Firefox Extended Support Release
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:12 am
In case there are any out there that have issues with the new Firefox Quantum (version 57 and higher) and want to go back to a version of Firefox that will be supported for a while may I recommend the Firefox ESR. As of this it is at version 52.5.2 and supports all the old add-ons that work well as well as some of the new "improved" ones. As I read it Mozilla will continue security updates on FF ESR for a while.
Mozilla has a site that explains ESR: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/faq/
Downloads for supported OSes and languages: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
I am running this version on Windows 10 64 bit and OSX 10.13.2. I've found that this version is actually faster on my "old" Pentium quad core laptop than FF Quantum! When you install add-ons you may need to see "all versions" and pick a version of the add-on that works with the FF ESR.
Mozilla has a site that explains ESR: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/faq/
Downloads for supported OSes and languages: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
I am running this version on Windows 10 64 bit and OSX 10.13.2. I've found that this version is actually faster on my "old" Pentium quad core laptop than FF Quantum! When you install add-ons you may need to see "all versions" and pick a version of the add-on that works with the FF ESR.