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If anyone is still interested in Firefox Dynasty, the version just uploaded to Github (133a01) is a million times more stable for me on Mavericks. I have been casually browsing for the past hour and haven't run into any issues except one minor UI glitch. I'm posting from it right now.
It's still early, but honestly I think this build of Firefox Dynasty is more stable than Chromium Legacy. I haven't had any issues with tabs randomly crashing or going blank. Battery life is noticeably better too, which probably means it's using less system resources in general.
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>Battery life is noticeably better too
That's kind of amazing since firefox has notoriously been more power hungry. I suppose maybe with GPU rendering disabled on both, firefox at least has some edge here because the non-gpu fallback might be more common
That's kind of amazing since firefox has notoriously been more power hungry. I suppose maybe with GPU rendering disabled on both, firefox at least has some edge here because the non-gpu fallback might be more common
As I understand we won't see any new update Chromium Legacy anymore ?
No, it might get updated again or it might not, no one knows.
That's already something, mine doesn't even open the window, just the icon in the dock.
I've tried Firefox Dynasty 133a01 on El Capitan and on my machine (Macbook late 2009) it runs quite well. First time I tried to log into my Firefox account it hanged, but after I restarted it worked fine. I'm quite surprised because the browser also runs quite fast and smooth, whereas Chrome Legacy felt heavier. Very interesting project!
After many tries I got the browser to work, I had to start the bin file once and after that it started with the app file as well. It is definitely more usable than Chromium, too often tabs crash with blank page. MBP09 with EC.
I tested some Firefox-Dynasty versions in different MacOS versions (actual not virtual) from 10.8 Mountain Lion to 10.14 Mojave, I'll share my results:
Firefox-Dynasty 128 versions works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 129.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 130.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 131.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 132 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and from 10.12 to 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty initially crashed because I used Firefox profile selector, I needed to turn it off "Set as default profile" with url about: profiles.
Just tested to be able to navigate various sites, didn't test DRM.
Firefox-Dynasty 128 versions works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 129.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 130.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 131.0.1 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty 132 works in MacOS from 10.8 to 10.9 and from 10.12 to 10.14
Firefox-Dynasty initially crashed because I used Firefox profile selector, I needed to turn it off "Set as default profile" with url about: profiles.
Just tested to be able to navigate various sites, didn't test DRM.
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Aside from test-driving Dynasty (in Mojave), I haven’t done the following just yet. When the time comes, I’ll copy my profile and profiles.ini setting from FF ESR, over to Dynasty to see how well it handles being given a pre-existing setup.
Although FF 115ESR support was announced to be EOL’d after August, Mozilla just pushed out another minor update for it (from 115.16.1 to 115.17). This means I’ll probably remain on 115ESR for just a short while longer before making that switch for daily driving.
Although FF 115ESR support was announced to be EOL’d after August, Mozilla just pushed out another minor update for it (from 115.16.1 to 115.17). This means I’ll probably remain on 115ESR for just a short while longer before making that switch for daily driving.
Sealion and BrassMonkey for Intel Macs have finally been updated.
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Release SeaLion-33.4.0 · wicknix/SeaLion
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Release BrassMonkey-33.4.0 · wicknix/brass-monkey
This release is current with the latest UXP. You can find out what has changed from UXP's release notes found here. Add-ons, extensions, and themes can be found here. Older browsers that can't see ...
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I have no idea, what FF-Dynasty is. A new legacy project?
Can someone please add some information?
I just did a test run with 132.02 on Mavericks and it looks very promising.
I dont need DRM, I only need a secure up to date browser with valid cipher suites.
So, cipher suites fine, Youtube works, websites that dont show up well in 78.15 are showing fine now.
Thanks !
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Day later: Sadly its now offline. I hope only for further developement.
PS for me the Apple world is dying. Every year new system bs and the most important thing, a webbrowser is
for trash every 3 years. Really nice to have legacy projects, but it seems not easy to get them to work properly.
But many thanks for the hard work...
Btw W7 gets still security updates. My current Mac will be the last one.
Can someone please add some information?
I just did a test run with 132.02 on Mavericks and it looks very promising.
I dont need DRM, I only need a secure up to date browser with valid cipher suites.
So, cipher suites fine, Youtube works, websites that dont show up well in 78.15 are showing fine now.
Thanks !
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Edit:
Day later: Sadly its now offline. I hope only for further developement.
PS for me the Apple world is dying. Every year new system bs and the most important thing, a webbrowser is
for trash every 3 years. Really nice to have legacy projects, but it seems not easy to get them to work properly.
But many thanks for the hard work...
Btw W7 gets still security updates. My current Mac will be the last one.
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