On the day each new consumer version is released, the previous consumer version is considered "end-of-life", receiving no more security updates.īecause many organizations and software developers struggled with the new rapid release plan, in January of 2012, Mozilla introduced a new update channel, Extended Support Release. Starting with version 4.0, Mozilla changed this policy, aggressively releasing new major versions for consumers every six weeks, at the same time dropping support for older versions and seldom releasing security patches. Versions of Firefox through 3.6.18 were introduced slowly, with updates (patches) to change minor versions (e.g., 3.6.3→3.6.4) and new releases to upgrade to new major versions (e.g., 3.5.x→3.6.x). Additionally, Firefox 10 supports the same addons used at Carleton that were supported in Firefox 3.6 but not necessarily in Firefox 4 through 9. Why Firefox ESR?įirefox ESR was introduced as an option for organizations that were struggling to keep up with the rapid release plan and limited extended support of the standard browser. The current version of Firefox ESR is 10.0.5.įor more information, see here. Carleton ITS pushes Firefox ESR and updates through KBox. It is intended for use by universities, businesses, and others who need extended support for mass deployments. Here is an introductory page. Mozilla Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) is a stable Firefox release which receives the same security updates as the standard version of Firefox but doesn't receive feature updates.
Mozilla Firefox is the recommended Web browser for use on Mac OS X, Windows, and other platforms.
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