is now so bad that I'm looking around for other substitute browsers. Anyone or group who's prepared to fork this project away from Mozilla and fix it properly would be doing the world a very great favor.
(BTW, please don't tell me to checkout Pale Moon's fork; this solution solves nothing re Mozilla's ability to break add-ons/extensions. This fork only adds additional complexities of its own as well as creating additional incompatibilities which the author never properly documents.)
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ADDENDUM
A TEMPORARY FIX FOR THE FIREFOX DOWNLOAD PAUSE PROBLEM!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If one reverts to Firefox version 25.0.1 thens the problem goes away, Video DownloadHelper actually works again!
(And also one doesn't need the 'Classic Theme Restorer' add-on to fix Mozilla's newly-created Toolbar layout problem—where the increased spacing between icons significantly reduces the number of possible icons on the toolbar. A huge victory for fashion/style over function! Heaven help us poor hapless users.)
This, again, is proof that Firefox development is out of control and not in the best interest of users. The question is why!
Users, you should all make this widely known. It's another reason we need an independent fork of Firefox where the users are fully informed about what is going on.
und los
schönes WE allen
