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October 14th, 2014, 03:14 PM
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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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March 31st, 2015, 02:47 PM
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New "Heartbeat" f̶e̶a̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ annoyance and how to disable it.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat
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August 2nd, 2016, 02:58 PM
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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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August 3rd, 2016, 03:03 PM
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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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March 11th, 2017, 10:12 AM
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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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June 20th, 2019, 03:41 PM
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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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July 10th, 2019, 11:08 AM
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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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July 12th, 2019, 02:33 PM
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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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July 12th, 2019, 05:56 PM
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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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