T3rM1nat0Rr3 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Waterfox Classic is a legacy web browser for older systems and those that require use of XPCOM and XUL extensions, and it is based on an older version of the Gecko platform which allows the development of XPCOM and XUL add-ons. Waterfox Classic is open-source and MPL2 licensed that is forked from Firefox and developed by System1. Waterfox shares core features and technologies like the Gecko browser engine and support for Firefox Add-ons with Firefox. Download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 From Sept. 2019 blog: Changing Versioning Scheme Firefox is now moving to a 4 week release cycle and it does not make sense for Waterfox to follow the current versioning scheme it has. As such, the next releases after 56.2.14 and 68.0b1 will follow the date versioning system of YY.MM.X where: YYYY = Digits of year of release MM = Two digits of the month of release X = Hotfix Addition of Channels As of the next releases, Waterfox will have two separate channels, one focused on a legacy branch maintaining security and bug fixes and another branch focusing on keeping up to date with the modern web and a fully customisable web browser to go with it. The branches will be named as follows: Waterfox Classic YYYY.MM.X This branch is the legacy branch. Waterfox Current YYYY.MM.X This branch will be the modern, feature updated branch. Edit: for linux users, this new version requires GLIBC_2.30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvidal Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 so, in short, which version should we use??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mp68terr Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 1 hour ago, jvidal said: so, in short, which version should we use??? Using the classic/legacy one, but it's up to you. Could try/use with the portable ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeracier Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thnx, im going to test it by curiosity Let s see if it s more stable and faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbaker Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Anybody else having problems with Waterfox Current 2020.01? I had the 2019 version of "current", upgraded to 2020 and now when try to run all I get a box appear on screen, but goes before I can see what it says and Waterfox does not work.(have tried complete fresh install and still same) The classic version works but not the Current version,which is the one i need to run new versions of some addons. Any ideas anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verndog Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Waterfox is useless! I Synced my account from Firefox. Making sure passwords were enabled. In fact all were enabled. Once Synced, no passwords. I have way too many site passwords, so Waterfox is useless for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppositester Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Waterfox Classic - old add-ons work. I've been using it for a year and it's ok for me, in fact I haven't been so in love with a browser since the old versions of Firefox. But I am still at the 2019.12 version, the update does not appear yet. Waterfox Current - well, based on new versions of Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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