Firefox Updates

[Midknyte]

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

Firefox Release channel downloads (Release notes)
*Please note that 64-bit builds of Firefox are only supported on Windows 7 and higher.

Firefox ESR overview
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 is 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, a fork of Firefox 56 (64+ bit only).
https://www.waterfoxproject.org

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*Firefox 53 dropped XP/Vista support on April 18, 2017.

[fink]

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

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat

[Midknyte]

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.

[Midknyte]

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.

[Train]

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

[Midknyte]

Firefox 66.0.2 has been released. ESR is now on 60.6.1. (Release notes)

Release downloads: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
ESR downloads: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...nizations/all/

Note that as of FF64, XBL support has been removed. This may affect some of your addons.
https://mozilla.github.io/firefox-br...ew-packet.html

[jdc2000]

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/

[jdc2000]

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/

[fink]

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

https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterf...ease-download/

[Midknyte]

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