old addons?

[dchmelik]

I created new Pale Moon profile to replace old/corrupt one but some addons disappeared or may no longer work?

• Downloads Statusbar 15.2.0
• Encrypted Web 5.1.5
• Forecastfox for Pale Moon 1.0.0
• GNU LibreJS 6.0.13 (Disabled)
• Restart manager 2.09 (Disabled, Incompatible)
• WebToPDF 12.10

I know Forecastfox might've been deleted for copyright but don't think it hurts to keep it for private personal usage... saw how to get extension ID and copy from old profile, but could that ruin new profile? I'm unsure it even works anymore? GNU LibreJS has new versions but isn't made for Pale Moon anymore--was this last working version? I wasn't allowed to install Restart Manager because incompatible but need it as reminder or in case new version is made--can I get extension ID and copy in also? What happened to the others?

[moonbat]

Only the extension authors can respond to your queries.

[dchmelik]

Clearly that's not true, as they're not the only people that use them, and there are other things to consider about all of them, like just usage (in new profiles) for some of them, for example with the HTTPS one, addons for that may have become unnecessary.

[andyprough]

Did you check the Pale Moon extensions pages to see if there are some currently maintained add-ons you can use to replace some of these old ones? I see pretty quickly that there are weather forecast extensions, PDF print extensions, Restart Manager is there, and encryption extensions available. I don't know what all your extensions do or where you got them from. But you should probably spend some time looking at addons.palemoon.org/extensions to see if there are some there that will replace the functions of the older ones.

My understanding of how LibreJS works would indicate to me that you would probably not want to use an old and unmaintained version, as you'll probably be getting bad information regarding which js is Libre, which js seems "safe", etc. So you might want to use a modern and maintained extension like eMatrix in order to control which js from which domains you will allow to run: addons.palemoon.org/addon/ematrix/

[Moonchild]

"Encrypted Web" is no longer relevant. We've passed the period of transition where this could potentially be useful and forcing a different protocol on web pages (where still a thing) will most likely just break sites and cause you a bad browsing experience. You can safely go without it. If you do want opportunistic encryption, you can go into preferences -> security and check "Enable Upgrade Insecure Requests" to signal to servers you prefer https for everything. The server (if it's configured to support this) will then automatically switch to https for requests to plain resources.

[LAR Grizzly]

I've provided a link to download Forecastfox for Pale Moon. It still works on my Machine.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/a1oa924o ... 0.zip/file

[back2themoon]

Restart manager requires a simple install.rdf edit. Well, it's only simple if you know what to do. Let me know if you need instructions.

[dchmelik]

Thanks for all the help. I already copied all the .XPIs from my old profile, even though this may be a risk. Good to know at least one of them is no longer necessary.