4/6/2023 0 Comments Waterfox slow![]() The end result is you’re teetering on the edge of obsolescence, dying a slow death as you become a browser frozen in time in a world wide web that is constantly moving forward. ![]() Mozilla could disappear tomorrow and Pale Moon would still continue as normal. It is no longer accurate to say the same about Pale Moon and hasn’t been for many, many years now. ![]() Waterfox Classic is basically old Firefox. If anything Pale Moon is MORE secure than Firefox. It is simply mind-boggling how so many believe Pale Moon to be not as secure as Firefox despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Firefox security flaws simply don’t affect Pale Moon to begin with. The larger the code base the harder it is to secure, or in other words, the more things that can go wrong, the more things will go wrong. Pale Moon has no such difficulties adapting relevant security issues, and if you peruse the release notes, you will notice that the majority of Firefox security issues are “not applicable” to Pale Moon. This is the problem with not being an actual hard fork of Firefox. Hopefully we will see other contributors chipping in to the project to ease the burden. Kontos has done a commendable job in maintaining Waterfox for over 10 years, and it can't be easy to work on two projects at the same time. That is not a very reassuring message, although it is quite understandable and the transparency is appreciated. Waterfox Classic will warn the user that the browser could be vulnerable to multiple security issues, and it is up to the user to decide whether to proceed to user it or not. These changes are expected to go live this week. The announcement also says that Waterfox Classic will have its own page on the official site, this is something which has bothered some users, as the lone mention of it, has been the link to the releases page, from which you can download the browser. A list of unpatched security issues will be made available on the browser's website. The developer says that Waterfox Classic's future will rely on contributions, by which he probably means what he previously mentioned, about porting security fixes from Firefox ESR. And since it is no longer tied with G4, issues won't be closed because of complications/incompatibilities with the modern version. Now that Waterfox Classic has its own Github repository, users will be able to track and report issues related specifically to it. But more importantly, this will improve the development process of the browser, because previously, issues related to both versions were tackled together. Firstly, users who relied on it will get new versions. Until then, Waterfox' author said that will keep present Waterfox always updated with the last security changes in Firefox Quantum.This is a welcome move for multiple reasons. But it seems to be a kind of totally new browser, and not expected for the next months. However, it will be impossible to Waterfox keep following FF Quantum.Īt Waterfox' forums we can find lot of comments announcing a future possible new Waterfox based on FF Quantum. Today, Waterfox community has more than 1 million downloads.Īfter FF Quantum, Waterfox will remain as the last most updated 64 bits alternative/option for JAVA, Legacy etc users. ![]() In years, Waterfox always was updated following the last FF version.Īnd in years, we never heard about any kind of problem with Waterfox. It is and always was 100% based in last Firefox version. It is important to mention that Waterfox is not a "simple teenager creation". Out there today, Waterfox is the only 64 bits alternative/option, based in original FF 56 version, with the FF 57 last security updates. Users depending on JAVA, Legacy Add-ons etc are stick with ESR 32 bits FF' versions. Waterfox is an excellent ALTERNATIVE/OPTION.Īfter Firefox stopped with JAVA, Legacy Add-ons etc, Waterfox became the best alternative/option with 64 bits. ![]()
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