![]() □ What's new in Waterfox Classic 2022.04 ✨ NEW More to come on this front courtesy of Unresolved Web compatibility improvements to fix breakages across a variety of websites.Various security patches from the latest Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories.Added support for some emojis added in Unicode 13.□ What's new in Waterfox Classic 2022.06 ✨ NEW If you'd really like to help Waterfox out, please consider using the default search (Bing) with adblock disabled on it, it would be such a huge show of support! The default search is fairly privacy friendly. You can view unapplied security patches here. Not all patches apply cleanly or apply at all - but our better judgement is used. you will need to upgrade to Waterfox G3.Ĭontributors for this As the differences between Classic and later Firefox versions grow, we are doing our best to patch the security advisories as we think apply to Classic. If you'd like to watch DRM protected content such as on Netflix, Prime Video, etc. DRM modules have been updated but no longer seem to work on macOS.Allow Classic to run on MacOS Ventura - thanks to Fix fullscreen on MacOS - thanks to Improved module imports - thanks to Unresolved.I can't confirm this, as the auto-updater worked for me.□ What's new in Waterfox Classic 2022.11 ✔ Fixed Some users have claimed they had issues with the auto-update failing to patch the program to G4.1.3.1, and that they had to update to the new version manually. A few users have reported about a similar issue, and the developer has said that he will investigate the problem, and provide a fix for it. Perhaps something has changed in the way how Mozilla's server handles the authentication process. So, this problem is clearly not related to the update. When I tried to sign in through the browser on my Windows machine in the previous build, it failed to work too. The login form gets stuck on "working", after entering the username and clicking the continue button. There seems to be a bug with Waterfox, I noticed that I couldn't sign in to my Firefox Sync account on my Mac. The latest build also includes some fixes for the stability, functionality and the security of the browser. A bug related to BootstrapLoader was preventing the installation of legacy add-ons such as TabMixPlus, this has been resolved. It fixes an issue that was introduced in G4.1.3 (also released last week). Waterfox was updated to version G4.1.3.1 a few days ago for Windows, macOS and Linux. This sounds similar to how Waterfox Classic, which was introduced as a separate branch last year, is being maintained. In other words, no new features will be added to G4. What does this mean for Waterfox G4?Īll remaining updates for Waterfox G4 will focus on security fixes and critical bug fixes only. Hopefully, we will see a beta version of the upcoming version soon. There is no word yet as to when Waterfox G5 will be released. Optionally, you may choose to disable automatic updates completely by switching to the following options: "Never check for updates." This is not recommended as you may not get security updates for the browser. Go to the Settings page's General Section, scroll down to Waterfox updates, and select the option that says "Check for updates but let you choose to install them". Users who prefer to remain on the old version will need to change an option to avoid the auto-update. The developer also mentioned that existing installations of the browser will be upgraded from G4 to G5 automatically when the update becomes available. The next version will be called Waterfox G5. ![]() Waterfox G5 will be delivered as an auto-update The last version of ESR 91 will be available on August 22, after which ESR 102 will be the only version that will be maintained by the organization. For reference, the Extended Support Release for Firefox 91, was rolled out August 9, 2021. According to the Firefox Release Calendar, Mozilla will release Firefox ESR 102 on June 27th, 2022, i.e.
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