G4 releases will now be correctly identified in the next release of SUMo : https://www.kcsoftwares.com/bugs/view.php?id=6823
Waterfox G5.0 Released (September 28, 2022) Website Release Notes Download (GitHub - Download / Releases)
Waterfox G5.0.1 Released (October 4, 2022) Website Release Notes Download (GitHub - Download / Releases)
Waterfox G5.1 Released (November 14, 2022) Website Release Notes Download Spoiler: Changes 5.1 INFO Waterfox's custom look and feel now applies to all themes by default. You can disable or modify this by going to the Preferences page → Look & Feel. New You can modify Waterfox's look and feel by heading to about:preferences → Look & Feel. You can set various default presets, change the way tabs behave and much more! ✔ Fixed Desktop counterparts to your WebExtensions will now be able to communicate with Waterfox once again! ℹ️ Changed Various security fixes 1. ❓ Known Issues Upgrading to G5 resets custom container tabs in certain situations. We have investigated but have been unable to find a work around or fix so far. If you cannot select text in the search bar with the mouse cursor please go to about:config, set layout.forms.input-type-search.enabled to false and restart the browser.
Waterfox G5.1.1 Released (December 14, 2022) Website Release Notes Download Spoiler: Changes 5.1.1 INFO Waterfox's custom look and feel now applies to all themes by default. You can disable or modify this by going to the Preferences page → Look & Feel. ✔ Fixed Issue playing Netflix and similar DRM protected websites have now resolved. If it's not working straight away, you can update the DRM plugin by going to the Preferences page → General → Files and Applications and un-check "Play DRM-controlled content". Wait for a few seconds, then re-check the box. The DRM plugin should update. Drag space is now disabled by default (that extra space above your tabs, so you can drag the window around). The status bar colour now matches the navigation bar. ℹ️ Changed Various security fixes 1. ❓ Known Issues Upgrading to G5 resets custom container tabs in certain situations. We have investigated but have been unable to find a work around or fix so far. If you cannot select text in the search bar with the mouse cursor please go to about:config, set layout.forms.input-type-search.enabled to false and restart the browser.
Waterfox G5.1.2 Released (January 17, 2023) Website Release Notes Download Spoiler: Changes 5.1.2 ✨ New JPEG-XL is now enabled by default. Test it out here! Thanks to @Demez[https://github.com/Demez] and @louie-github ✔ Fixed Various theme issues. ℹ️ Changed Various security fixes 1. ❓ Known Issues Certain customisation in Look & Feel do not work. Upgrading to G5 resets custom container tabs in certain situations. We have investigated but have been unable to find a work around or fix so far. If you cannot select text in the search bar with the mouse cursor please go to about:config, set layout.forms.input-type-search.enabled to false and restart the browser.
I used it before because one version still had the old interface, where I could have a vertical toolbar and a status bar.
Don't, it's pointless. It has a long standing bug too which still hasn't been fixed till date. When you go to a captcha secure website, you will never be able to solve it or if you solve it, the page will not continue loading. I searched online about this issue and some people on Reddit had success by using an extension to switch the user agent to Firefox but even with that I wasn't able to fix this. This is a major show stopper for me and once has to think, if they need to do tricks to let the browser function properly, what's the point? I just use Firefox and disable telemetry via these tweaks: Code: devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged = false toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled = false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry = false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry = false browser.ping-centre.telemetry = false toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun = false toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled = false toolkit.telemetry.unified = false toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled = false datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled = false datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled = false datareporting.sessions.current.clean = true
Version G5.1.13 This is a last minute emergency release before G6. Please update ASAP. https://www.waterfox.net/en-US/docs/releases/G5.1.13/
Holy crap, that's pretty bad. And I have a question, does anyone else see a graphic glitch when using Waterfox? With that I mean, when you move your mouse on the screen, you will see graphics morphing, I get this problem on Win 8.1, never seen anything like this before. There's something not right about this browser, that's for sure.
