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Thunderbird/Add-ons Guide 57

140 bytes added, 23:40, 12 December 2017
Updated with the latest positive news :-)
<big>'''Add-ons Guide for Thunderbird 57 and beyond'''</big>
 
'''FIRST DRAFT'''
Mozilla core have disabled "legacy" add-ons (not based purely on WebExtensions) in Firefox 57. Because this type of add-on is not supported from mozilla57 any more, many interfaces have been removed from Mozilla core.
* StopIteration [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Archive/Web/StopIteration]
'''Suggestion for add== Affected in thunderbird59 ==* Add-on authors wishing to be compatible with Thunderbird 59: Wait!''' The fix for {{bug|1414398}} (see above) has arrived (2017-12options dialog not working in Add-12)ons Manager. It's doubtful whether Fix on the way in bug {{bug|1419145}} will be fixed, but {{bug|1418914}} will most likely be fixed and then inline options can be achieved via an embedded WebExtension.
== Removed in mozilla59 ==
* Inline options. Analysis on the way of how this feature can be restored, see were removed in {{bug|14191451414406}}. Current solutionThunderbird will not support that uncommon feature any more. Solution: Add-ons need to embed a WebExtension to display an inline options dialog[https://developer.mozilla.org/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Embedded_WebExtensions][https://developer.mozilla.org/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/options_ui], currently not working due to {{bug|1418914}}.
== Changes to JS changes in mozilla59 ==
* catch (ex if ...)
== Outlook and Suggestion ==
'''Suggestion for add-on authors wishing to be compatible with Thunderbird 59: Wait!''' The fix for {{bug|1414398}} (see above) has arrived (2017-12-12). {{Bug|1419145}} is being analysed. {{Bug|1418914}} will be fixed and then inline options can be achieved via an embedded WebExtension.
This == Also Note ==The list above only contains only selected changes relevant to addonsadd-ons. The full list of changes can be seen at [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases Firefox developer release notes] where all the details, bugzilla bug reports and patches implementing those changes can be found.
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