Waterfox 55.2 update and roadmap released
https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/04/waterfox-55-2-update-and-roadmap-released/
A new version of the Waterfox web browser, Waterfox 55.2 was
released today paving the way for keeping legacy add-on support in
the web browser.
The web browser uses its own profile directory in that version. It
used the same location that Firefox uses up until that version.
Existing users will have most of their settings and data migrated
to the new user profile location. The lead developer Alex Kontos
notes that the process may reset some settings and add-ons
however.
NOTE: SOME SETTINGS (INCLUDING ADD-ONS) MAY BE RESET!
Unfortunately due to the way the profile import works, this was
necessary. You CAN change which profile to use, the same way as
Firefox, if you’d like to use the old location. There will be
teething issues, please be patient and just report any issues you
do have, I will try my best to have them resolved.
The browser displays a "welcome to the new Watefox" screen during
setup that explains to users that Waterfox uses its own profile
location now. The screen is used to import data from browsers,
Firefox for instance but also Chrome or Internet Explorer.
https://cdn.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/waterfox-own-profile.png
The location of the new profile folder is
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Waterfox\Profiles\ on Windows.
Or in more general terms:
Windows: %APPDATA%\Waterfox
Linux: ~/.waterfox/
Mac OS X: ~/Library/Application Support/Waterfox
Note that only one profile is imported during setup. The developer
suggests that you edit the profile.ini file in the new Waterfox
profile location if that is the case to continue using these other
profiles.
Users should expect some issues during this part of the
development phase. Some add-ons may be disabled, and some settings
changed as part of this. The developer hopes however that this
will be resolved in future updates.
Another major change of Waterfox 55.2.0 is that the browser is now
also available for Android. You can download the APK version from
the developer website. Note that there is a browser of the same
name on Google Play that is not related to this Waterfox for
Android web browser.
Waterfox 55.2.0 includes all security patches that Mozilla
released in Firefox 56 and Firefox 52.4 ESR.
The developer published a work in progress roadmap that will be
extended once Waterfox 56.0 is released. The release is planned
to launch mid to end October 2017, and will remain an ESR version
for the time being. This means no feature updates from Firefox
anymore, but security patches.
Work on a modified version of Waterfox continues to continue
support for XUL, XPCOM and other legacy technologies that Mozilla
dropped or plans to drop in regards to add-ons.
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備註：
水狐55.2版更新，設定檔將會移到新的路徑，Android版也同步更新
,包含了Fx56跟ESR52.4的安全性更新. XUL, XPCOM等舊套件支援會繼續