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Still, the number of users who recommend it is listed.Īttached is a screenshot of those 'current' addons I was able to install this way into Waterfox. Not all the alternatives which do function may have received firefox's 'recommended' seal. You can easily remove it then search for an alternative. If an addon doesn't work under Waterfox-Classic, examining the addons you've installed will reveal that fact. As I said, the cut-off seems to be those addons which will run under firefox 56. No need to first install the Classic-Addon Archive. Just open Waterfox to that website, use the site's Search Engine for something you want and install it. If it will, there's a good chance that you can install it directly from. Having discovered that a current build of Ublock-Origin could be installed in Waterfox-Classic, viewtopic.php?p=61615#p61615 I wondered what other current addons might.Īs far as I can tell, the cut-off point is whether an addon will run under firefox version 56. For other replacement’s to seamonkey’s builtin Kompozer, see I can only tell you that it will install and open.īoth of the above add launchers to Waterfox’s taskbar. l5-editor/ originally found by williwaw can also be installed. This html, css and javascript creator/editor. I can only tell you that it will install and open. Currently, it shows up as the 21st entry. Just type ‘mail’ into the archive’s Search box.

Waterfox current archive#

* Specific to replacing seamonkey, among the 210 add-ons relating to email you can install via the Classic Addon Archive is “simple mail 2.91”.

There’s also a Search box.īy the way, Waterfor-Classic seems to be ‘chuck-full’ of built-in developer tools. Left-Click the ball to obtain access to the on-line repository via a GUI categorizing and providing links to the addons. The archive will be installed and an ‘Orange Ball” will appear on Waterfox’s taskbar.

Waterfox current download#

When the download finishes you’ll be asked if you want to install it. Currently it’s operative argument reads:Įxec /mnt/home/waterfox-classic/wf that toĮxec /FULL PATH TO/YOUR-NAME-FOR-WATERFOX-FOLDER/wf order to use the ‘old’ firefox addons, you’ll have to first install the “Classic Addons Archive” now at version 2.03. It installs three files: (1) a bash-script at /root/my-applications/bin, (2) an icon also at /root/my-applications/bin and a desktop file (used in generating the Menu-entry) at /usr/share/applications.ĭepending on where you locate the waterfox folder, you may have to edit the bash script. In the above mentioned tar.gz you’ll also find a pet for creating a menu entry. wfs- and edit the script to create/use a folder named for example ‘secured’ instead of ‘profile’. Just copy the ‘wf’ script under a different name -e.g. Like all ‘mozilla’ browsers similarly started, you can open the browser with different profiles. As written the script creates a folder named ‘profile’ in the waterfox-classic folder. Start the app by clicking the script named ‘wf’. viewtopic.php?t=6310ĭownload, UExtract and copy its contents into your waterfox-classic folder. I’ve packaged the libraries and script in a tar.gz you can download from this thread. And to ‘fully’ portablize -so that it doesn’t store cache, bookmarks, and addons in /root (using RAM)- it’s better to start it via the script which fredx181 developed. You could run it by clicking the waterfox binary found in that folder. You can move the waterfox-classic folder anywhere. If you use UExtract to do so, it will produce an ‘extracted’ folder within which will be found a folder named ‘waterfox-classic’. suggests that System1 tries to continue to improve it]. Before downloading, read the thoughtful warning by System1 that Classic has many unpatched security advisories.

If you want to find the latest version, you have to include ‘classic’ as an argument in your web-search. Recognizing the benefit of distinguishing its development and feed-back from that of ‘Waterfox-Current’, System1, now has the download link for version 22.06 is at. But there are some things you’ll have to do after you download the tar.gz. Like all Web-browsers based on mozilla products, it’s easy to portabilize it, then run it from /opt, /mnt/home/ or a USB-Key create an SFS or –not so easy- locate it in a Chroot-SFS.

Waterfox current portable#

Running as a portable from several Puppys I'm not sure if I chose a picture in Waterfox's folder I might not create havoc if it is run without a SaveFile/Folder which establishes a fixed location. Waterfox-Classic-GUI.png (433.9 KiB) Viewed 746 timesĮdit: Clicking the 'gear' at the top-right brings up the 'global' options including what appears to be a way to select you own background picture.