New versions of Firefox prepare for its biggest change ever | ZDNet
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| New versions of Firefox prepare for its biggest change e...Today's launch of
Firefox 47 means the E10S version, Firefox 48, has reached the beta stage. With
Electrolysis, Firefox will finally be able to use two or more proc... |
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I just got the notification that it wants to upgrade to ver. 47 . . . but I'm
running the portable version 4601, and they tend to lag a bit behind. The
portable version 47 was not available, as of this morning. It wasn't entirely
clear to me from this article whether crossing the latest Rubicon occurs at
ver. 47 or 48. But I've gotten really tired of this game, and the browser is
plenty good enough and secure enough for me just as it is, with all the
functionality that I like, for at least the near term. The changes look like
deal breakers -- again -- as I happen to rely upon several of these extensions.
Last time, it was still possible to finesse the things that they broke. But
there are only so many hoops I'm willing to jump through for this. Time to
find that "Cancel the Nag" setting, in 'About:Config'. Beyond that, it will
quite possibly again be time to research what alternate Mozilla forks -- such
as Pale Moon -- may still be maintained.
Jordan
