Old version of firefox for os 10.8.5? 2 replies 7 have this problem 17867 views Last reply. Last reply by James 10 months ago; ommm. Posted 1/10/18, 3:08 AM. Where do i get a version of firefox for use with mac os 10.8.5? Where do i get a version of firefox for use with mac os 10.8.5? Chosen solution.
Ms.mouse wrote:Today, there was a Firefox upgrade that is not compatible with Mac 10.5.8 - it works but there was a warning that it would be vulnerable to attacks. According to the posted, Mac OSX 10.5 is still supported on Intel platforms, so that's a bit surprising. Since Firefox and SeaMonkey share the same Mozilla Core code (a.k.a.
'Gecko'), which usually dictates the system requirements, I wouldn't expect differences between the supported platforms of either application. As stated in, Mac OSX 10.5 support will be discontinued with FF 17.0 (similar with Thunderbird 17.0, thus also likely with SM 2.14). That's a Mozilla decision, I don't find any reason mentioned in the dependent bug reports. (I haven't given Netscape Navigator a run out for a while - I wonder if that is still safe to use?) No, any version of Netscape is several years old and way behind with security updates, so that wouldn't be an alternative to recommend.
There are several community efforts to keep current FF/TB/SM builds working with the old PPC architecture and 10.4, I don't know though if those extend to the Intel 10.5 with the upcoming change or not as I'm not using a Mac myself and thus don't quite follow those discussions. Rsx11m wrote:As stated in, Mac OSX 10.5 support will be discontinued with FF 17.0 (similar with Thunderbird 17.0, thus also likely with SM 2.14). That's a Mozilla decision, I don't find any reason mentioned in the dependent bug reports. The reason for deprecating old versions is, that it would make the code to confusing if you try to support so much OS versions. And with deprecating 10.5 it is now also possible to remove some old code (Quickdraw NPAPI, Carbon NPAPI) which will make the code simpler and maybe a bit faster and more stable (on new OS versions).