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    Exclamation Firefox Updates

    *If you have Firefox questions, please create a new thread in the Internet Related Issues forum.

    Firefox Release channel downloads (Release notes)

    Firefox ESR channel downloads (Security Advisories for ESR)

    You can download other builds (such as EME-free) from the Mozilla FTP site

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    If you still use older addons, FF 52.9.0 ESR was the last of the 52.x series.
    XUL-based addons no longer function in FF57+ (Quantum).
    https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/

    You may also want to try Waterfox Classic, a fork of Firefox 56 (64-bit only).
    https://www.waterfox.net/

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    *Firefox 53 dropped XP/Vista support on April 18, 2017.
    Last edited by Midknyte; November 1st, 2019 at 07:08 PM. Reason: Updated Waterfox info

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    New "Heartbeat" f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ annoyance and how to disable it.

    https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat
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    38.x ESR version has been retired.

    Note that 45.x ESR now has Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) which was DRM that was added to FF38+
    To remove EME, do the following:
    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-drm

    Go to Menu - Options - Content
    Uncheck "Play DRM Content" box
    In the address bar, type about:support and press Enter
    Click on the Show Folder button (Opens your Firefox profile folder)
    Close Firefox
    Delete the gmp-eme-adobe folder in the Firefox profile folder

    FF46+ now enforces add-on signing. If you still need to use old, unsigned addons, you can use 45.x ESR:
    Enter about:config in the browser's address bar.
    Confirm you will be careful if the prompt appears.
    Search for xpinstall.signatures.required.
    Double-click the preference to set it to false.

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    Note that Mozilla is changing to their "Electrolysis" addon architecture (AKA e10s), so many addons won't be compatible with FF48.
    https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016...-electrolysis/

    You can check if your addons are compatible here:
    https://www.arewee10syet.com/

    If you are using a lot of old addons, I recommend you switch to the ESR channel for now.

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    The bad news for Firefox users continues with the fact that the upcoming Firefox 53.0 release won't work on Linux computers powered by processors older than Pentium 4 or AMD Opteron, and 32-bit Mac OS X operating system won't be supported as Firefox is now distributed as a 64-bit only app for macOS Sierra or later.

    http://news.softpedia.com/news/firef...n-513716.shtml

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    Firefox 67.0.4 and Firefox ESR 60.7.2 are now available for Firefox users. 2 zero-day bugs have been fixed.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozill...d-in-the-wild/

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    Firefox 68 is out: New dark reader view, better extensions, enterprise IT controls

    Firefox 68 ushers in Mozilla's new recommended add-on program.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/firefo...e-it-controls/

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    Waterfox has been updated to ver 56.2.12 with various security fixes.

    https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterf...ease-download/
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    In case anyone wants to disable the "Recommended Extensions" in FF68:

    Enter about:config in the addressbar
    Search for extensions.htmlaboutaddons
    Double-click extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled to set value FALSE
    Double-click extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled to set value FALSE

    Thanks for keeping this thread updated, jdc2000 and fink

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