Talk:Go back to an old version of Firefox: Difference between revisions
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I see '''Firefox 3.5.x will be EOL'd in August 2010''' according to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html | I see '''Firefox 3.5.x will be EOL'd in August 2010''' according to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html | ||
<br/>[[User:FatJohn|FatJohn]] 17:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC) | <br/>[[User:FatJohn|FatJohn]] 17:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC) | ||
Haha, I had the answer right there... D'oh! From http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/575791?s=end%20of%20life | |||
Firefox 3.0 - [https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2009/07/21/firefox-3-0-12-security-and-stability-release-now-available/ EOL January, 2010]<br/> | |||
Firefox 2.0 - [https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2008/07/01/firefox-20015-security-and-stability-update-now-available-for-download/ EOL Mid-December, 2008]<br/> | |||
Firefox 1.5 - [https://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/11/08/firefox-1508-security-stability-update/ EOL April 24, 2007]<br/> | |||
[[User:FatJohn|FatJohn]] 17:20, 15 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 17:20, 15 February 2010
Obsolete versions
I don't think that it's a good idea to tell people to search shareware/download web sites to find a copy of older Firefox and Thunderbird releases or to link to a site like filehippo.com. (We make it a point to tell people to avoid unofficial download sites). For obsolete versions not available at http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/ I think it would be better to link to the Mozilla FTP site. For example, Firefox 2.0.0.20 is available here. Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 and 1.0.7 are both available here. Alice 13:14, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Oops. I forgot about the ftp site. What can I say other than it was 3am when I wrote the article. However, I'd like to go back to telling them to uninstall the current version and install the older version in the same installation directory. I think we should minimize the number of choices we explicitly provide in the instructions. i.e. don't tell them why its a good idea to re-install in the same location, and then tell them to delete the installation directory and talk about how they can install elsewhere. This article isn't written for a new user, and the more cookbook like we can make it the easier it will be to deal with any problems in the forums. Tanstaafl 01:37, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
- Deleting the installation directory after uninstalling Firefox is important on Windows, especially if you are installing back into the same location, but the information I added on a custom install location isn't needed so I removed it. Alice 02:13, 12 April 2009 (UTC)
End of Life dates?
I'm having hard time finding EOL dates for Mozilla products, are they available somewhere?
I see Firefox 3.5.x will be EOL'd in August 2010 according to http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
FatJohn 17:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
Haha, I had the answer right there... D'oh! From http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/575791?s=end%20of%20life
Firefox 3.0 - EOL January, 2010
Firefox 2.0 - EOL Mid-December, 2008
Firefox 1.5 - EOL April 24, 2007
FatJohn 17:20, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
