Sounds like a reasonable plan and certainly if I was using Firefox then I'd do the same. At the moment, the 'way forward' after 57 hits is not clear, but using 52ESR is a good place to wait it out until the dust settles, things happen/don't happen and the long term 'plan' emerges. I was mentioning that side of things the other day on the same thread, I'm going to link to in a minute.dfoulkes wrote:Call it what you will...and why not use a working browser ... I moved over to ESR because I want all my extensions to work... plus... I will wait for a year or two... or until ESR messes stuff up... but by that time Firefox 57+ should start settling down... and maybe then or later when ESR kills itself... Extension devs. may have taken the time to get the extensions that I want/need... so, in the meantime I have a Moz-browser that works for me.mightyglydd wrote:IMIO the only ones burying their heads in the sand are those 'buying time' using 52 ESR.
My only concern is this - I want other people to have the same opportunity to use 52 ESR as you have, if they want to. The first time many people have even heard of all the changes coming is when they first got Firefox 55, so that opportunity is not going to happen all the time this myth persists that if someone is using Firefox 55 then they cannot then downgrade to using 52 ESR and are stuck with 55 onwards. It is a myth and a downright nasty, spiteful, smug myth at that.
Here's how it's done - http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14765039
Anyone who is familiar with the fiasco that is known as 'Firefox Refresh', will understand why I have used this method instead of Refresh and by doing so have put the user 100% back in control of things.
Enjoy.