Mozilla attacks Firefox 3.6.28

Echosyn · 02-09-2013, 11:08 AM

Computer is Mac PowerPC Digital Audio 733 MHz with OS Tiger 10.4.11, Firefox 3.6.28, Camino and Safari. I knew to not let Firefox auto upgrade, but yesterday Something happened that let it go to Mozilla to update plugins. The spinning beachball started immediately upon site entry then Firefox crashed and the computer turned off. I killed power to the modem, restarted the computer, and tried to get Firefox to open. The icon bounced four times and quit. Firefox did not open and will not open. I then ran Sophos AV then disk repair and permissions repair. Firefox continues to bounce 4 times and not open. Mozilla is the only site where this Firefox version has had a problem. Shall I assume that Mozilla does this deliberately? What do you suggest?

DeltaMac · 02-09-2013, 11:32 AM

I suggest abandoning the old Firefox - which is no longer updated.
There is a branch that continues to provide (as much as possible) access to newer browsing "experience", such as TenFourFox http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
or perhaps AuroraPPC http://code.google.com/p/aurorafox/

arpad · 02-09-2013, 12:41 PM

Odd , I'm currently using Firefox 18.0.2 on my iMac ?

DeltaMac · 02-09-2013, 01:17 PM

Nothing odd about that - if you have an intel Mac. The OP does not, and current FireFox versions (after Firefox version 4) do not run on the older PPC, such as the OPs PowerMac G4.
The alternatives (TenFourFox, and AuroraPPC) run at a similar version level, and run code that will still work on the older Mac hardware. That's why they exist, and also why I offered them as suggestions.

02-09-2013, 11:08 AM	#1
Echosyn Prospect Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dallas Posts: 2	Mozilla attacks Firefox 3.6.28 Computer is Mac PowerPC Digital Audio 733 MHz with OS Tiger 10.4.11, Firefox 3.6.28, Camino and Safari. I knew to not let Firefox auto upgrade, but yesterday Something happened that let it go to Mozilla to update plugins. The spinning beachball started immediately upon site entry then Firefox crashed and the computer turned off. I killed power to the modem, restarted the computer, and tried to get Firefox to open. The icon bounced four times and quit. Firefox did not open and will not open. I then ran Sophos AV then disk repair and permissions repair. Firefox continues to bounce 4 times and not open. Mozilla is the only site where this Firefox version has had a problem. Shall I assume that Mozilla does this deliberately? What do you suggest?

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02-09-2013, 11:32 AM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,960	I suggest abandoning the old Firefox - which is no longer updated. There is a branch that continues to provide (as much as possible) access to newer browsing "experience", such as TenFourFox http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/ or perhaps AuroraPPC http://code.google.com/p/aurorafox/

02-09-2013, 12:41 PM	#3
arpad Prospect Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 40	Odd , I'm currently using Firefox 18.0.2 on my iMac ?

02-09-2013, 01:17 PM	#4
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,960	Nothing odd about that - if you have an intel Mac. The OP does not, and current FireFox versions (after Firefox version 4) do not run on the older PPC, such as the OPs PowerMac G4. The alternatives (TenFourFox, and AuroraPPC) run at a similar version level, and run code that will still work on the older Mac hardware. That's why they exist, and also why I offered them as suggestions.