Re: Dire straits for Firefox users

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Hello,

Today it happened, Firefox suggested a "security update", and when I
applied it, I was running Firefox 60. So, I had to downgrade to 52.9.0
ESR to run my daily chores. The solutions proposed to replace my old
extensions just did not cover my needs at this point. I used backups to
recover my latest version, but you can install an older version of
Firefox by downloading it from (in my case)
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/52.9.0esr/win32/ and
choosing the appropriate language version.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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J R FOX wrote on 26.5.2018 at 20:01:
> If necessary, I may just keep on using the last functional ESR for FF on
> an indefinite basis . . .  because I think the added functionality of
> those extensions outranks the other concerns.  I have long been
> buttressing them with use of the other two browsers I mentioned anyway,
> for various reasons.  At the same time, I have to wonder whether the
> supposed security risks with the non-updated product are greatly
> overblown.  I think that could be true, but it may depend to some extent
> upon one's individual browsing behavior.
>
>
>
>     Jordan