Downgrade 57 to 56

User Help for Mozilla Firefox
Post Reply
jamo2
Posts: 33
Joined: October 8th, 2017, 3:44 pm

Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by jamo2 »

Do to the fact that the 57 Version has destroyed the Add-On Session manager ...

I had a 56 Version working on a second computer.

To avoid the update I have set "update" to "Ask bevore" ...

BUT ... after the next shut down .. FF was updated to 57 !

I have seek for the old version ... I have fund a big information about this . I have downloaded a 56 Version and I have installed the old version ... and ... I have still the 57 Version.

I am not very happy.

I have not yet tested if FF 56 wil not have a forced update to 57 when I uninstall first the 57 Version ... and I do not know if the profile was altered by the 57 Version.

Is there some one, who know what I can do to go back to the old version? Or do some one know a way to extract the site Names from the session Manager into à text processing programm? Or better into a libre office calc sheet (to be able to sort all, to destroy doubles and then to click on each page to load the page and to put it in the bookmarks, if needed ?

Thanks
Jamo2
User avatar
the-edmeister
Posts: 32249
Joined: February 25th, 2003, 12:51 am
Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by the-edmeister »

Two things:

1. Don't use "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to install them."
Use "Never check for updates ( ...)" and remember to check yourself manually.

2. Disable Mozilla Maintenance Service - that can force updates to occur almost immediately after installing an older version.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/wh ... ce-service

Last item, were you using a Session Manager extension in Fx 56?
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Mine has wandered off and I'm out looking for it.
User avatar
Reflective
Posts: 2283
Joined: February 15th, 2007, 11:13 am

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by Reflective »

Download Basilisk browser which is a fork of Firefox 55: http://www.basilisk-browser.org/

It fully supports all legacy extensions such as the session manager you were referring to and you can go to the usual https://addons.mozilla.org/ site and download all of the extensions you had installed prior to FF57.

If you use Classic Theme Restorer, download the 1.7.3.2beta1 which the developer released to address an issue with the location bar ceasing to function with the previous version.

Basilisk creates its own directory which means you can keep Firefox 57 if you wish.

During the installation though, Basilisk doesn't provide the option to import data from Firefox which means you'll have to install extensions manually either by downloading them from the AMO site, or by dragging the XPI file from the firefox 57 profile/extensions folder. Same goes for your bookmarks so make a backup to HTML via the Library (Ctrl+Shift+B).

I've been using Basilisk myself for a couple of days now and it's both stable and fast.
Brummelchen
Posts: 4480
Joined: March 19th, 2005, 10:51 am

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by Brummelchen »

no note. basilisk is a palemoon production and has more of palemoon than firefox 55.
DN123ABC
Posts: 695
Joined: January 9th, 2017, 10:10 am

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by DN123ABC »

Thanks. I was having similar problems/questions here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=3036219

I'll take a look at what you did.
StanH
Posts: 110
Joined: March 5th, 2005, 2:29 pm
Location: North St Paul MN

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by StanH »

My session manager, Xmarks, and other legacy add-ons are working. Here is how I downgraded to FF v56.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &t=3036403
User avatar
c627627
Posts: 641
Joined: April 3rd, 2005, 12:58 pm
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Contact:

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by c627627 »

Your link has this very relevant post in it: Fx ESR us updated and all extensions work on Fx ESR that work on Fx56:
Reflective wrote:You're putting your machine at risk by using an older browser and would be better off installing Firefox ESR which will be supported until June 26, 2018.
Open the pod bay doors, Cortana.
User avatar
therube
Posts: 21698
Joined: March 10th, 2004, 9:59 pm
Location: Maryland USA

Re: Downgrade 57 to 56

Post by therube »

Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Post Reply