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Will it work with Firefox 57?
Hello,
I'm just wondering if the Echofon unofficial addon will be updated to the new firefox web extension to be able to work in Firefox 57, that will be out in about 1 month and a half...
Kind regards
The day has come. FF57 is here. I'm still looking for a good alternative... :(
Maybe a port to Thunderbird would be good in waiting for a proper WebExtension version.
What do you suggest as the best alternative to use while the extension is being rewritten? Pale Moon? I'll look into the Thunderbird port, maybe this can be done without much work.
Maybe a floating pane like Echofon has with mobile version of Twitter (m.twitter.com)? This way wouldn't lose its workflow (for me) thank you @YoruNoHikage :)
There are several extensions already doing this with the sidebar, maybe you can use of them while we update Echofon. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/search/?q=twitter&appver=57.0
No one with floating panel (that was the way I use it) but thank you anyway, will try some @YoruNoHikage :)
In the absence of the excellent Echofon, i recommend for those who use Windows 10 the app "Tweeten" Not the same thing, but it's what you have at the moment...
Tweeten is a good initiative, but it costs almost 190MB, and it's just a boxed version of Chrome running a webpage (although looks good in a way certainly) -_-, almost like Whatsapp for Windows. The same. Thank you anyway:)
I've tried both Twitter for Windows and Tweeten and they lack the same features :
- counter for unread tweets
- display of new tweets above the older tweets (reading new tweets from bottom to top)
Twitside set up is not as intuitive as Echofon, but I guess you can't have everything -- including the unread tweet count. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/twit-side/
Another voice here hoping for a Quantum version. None of the other Twitter extensions/apps work as well for me as echofon.
According to https://twitter.com/EchofoxTeam/status/933039549227454466 a new version is supposed to be in the works, but it looks like there hasn't been many updates to the repo since November. Can someone working on the new version please give us an update as to where the process is at the moment?
As of now, I didn't get to find enough time to work on the new version, definitely planned, just don't know when... My first steps will be to get it work with Pale Moon and/or Thunderbird.
FYI - There is an extended support release version of Firefox that folks can use while waiting for the update. The current ESR version is supported until August 2018.
Just a little update to tell you guys I've looked into it this last weekend and I got Echofon working with Thunderbird. As of now, only the window and the panel are working (there's no sidebar on Thunderbird) but the links doesn't open in the browser (yet). I'll take a deeper look and will release a specific version for it in the coming weeks (yeah sorry, I don't have much time). I've checked Pale Moon and saw they won't support Web Extensions so I prefer dropping this alternative as I think not a lot of people uses it anyway.
As @yo-bj said, if you guys really want Echofon in the meantime, use Firefox ESR.
EDIT: I got the URLs working. Here's the module if you guys wants to install it on Thunderbird: Echofon for Thunderbird
Great work YoruNoHikage! You're making us very happy ;) The Echofon icon appears in the bottom right corner. And the Echofon panel appears in the top left corner. Is it possible to move them else where (e.g. icon up in the main icon bar)?
@bylokk Thanks :). That's weird, the panel opened right above the icon for me...
Firefox 60 ESR is now here, so the end of the last way to use Firefox and Echofon in a safe way is near. Does anyone still work on a new version of Echofon, post Quantum leap?
After updating to 52.9.0 (32-bit) ESR, Echofon is not returning any content. Since there has been no updates to this thread for quite a while, and with the upcoming 60 ESR, ESR is now becoming a non-viable option to use the current version of Echofon.