It is up to extension developers to provide features such as a Contextual menu for their extension. Seven other WebExtension's that I use do have a Contextual menu item, but is it limited as to what is can do when compared to Legacy extensions; like adding more than one main Context menu item, and beyond that a separate sub-menu needs to be created in the extension.

I haven't used RoboForm since the "lifetime" payment was thrown in the trash, back in the days of Firefox 4.0. IMO, they would have been better just "eating their costs" for developing the new version to keep their customers happy. They ain't getting any more money from me, so they're off my computers forever.

As far as recommending an older version of Firefox; I have no idea about when RoboForm changed their Firefox add-on for WE compatibility and that feature got lost or left out of the Firefox Contextual menu. But "going back" to an older version of Firefox for the sake of an extension just isn't the answer.

Thank you for the reply. I'm not keen about rolling back to an ESR version of Firefox because it is slower than the Quantum FF but at least all my extensions work, unlike now, and I'm debating whether to sacrifice speed for functionality. A lot of these software companies are going from the pay to own to the pay to rent model. Although I prefer the old way I can understand that. They're in business to make money. I kept RoboForm because it worked well. Unfortunately, Firefox isn't playing nice with extensions anymore. Perhaps you can recommend a form filler that does work with Firefox in its current reincarnation.

RaymondSt said

Unfortunately, Firefox isn't playing nice with extensions anymore.

By whose standards?

Extensions "extend" the default functionality of Firefox. When the rules for extensions is changed by Mozilla or the extension format grossly changed by Mozilla, as with what occurred with the move from Legacy extensions to WebExtensions which happened with Firefox 57 Quantum, of course the developers of extensions for Firefox may have to start with a "clean sheet of paper" and re-write their extension. Some features in an extension may get lost completely, or (IMO) the extension developer decided to not have that feature available any longer for their Firefox users - which in this case I think is what happened. Not right to blame Mozilla for changing Firefox to keep it going in to the future. It is what it is, if the extension developers don't like it, they should stop supporting Firefox with their products.

As I mentioned, I have 7 Quantum WebExtensions installed which provide a Contextual item sub-menu, so I feel that isn't a limitation that was imposed by Mozilla.

Would I be wrong in saying that RoboForm does work properly now, and your complaint is about a relatively minor issue as to how they implemented their login feature from a drop-down menu rather than via a Contextual menu item as they did in the past?

And don't think that I am a Firefox "fan-boi", I am so pissed over the last couple of years due to the changes to Firefox and what I saw "coming down the road" that I kept my old Firefox 38 ESR installation intact and use that for like 90% of the time that I spend online. I have 6 different versions of Firefox currently installed and usable; and actually have two versions running that the same time for the whole day, switching back and forth between them.

As far as going back to Firefox 52 ESR, that would be a waste of time at this point. The "clock is ticking" and ESR 52 will hit "end of life" for security updates on Sept 5th, 1 1/2 months from now.

Yes, Roboform does work in Quantum just without the context menu, which I found very convenient. It's just a little more awkward to fill a login now, that's all. Could you please direct me to a link that provides instruction on how to have more than one Firefox installation on the same drive? That sounds like a good solution.

RaymondSt said

Yes, Roboform does work in Quantum just without the context menu, which I found very convenient. It's just a little more awkward to fill a login now, that's all. Could you please direct me to a link that provides instruction on how to have more than one Firefox installation on the same drive? That sounds like a good solution.

If you want run a 2nd Firefox installation and use a pre-Quantum version, you would need a 2nd Profile to use exclusively with the older version; that would be a lot of work to achieve; and one mistake or oversight and the existing Profile can be rendered almost useless. IOW, that could turn out to be a very, very, very inconvenient solution. Everything that you install in Firefox, along with all your data (bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, etc.) would be split between 2 different Profiles (or a many Profiles as you would use).

Are you sure that is what you want to do?

My "system" with so many different installations and their respective Profiles has slowly evolved over the last 15 years.

Thanks for laying out the dangers of such an endeavor. I better pass on that idea. But just out of curiosity that sounds like what you successfully did, six different versions and all. Did I read that right? I think that I have taken enough of your time. Thank you for your time and answers. Your remark that I'm not a "fan boi" was funny because I was wondering, "Is this guy a true believer." Lol, and then realized, Okay he's a pragmatic superuser. Best Regards, Ray