Isn't there a concern about the lack of security fixes sticking with an older version of a browser that isn't updated? Even if that wasn't a problem, I don't know how far back I would want to go. I can't remember when I started having memory leaks/usage issues with Firefox.
>just stick with an older version so FF, like v 49 for >example and turn off all updates. btw, a really useful >FF extension is checkcompatibility that lets you add >back disabling compatibility checking so you can use old >extensions.
>Isn’t there a concern about the lack of security fixes >sticking with an older version of a browser that isn’t >updated? Even if that wasn’t a problem, I don’t know how >far back I would want to go. I can’t remember when I >started having memory leaks/usage issues with Firefox.
Just download (while you still can) an extended support release like firefox-52.3.0esr to have on hand and install after you give up and remove the worthless latest upgrade.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/52.3.0/releasenotes/
“Isn’t there a concern about the lack of security fixes sticking with an older version of a browser that isn’t updated?”
i personally think browser “security” is a shibboleth. It’s the job of the OS to provide security, not the individual applications. And yes, ALL versions of Windows provide horrible security, so one thing I do to vastly increase security is to emulate Unix-type security where one login ID is a superuser, and all the other logins are ordinary users that can use the facilities and applications provided by the OS, but cannot alter the OS or the applications. In Windows, this is done by having one account that has Administrative privilege and the rest are limited user accounts. One uses only limited user accounts for ordinary work and utilizes the administrative account only for OS and application add, removes, changes and updates. Fundamentally, this technique is the only one that offers any kind of security at all on a Windows OS.
“I can’t remember when I started having memory leaks/usage issues with Firefox.”
from day one. EVERY version of FF leaks memory like a sieve and the developers could care less, they’re too busy copying every bad feature possible from Chrome, Edge and Safari