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Addons can make any Firefox slow until version 57 - Good news

So what does this mean ? No more addons in Firefox 57 ? ? Or are the current addons going to need to be recoded for what ever new way to write addons needs to be ? ?
 
It figures I would come across this topic right after I sent my crystal ball to the shop to get repaired.

Edit: I think this is what the op means.
Old XUL-based Firefox extensions built on the ancient Add-ons SDK will stop working when Mozilla releases Firefox 57, scheduled for the end of 2017.

Only add-ons built on the new WebExtensions API will work following that date, Mozilla Search and Add-ons engineer Kev Needham announced yesterday.

The WebExtensions API is the same add-ons system deployed with other browsers such as Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, and Edge, and primarily uses HTML, JS, and CSS to allow developers to build browser extensions.
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More here: Old Firefox Add-Ons Will Stop Working in Firefox 57, End of 2017
 
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So I probably will stay on FF52 ESR on my XP box as later versions won't work on XP and some extensions or add ons, can not be moved to XUL at this time, as the software call points are either not the same or do not exist in XUL ... Time will tell how the add on developers feel about starting from scratch for certain add ons.
 
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