xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts
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userChromeJS / autoconfig.js and extensions
11 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 1 story, 10 comments · first 2021-05-10 · latest 2026-03-30
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…It's not widely used though, there are two repos I'm aware of that take advantage of this: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... https://github.com/onemen/TabMixPlus/
comment by MrAlex94 · 2026-03-30 · in 15 Years of Forking -
…Thankfully some kind soul has maintained a version hacked to still work even on a current Firefox ( https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... ).
comment by iggldiggl · 2023-07-10 · in Firefox address bar -
…and other legacy extensions are still available for modern Firefox with a modified userChromeJS: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master...
comment by ashtonabc · 2023-02-11 · in Why did Mozilla remove XUL add-ons? (2020) -
…tabs, without the use of extensions. Some legacy extensions are maintained and can be found here: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... (although you will need to use xiaoxiaoflood's userChrome.js loader AFAIK).…
comment by M1ch431 · 2022-09-24 · in Mozilla reaffirms that Firefox will continue to support current content blockers -
Personally I've found https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... very nice and almost indispensable – working versions of DownThemAll [1] and Norwell History Tools hacked to continue running on modern Firefox. [1] Yes,…
comment by iggldiggl · 2022-09-12 · in A script to allow installing unsigned extensions on Firefox -
…though of course it needs one of the Firefox varieties that are allowed to load arbitrary add-ons ( https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... ).
comment by iggldiggl · 2022-08-18 · in Ask HN: Why are bookmarks second class citizens in browsers? -
…XBL was removed in 72. This repository is usually the preferred base if you're interested though https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts
comment by zamadatix · 2022-01-25 · in Firefox about:config Menu Shortcut -
…shim for loading them, a number of old add-ons are still working on current Firefox versions: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master...
comment by iggldiggl · 2021-12-10 · in Chrome users beware: Manifest v3 is deceitful and threatening -
If you're interested, DownThemAll has been ported to support newer Gecko versions: https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/tree/master... Waterfox G3+ supports installing bootstrapped/XPCOM extensions :-)
comment by MrAlex94 · 2021-10-10 · in Waterfox Browser -
…there is some hacky way of running the original add-on even in a current Firefox, if you dare ( https://github.com/xiaoxiaoflood/firefox-scripts/ )
comment by iggldiggl · 2021-05-10 · in When the Tab Comes Due: Challenges in the Cost Structure of Browser Tab Usage