So my question is two fold: 1) What would be a good version to update too that would load easily and run? 2) How do I back up my current Firefox information so it will load into the newer version?
If I need something really new I have an iPad that I use and I consider it expendable if something got a hold of it and corrupted it. So I'm very careful where I go and what I click with this machine. I fully understand the security risks of these older versions that I'm taking but to maintain the old programs that I am using I don't have much choice. In doing some research I see that Firefox version 52.0 "funnelcake101 for a 32bit windows machine" might be a good stable version.
About five years ago I attempted to update Firefox and this caused many issues and I was lucky to get back to the current old version I'm using now which works fine. I am running Firefox V20.0.1 and it's worked just fine until about the last six months when I started to "algorithm" exceptions and other things on different websites I have used for years that apparently have "enhanced security". I realize this is an old machine but I have old programs (that won't run on the new machines) that I use every day and it does everything that I need of a computer.
Users of older Microsoft operating systems - notably Windows 98 and Windows NT - have been unable to upgrade from Firefox 2.0 to the Version 3.x line, a point that has irked many.I have an old Windows computer running Windows XP Professional, Version 2002, SP3. Firefox 3.5, which will be updated to Beta 4 next week, supports the same versions. Like many of the out-in-public discussions by Mozilla - which prides itself on the openness of its deliberations - there was no immediate decision made by the participants, who included not only Beltzner but also Mike Shaver, Mozilla's vice president of engineering.Ĭurrently, Firefox 3.08 supports Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Server 2003. "I don't think completely dropping XP is feasible for 1.9.2 unless it ships in 2012, given that many machines, notably netbooks, are still shipping with XP Home," Connor said. Of course, there will always be people who cling to old systems like Win2k and XP, and they will be vocal."Ĭonnor rebutted Arnold's argument, noting - as did many of the others in the discussion - that XP is hale and hearty, and may remain so for years. If the result is good and users migrate from XP, then we should consider dropping XP.
"I think we should see how Windows 7 pans out. "We can justify dropping /XP entirely better than setting the minimum to XP SP3 because there are many more new features in Vista that we could take advantage of," said developer Rob Arnold. Others argued for even more drastic measures. "And while I understand that the platform itself isn't supported by Microsoft, I do think that keeping those XP users from being able to use Firefox will end up doing more harm (to them) than good, no matter what the intent." "Right now, the majority of our Windows users are still on XP, but I'm not sure it's clear how many of those users have upgraded, or intend to upgrade, or in some cases are able to upgrade," said Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director of Firefox. "As we intend to ship the next version of Firefox in early 2010, Firefox 3.5 will continue to be supported under our current support policy (six months after the next version) until after those OS versions are no longer supported," reasoned Connor, "so users will continue to be supported by Mozilla at least as long as their OS is supported."
After that July 2010 date, Microsoft will only support Windows XP SP3, the free upgrade it shipped in May 2008 after some initial compatibility snafus. will end all support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP Service Pack 2 on July 13, 2010, and has already ditched support for Windows XP and XP SP1.
Gecko 1.9.2 and the successor to Firefox 3.5 built on it - which Mozilla has dubbed "Firefox.next" and code-named "Namoroka" - are slated to wrap up in "early-to-mid 2010," according to the company's current plans.Ĭonnor based his proposal on the fact that Microsoft Corp. The company hopes to release that browser at some point in the second quarter. Mozilla is currently working on Gecko 1.9.1, the engine that powers Firefox 3.5, which is still under development.