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How can I USE an add-on marked "Legacy"

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I need to use a Legacy TOOLBAR for "Addthis"... can you help me (either) get it back, or figure out how to revert FIREFOX so that it will work again?

Thanks!

I need to use a Legacy TOOLBAR for "Addthis"... can you help me (either) get it back, or figure out how to revert FIREFOX so that it will work again? Thanks!

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Hi,

It is no longer possible to use legacy extensions in the latest version of Firefox. There are several addons that provide similar functionality:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/share-backported/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/addtoany-share/

Additionally, AddThis has discontinued support for their extensions (http://www.addthis.com/academy/addthis-browser-extensions-no-longer-supported/ ), so it likely the add-on would have stopped working at some point anyway.

I have not personally tested either of these extensions, so I cannot guarantee that they will work.

You can also find replacement add-ons in the following places:

  1. Click the menu button Fx57menu and choose Add-ons (or enter about:addons in a new tab).
  2. In the Add-ons Manager that opens, Click Legacy Extensions
  3. Click the Find a Replacement button next to your legacy add-on.

The extension finder utility: https://mozilla.github.io/extension-finder/

The add-ons forum: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons/add-on-support

This spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECIVyBU0GPoSmRqZ7A0VBvqeKYVSww/edit

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Hi,

It is no longer possible to use legacy extensions in the latest version of Firefox. There are several addons that provide similar functionality:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/share-backported/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/addtoany-share/

Additionally, AddThis has discontinued support for their extensions (http://www.addthis.com/academy/addthis-browser-extensions-no-longer-supported/ ), so it likely the add-on would have stopped working at some point anyway.

I have not personally tested either of these extensions, so I cannot guarantee that they will work.

You can also find replacement add-ons in the following places:

  1. Click the menu button Fx57menu and choose Add-ons (or enter about:addons in a new tab).
  2. In the Add-ons Manager that opens, Click Legacy Extensions
  3. Click the Find a Replacement button next to your legacy add-on.

The extension finder utility: https://mozilla.github.io/extension-finder/

The add-ons forum: https://discourse.mozilla.org/c/add-ons/add-on-support

This spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TFcEXMcKrwoIAECIVyBU0GPoSmRqZ7A0VBvqeKYVSww/edit

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Here are your choices; 1) Contact its support and ask if they will update 2) Find a replacement 3) Downgrade to a prior Firefox 4) Do without

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user1929 - SUPERB! The ADD TO ANY one worked like a charm... I would rather it be able to be added as a SEPARATE TOOLBAR, but can't have everything... at least it's clickable, and easy to use.

Thanks for your help!

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Good night....

A little story personally i start using Firefox only because a prized extension called downthemall, this extension is very usefull in academic life. The developer not intereste in continue with Project in quantum line, personally i stop using Firefox, because of their unilateral decision to discontinue extension abandon users and developers.

This is my personally opinion, but in my work everybody need a solution for the ausence of some important extensions, well i open a case on support and the only suggestion is to downgrade Firefox, great do it in one o two machines is simple but in a Thousand is not so simple, well for everybody who have similar problem i discover a simple solution, that you use in several machines .....without mozilla support help they are not interestes in legacy extension, users or developers...

well let me see:

1- download <strike>https://mozilla-firefox-portable.br.uptodown.com/windows</strike> 2- Install in a folder of your choice 3- configure in options block updates. 4- install your desired extensions 5- copy the folder to a network área, and do a batch packet to distribute in your network machines...

This solutions permit tha you maintain the two version alternate between it....

I expect that i help all orphan users from mozilla support...


I dont have more doubts anda dont need any answer good night for mozilla foundation.... the last turn off the lights....a great hugh

Modified by James

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The proper place to get previous versions of portable Firefox is at https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/ and not some random unofficial download site.

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Unless you get the program from a trusted source, you don't know what you will end up with.