Firefox ESR 24.8.0 portable build

[miki86]

Hi all, today i notice that on portableapps there isn't firefox esr portable anymore, it merged to 31.x.

Now this is bad for me, the purpose i use the 24.x ESR portable is because i don't want the australis abortion, i want to keep the classic download windows, i want it to be portable, and moreover i find it more fast and small in term of memory usage.

please don't tell me to install the 31.x or 32.x and use plugins, plugins tend to increase (epxecially the Theme Classic Restorer) a lot the memory usage, at the moment i use ZERO plugins and i have che chromecss file to personalize some aspects of the gui.

Can please someone link me a website that still support the 24.x builds compatible with portableapps and following versions?

Thanks a lot.

[Virtual_ManPL]

You can find old versions of Firefox ESR Portable here.
If you do not like Australis, you can always use latest version Firefox ESR Portable with Classic Theme Restorer add-on.



EDIT:
Do not forget that older versions of Firefox may contain many working exploits and non fixed critical bugs.

[LoudNoise]

ESR is changing to version 31 in very short order. If you don't want to spend the 10 minutes it take to make it look and feel more like the pre-29 version you should look for a different browser.

[miki86]

I solve using the Pale Moon build, ths fortunately is still based on the 24.x without the crappy australis.

[mightyglydd]

.....Or the latest 24esr security update?

[James]

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/

Both 24.8.0esr and 31.1.0esr are listed there as they were released when the Firefox 32.0 was.

[LoudNoise]

Not for long. Palemoon is based on the Firefox ESR, version 24. Once that changes to version 31 in October they will either have to change also or you will be using a browser that is no longer getting security updates. The alternative would be for them to use 31 and then add CTR either as an automatic add-on or as the theme code.

If Palemood sticks with the it will be unclear how insecure it is or how fast it will become insecure. Once Mozilla drops support for version 24, fixes will not be tested against it. A fix for ESR 31 might work for the version 24 or it might not. There will be no way to tell unless the fix actually breaks the version 24 code.

[joeg]

.....Or the latest 24esr security update?

I think this is what mightyglydd means
-> https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org ... .win32.zip

I've been using it for months and will do so as long as possible. I agree, though, that - if you want to keep up to date with Fx - it's probably time to gradually come to terms with Australis and CTR

[mightyglydd]

No Joe I mean the 24.8.0 ESR security update, Tuesday, this week.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/all/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/known- ... oxESR.html

@miki86: Correct link to 24.7.0 Portable, last one before 31 I believe... http://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl ... %2024.7.0/ ..my .7 updated to .8, not 31.

[LoudNoise]

You might not have to even embrace CTR depending on your taste. Download Status bar, Metal Lion Addressbar Improvements, Status-4-Ever, Tabs on Bottom and View --> Toolbars --> Menu Toolbar got me 90% to where I wanted to be. If Sharebird would come back I would be in hog heaven.

[xunxun1982]

You can use tete009's firefox esr : http://www1.plala.or.jp/tete009/en-US/s ... #FX24_VC12

tete009's firefox has a portable mode.

[LoudNoise]

How close are they are to the builds to 24? We have a fellow here who is extremely late to the party,

[miki86]

You might not have to even embrace CTR depending on your taste. Download Status bar, Metal Lion Addressbar Improvements, Status-4-Ever, Tabs on Bottom and View --> Toolbars --> Menu Toolbar got me 90% to where I wanted to be. If Sharebird would come back I would be in hog heaven.

Err, why i have to install 20 plugins in order to get rid off australis and all the crap they introduce lately?

A browser should be minimal and fast, i don't care about all these graphic features, they have no purpose at all, just eye candy. The good thing about FF is that is fully customizable but now they start to remove portion of the dynamic code and force people in one fixed direction, if i want more crap i just install it, but the base should be clean as possibile.
FF seems more like an app of android, is horrible. Please give me back the old, clean and fully customizable GUI.

You can use tete009's firefox esr : http://www1.plala.or.jp/tete009/en-US/s ... #FX24_VC12

tete009's firefox has a portable mode.

Thanks a lot mate, very interesting.

[xunxun1982]

I think you can try to use 28.0, because in the future Mozilla also will stop ESR24.x.

Maybe 3rd builders can maintain a ESR 24 branch, but I think it's not done one person can't finish.

Though it is true, I will plan to build ESR24.x final edition after it is stopped.

[LoudNoise]

I see merely four extensions listed so I haven't the slightest idea why you should have to install twenty. I would suspect it is because you are not bothering to read the post,