From 91f8c9edc092bb405c3885d11f816d60af7893a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2017 13:56:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Firefox WebExtensions (markdown) --- Firefox-WebExtensions.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Firefox-WebExtensions.md b/Firefox-WebExtensions.md index f1ef5a7..0c3c47b 100644 --- a/Firefox-WebExtensions.md +++ b/Firefox-WebExtensions.md @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ This page may update often until there is a stable release of uBO/webext. ### First install -The first time uBO/webext-hybrid executes, there might be a noticeable delay (a few seconds): this is caused by the fact that uBO/webext-hybrid will import all the data from legacy storage, into webext storage. This is done only the first time the uBO/webext-hybrid is executed, after this the import step will be skipped. +The first time uBO/webext-hybrid executes, there might be a noticeable delay[1]*: this is caused by the fact that uBO/webext-hybrid will import all the data from legacy storage, into webext storage. This is done only the first time the uBO/webext-hybrid is executed, after this the import step will be skipped. If you subsequently remove uBO/webext-hybrid, this will cause the webext storage to be removed by Firefox, and upon re-installing the uBO/webext-hybrid version, the import code will again kick in. @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Note that uBO/webext-hybrid will still be labelled as "Legacy" in `about:addons` The legacy storage is left untouched by uBO/webext-hybrid, so you can always go back to uBO/legacy (stable release) if you do not want to use the webext-hybrid version in the short term. +[1] A few seconds on my older than mainstream CPU with default settings/lists. The more filter lists you have enabled, the longer it will take. + ### Firefox for Android As per [documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Differences_between_desktop_and_Android), only with Firefox Mobile 55 (beta) you can access uBO's popup panel.