Other Firefox Dynasty - Firefox for OS X 10.8+ (Also, Web App Templates!)

[Wowfunhappy]

Hi, sorry if i seem impatient, but has i3roly given an ETA for 10.6 support?

No and there won't be one. It may never happen. I just know that's the goal.

 

[GalacticStag]

No and there won't be one. It may never happen. I just know that's the goal.

damn. Well, thanks for being honest at least!

 

[ricom2ger]

There is something wrong with the downloader, the downloaded app crashes. But if I download directly from Github, it works. 2009 iMac C2D and macOS 10.13.6.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

There is something wrong with the downloader, the downloaded app crashes. But if I download directly from Github, it works. 2009 iMac C2D and macOS 10.13.6.

Thanks! 10.13 is too new to use the downloader, which is tested on 10.7 - 10.9.

 

[MacBiter]

Thanks! 10.13 is too new to use the downloader, which is tested on 10.7 - 10.9.

Agreed - I found I needed to download direct from Git in order to get Dynasty in 10.13..

 

[MacBiter]

By the way, I'm using Dynasty 134 - should I always upgrade or is it ok to stay with an earlier version for now, particularly if it does everything I need from it?.

 

[Hughmac]

I just installed the latest from GitHub -
FIREFOX_141_0_BUILD1 Latest

and got this message when I tried to start it up -

Very strange, and I have reverted to the previous version which works fine.

Unibody MacBook running Mojave by the way

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Hughmac]

Actually the previous version is no longer working fine and I am unable to see any images on websites

I will try and restore my profile from backup and see if that helps.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Hughmac]

It seems that restoring a backup profile has made things work again - was it installing the latest version as above that wrecked things?

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Wowfunhappy]

What was your "previous version"? If your previous version was in fact a beta version, Firefox would see upgrading to a stable version as a "downgrade" and throw up that message you saw.

 

[Hughmac]

It was 140.0 release as I don’t download the betas

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Hughmac]

However although the previous version was downloaded as v 140.0, "Get Info" shows it as

which might explain matters

If I go back to v 139 which accurately names itself, I can then update to 141?

Cheers

Hugh

 

[jackson6]

I have a imac 2010 27" which is stuck on macOS 10.13, can firefox dynasty work on this machine?

 

[SnowLeoMac]

I have a imac 2010 27" which is stuck on macOS 10.13, can firefox dynasty work on this machine?

I'm on El Capitan and it works fine, I think it will work in your machine too. Try it!

 

[jackson6]

so why will this browser (firefox dynasty) succeed where chromium legacy has failed?

 

[MacBiter]

I have a imac 2010 27" which is stuck on macOS 10.13, can firefox dynasty work on this machine?

Yes. My machine is much newer but I choose to stay with High Sierra, it runs fine.

 

[jackson6]

how is it possible to make firefox work on such old macs? is it hard? and if it is not hard then why doesn't firefox do it themselves?

 

[MacBiter]

how is it possible to make firefox work on such old macs?

It's been happening for a very long time. You ever heard of TenFourFox? That was a project to allow Firefox to run on PPC Macs long after Intel.

is it hard?

You'll have to ask the various developers how hard it is. But bear in mind every couple of releases of Mac OS bring in security and other features which compel developers to update their browser software.

and if it is not hard then why doesn't firefox do it themselves?

Mozilla are arguably the best in supporting older OS's via the ESR versions of Firefox which see them minimally updated to ensure they still run, even without all the bells and whistles of newer versions.