This was the pre-quantum era and, back then, Firefox 52 ESR (which is still available for download) offered support for both Windows XP and Vista. The past Firefox 52 ESR – the latest version to support XP and Vistaīefore September 2017, the ESR channel was home to older versions of Firefox. These so-called point releases contain imperative security upgrades. ESR releases are maintained for more than a year with important “point releases” that usually follow the regular Firefox releases. To be more precise, Firefox ESR is an older version of Firefox with a deferred development cycle that aims to offer increased stability at the expense of the latest features.īe that as it may, the ESR line does not fully compromise security towards achieving this goal. For example, imagine a national school system having to change their entire browser system because a new release does not support some important outdated features (but relevant to the system in question) or worse because of a security vulnerability.įound under the moniker of Firefox ESR (stands for Extended Support Release), it’s a browser specifically designed for organizations that require extended support. One of the main issues with mass software deployment within organizations can be the lack of extended support. I will try these.It may be unknown to many day-to-day users out there that the Mozilla Foundation offers a product specifically aimed at medium to extremely large organizations (schools, universities, and other international businesses). I turned off the firefox update prior to 57 and have been wondering what to use next. Hope this helps people who are desperately seeking a nice browser without resorting to Chrome. They also support the same add-ons that Firefox supported back during those versions.
They're nice flashbacks that make me feel like I'm reliving the good old days. Basilisk was released just days ago, likely as a result of developers who also hated "Quantum". Right now I'm using Pale Moon, which is a fork of Firefox, and has the user interface from the 4-28 era.Īnother fork of Firefox, which has the UI from the 29-56 era is Basilisk. I looked for forks of Firefox, and found several.
It wasn't an option for me, either, so I sought alternatives.
I don't blame her for not liking Firefox 57 "Quantum".
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