Waterfox Current G5.1.10 for windows instal

Along with supporting older extensions, Waterfox Classic also supports older versions of Mac OS X back to 10.7, making it useful for users left stranded when new Apple OS releases no longer support their hardware. That branch is now known as Waterfox Classic. Notably, the project forked and continued work on Firefox 56, the last version to support classic add-ons, while back-porting subsequent security fixes. He went on to remove controversial features such as Mozilla’s telemetry, sponsored links, and bundled additions such as Pocket.

Lead developer Alex Kontos started it when he was a student as a project to build a 64-bit edition of Firefox long before Mozilla offered such a thing. “ Waterfox targets higher-end PCs and Macs. This older version, perhaps as a result of getting less of the developer’s attention, has become progressively less useful as browser, because less and less sites work well with it.Īnyone interested that has something to say after trying this new version of “Current”, or knows something about good old “Classic” and its new lease of life, may consider posting here a comment with such information.

The “Classic” form of Waterfox, the one old and familiar to many that have used WF and has been rather neglected by its developers in recent times after work began on “Current”, is starting a new life as an Open Source Project and can be obtained from the Waterfox main site. I plan to keep using the previous version, G3, that works well enough for me, while testing this new one before deciding which one to use in the future.

The rollout of Waterfox G4, the latest “Current” version of this browser, started a while ago and continues now I finally have received it.

Waterfox Current G5.1.10 for windows instal