Waterfox 2020.10 Released (October 21, 2020) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2020.10 What’s new in Waterfox 2020.10 Current View Changes Latest security advisories patched Classic View Changes 2020.09 Latest security advisories patched (best effort)† † As the differences between Classic and later Firefox versions grow, we are doing our best to patch the security advisories as we think apply to Classic.
Thanks to everyone for this thread, it is informative. Firefox specializes in throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so I'm looking for a new baby: Pale Moon or Waterfox, it seems, maybe Vivaldi, but soon, and probably Waterfox.
A preview of the upcoming Waterfox Browser third-generation release is now available November 12, 2020 https://www.ghacks.net/2020/11/12/a...er-third-generation-release-is-now-available/
Waterfox G3.0.0 - Third Generation Release (November 19, 2020) Announcement Download Waterfox G3.0.1 - Third Generation Release (November 19, 2020) Announcement Download
Waterfox G3.0.2 - Third Generation Release (December 16, 2020) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes v3.0.2 What’s new in G3.0.2? Fixes Fixed an issue where Waterfox on Windows had -APPVERSION appended to its processes. Fixed an issue where only the Flash NPAPI could be used. (Thanks to @neutrino38) Fixed some issues with irregularities in the new Abyss/Floe themes. Fixed colour issues on some text on Linux. Changes Added support for Unity/Global menu on Linux. macOS builds are now built with the 11.1 SDK. Network predictions are now disabled. Simplified page print checkbox is now available when printing. Disabled all connections to firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com. If this causes issues with web features, this may need to be investigated further. Updated to Gecko 78.6. You can now see which git commit was used for your build of Waterfox. You can view this information by accessing about:buildconfig in the address bar.
Waterfox G3.1.0 - Third Generation Release (February 2, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes v3.1.0 What’s new in G3.1.0? Fixes Migrated from Bing Translation API v2 to v3. You can manually add a key to enable this feature in about:config. Fixed issues including language options when building Waterfox. This feature is still under testing. Fixed issue with Profile Imports. You can now import from Firefox and Waterfox Classic once again! Changes Updated to Gecko 78.7 (includes security patches) Add initial support for the Chrome Web Store and Opera Web Store. Improvements still to be made, but the first step to full support has now landed. You can refresh your Waterfox profile in about:support. Useful if Waterfox is running slow or broken on websites. Tab positions are now back! You can have browser tabs appear underneath the address bar or at the bottom of the display window. Available in about:preferences Status bar is now back, available in about:preferences Restart button is now back on the main menu Thanks to hawkeye116477 for the feature returns. I updated from Current to G3.0.0 and my data is missing! Does this update fix it? Yes, although it won’t do it automatically. Unfortunately there was an issue with the update to G3.0.0 that meant a small set of users could not use their old profile data. If you are one of the users and would like to use your old profile, please type about:[/plain]p[/plain]rofiles in the address bar and do either of the following: If you have both Classic and Current/G3 installed, be careful which profile you select! Locate your old profile and click the “Set as default” button. Restart Waterfox and voilà - your old profile should now have loaded with all your data intact! If “Set as default” doesn’t appear, you can click the “Launch profile in new browser” button. Close your old browser window. Almost a decade later and Waterfox is still going strong and set to grow even more and establish a vibrant ecosystem. Not everything we have planned for Waterfox has made it in this release, but you can rest assured it is on its way in the near future. This version of Waterfox is based on Firefox ESR78 and includes a number of performance improvements implemented by the team at Waterfox. This version is a direct upgrade for Waterfox Current 2020.10.
Waterfox G3.2.0 - Decennial Release (March 22, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes G3.2.0 What’s new in G3.2.0? ✨ NEW Automatically switch between dark and light theme depending on system settings in Preferences > Language and Apprearance Choose your preferred language in Preferences > Language and Apprearance ✔ Fixed Startpage will now show search suggestions if set as default search engine ℹ️ Changed Improved the user experience when installing a Chrome/Opera web extension. Upgraded to Gecko 78.9 Reduced connections made to Mozilla’s settings service ❌ Unresolved None
Waterfox 2021.03 Released (March 31, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changs 2021.03 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.03 View Changes ✨ NEW Support for detecting dark mode on operating systems such as Windows 10 and Linux. Implementation and activation of PerformanceObserver. Helps load websites such as GitHub. Experimental support for CSS Grid layout. ✔ Fixed Fixed an issue causing YouTube 360 videos to crash. Fixes for the Fetch API. ℹ️ Changed Uplift to newer ANGLE (Gecko 87). This improves WebGL performance. Security patches from latest ESR. Removal of Polly, due to confusion on how to use. Improved media codecs for better performance and security. ❌ Unresolved macOS dark mode detection does not work.
Waterfox G3.2.1 - Third Generation Release (April 15, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes G3.2.1 What’s new in G3.2.1? ✨ NEW Nothing ✔ Fixed Resolved an issue where the Abyss theme would display the active tab with incorrect colouring when the position was switched to under the address bar. ℹ️ Changed Upgraded to Gecko 78.10 ❌ Unresolved macOS and Linux are missing extra languages for now.
Waterfox 2021.04 Released (April 22, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2021.04 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.04 View Changes ✔ Fixed Fixed cosmetic scrollbar issues on Linux and Windows. ℹ️ Changed Security patches from latest ESR. ❌ Unresolved Cosmetic scrollbar fixes for MacOS.
Waterfox 2021.07 Released (July 13, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2021.07 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.07 View Changes ✨ NEW Support for optionally enabling (deprecated). Allow redirects for requests that require preflight. Implement missing calculation support for stroke-dashoffset. Improvements for Web Animations API. ✔ Fixed Avoid various crashes. Added user agent overrides for websites that didn’t recognise Waterfox Classic. Issues with -moz-appearance and -webkit-appearance. Improved tables support. Preserve newlines in textarea placeholders. Update ResizeObserver to match the current spec. Add missing IDL definitions for CSP .nonce attributes. ℹ️ Changed Changed behavior forwithout src Security patches from latest ESR. Portable builds for Classic will no longer be provided. Download the latest here and upgrade using the internal updater to carry on having an up-to-date portable version. ❌ Unresolved DRM modules have been updated but no longer seem to work on macOS. If you’d like to watch DRM protected content such as on Netflix, Prime Video, etc. you will need to upgrade to Waterfox G3.
Waterfox G3.2.4 - Third Generation Release (July 14, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes G3.2.4 What’s new in G3.2.4? ✨ NEW Ecosia is now selectable as a search option. ✔ Fixed You should now be able to install Chrome and Opera extensions without issues once more. ℹ️ Changed Latest (Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories)[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2021-29/] patched. Refactored various features to be more performant. ❌ Unresolved None
Waterfox G3.2.5 - Third Generation Release (August 12, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes G3.2.5 What’s new in G3.2.5? ✨ NEW None ✔ Fixed None ℹ️ Changed Latest Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched. ❌ Unresolved None
BTW, seems like Waterfox has been sold to some marketing company named System1, and apparently they also own startpage.com and TotalAV, not sure what to think of it. Too bad, because Waterfox seems like a better version of Firefox, it's more customizable. Do you guys still trust this browser, or do you also think it's kinda fishy? https://system1.com/what-we-do#brands
OK so, it's not something new. The question is, how is this company making money if they are so big on privacy. It's the same story with Ghostery, which is an excellent tool, but was also developed by a marketing company, it's fishy stuff.
Waterfox 2021.08 Released (August 26, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2021.08 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.08 View Changes ✨ NEW Import V8 RegExp code (not yet enabled) Add improvements for Canvas API Implement Promise.allSettled() Implement EventTarget() as a constructor Align document.open() with the overhauled specification ✔ Fixed Fixed problems with restoring session cookies. Fixes for Internationalization API. Fixed various media issues. Fixed issues with CSS appearance Various security issues from the latest v78 ESR. ℹ️ Changed Update lz4 to 1.9.3 Updated user-agent overrides Do not throw from PerformanceObserver.observe when none of the entryTypes are known. ❌ Unresolved DRM modules have been updated but no longer seem to work on macOS. If you’d like to watch DRM protected content such as on Netflix, Prime Video, etc. you will need to upgrade to Waterfox G3.
Waterfox G3.2.6 - Third Generation Release (September 15, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes G3.2.6 What’s new in G3.2.6? ✨ NEW None ✔ Fixed None ℹ️ Changed Latest Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories patched. ❌ Unresolved None
Waterfox 2021.09 Released (September 10, 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2021.09 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.09 View Changes ✨ NEW Enable V8 RegExp Add toggling of scrollbar preferences Available in ``about:preferences > Content > Srollbars` ✔ Fixed None ℹ️ Changed None ❌ Unresolved DRM modules have been updated but no longer seem to work on macOS. If you’d like to watch DRM protected content such as on Netflix, Prime Video, etc. you will need to upgrade to Waterfox G3.
Waterfox 2021.10 Released (October 2021) Announcement Download Spoiler: Changes 2021.10 What’s new in Waterfox 2021.10 View Changes ✨ NEW Updated RegExp engine, with resulting perfomance improvement in JavaScript. ✔ Fixed Fixed crashes for users on newer Linux distributions. Fixed issues some users had when building Classic. ℹ️ Changed TLS 1.3 compatibility mode is now enabled by default ❌ Unresolved DRM modules have been updated but no longer seem to work on macOS. If you’d like to watch DRM protected content such as on Netflix, Prime Video, etc. you will need to upgrade to Waterfox G3.
