Firefox 10 ESR and Windows 8?

Desiree

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Nov 10, 2012, 4:21:57 AM11/10/12

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I use Fx 10 ESR on XP Pro. Is it too old a version to work on Windows 8
Desktop mode (not Metro - don't care about Metro at all)? Isn't Mozilla due
to update the ESR version in December?

WaltS

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Nov 10, 2012, 7:42:08 AM11/10/12

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Firefox 17.0 is the next ESR version. Firefox 17.0 release version is
due on 20-11-2012.

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Desiree

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:22:16 AM11/10/12

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"WaltS" <wls1...@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
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Thanks but that doesn't really answer my question. When does ESR get
changed? I think it is every 10 months which would mean some time in
December.

I'll install version 10 on Win 8....overload already to just learn that
awful Win 8 (I read that it is the steepest learning curve for any version
of Windows that Microsoft has released...extremely steep learning
curve...UGH...so I don't need a big learning curve for Fx at the same time.
I don't even like version 10. It is not stable like ver 4 that I use on my
host machine.

Ron Hunter

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:34:14 AM11/10/12

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Amazing! You will probably not see any difference between 17 and 10.
And as for 4 being stable, you MUST be kidding. I have been using beta
versions of FF, and have only one crash since August. You might
consider a new profile for FF 17ESR.

WaltS

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:42:33 AM11/10/12

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On 11/10/2012 08:34 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> On 11/10/2012 7:22 AM, Desiree wrote:
>>
>> "WaltS" <wls1...@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:O_adna0W_4k91gPN...@mozilla.org...
>>> On 11/10/2012 04:21 AM, Desiree wrote:
>>>> I use Fx 10 ESR on XP Pro. Is it too old a version to work on Windows 8
>>>> Desktop mode (not Metro - don't care about Metro at all)? Isn't Mozilla
>>>> due
>>>> to update the ESR version in December?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Firefox 17.0 is the next ESR version. Firefox 17.0 release version is due
>>> on 20-11-2012.
>>>
>>>
>>

>> Thanks but that doesn't really answer my question. When does ESR get
>> changed? I think it is every 10 months which would mean some time in
>> December.
>>
>> I'll install version 10 on Win 8....overload already to just learn that
>> awful Win 8 (I read that it is the steepest learning curve for any version
>> of Windows that Microsoft has released...extremely steep learning
>> curve...UGH...so I don't need a big learning curve for Fx at the same time.
>> I don't even like version 10. It is not stable like ver 4 that I use on my
>> host machine.
>>
>>
> Amazing! You will probably not see any difference between 17 and 10.
> And as for 4 being stable, you MUST be kidding. I have been using beta
> versions of FF, and have only one crash since August. You might
> consider a new profile for FF 17ESR.
>

Oh, I would definitely "Reset Firefox" for Firefox 17.0 ESR.

Maybe this will help Desiree.

<http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/>

WaltS

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Nov 10, 2012, 8:49:40 AM11/10/12

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This may help.

<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Next-Firefox-ESR-release-planned-1716550.html>

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Tarkus

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Nov 10, 2012, 2:49:13 PM11/10/12

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I don't use ESR, but I've never had any issues with Firefox in Windows 8
(even betas).

Desiree

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Nov 11, 2012, 1:23:07 AM11/11/12

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"WaltS" <wls1...@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message

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Thanks. I haven't been to that page in a long while. I see the new version
will be available on Nov 20 but there is that 3 month overlap which I had
forgotten about. I had signed up for the mail list but I never got
anything. I guess I should try again.