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Re: Firefox ESR

From "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.firefox
Subject Re: Firefox ESR
Date 2021-04-28 18:00 +0100
Organization 255 software
Message-ID <XLb1pIPDTZigFwYM@255soft.uk> (permalink)
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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 23:27:14, VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> wrote (my 
responses usually follow points raised):
>Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> wrote:
>
>> Michael Trew wrote:
>>
>>> I'm on the firefox 78 ESR on Windows 7... any clue if this will be
>>> the last ESR for Win 7, or do you guys think they'll put another one
>>> out?
>>
>> Not so sure that I even want to upgrade with the discontinuation of
>> FTP, but I suppose I have other browsers on here.
>
>There are plenty of free FTP clients available.  Since you mentioned
>Windows, popular ones there are FileZilla and WinSCP.
>
>So, how often per year do you click on ftp:// hyperlinks in web pages?

About once or twice a year, if that; but the point is, why remove it? 
The work involved in retaining it must surely be minuscule, and the only 
_active_ reason I've heard given for its removal is someone waving the 
old safety/security flag that's used as an excuse for anything and 
everything - and since most ftp is anonymous (I certainly haven't used a 
non-anonymous site for decades, and had forgotten they existed until 
this thread), I don't think that's valid.

They'll be removing support for http next (insisting on https 
everywhere).

[Not that either of these matter to me, as I use a very old Firefox, and 
other browsers for where that doesn't work; I just follow with 
interest.]
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

We no longer make things, but sell each other consultancy on how to run
consulatancies better. (Michael Cross, Computing 1999-3-4 [p. 28].)

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Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-27 23:29 -0400
  Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-27 23:30 -0400
    Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-27 23:27 -0500
      Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 07:13 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 07:17 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 02:01 -0500
          Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 02:03 -0500
          Firefox ESR Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 08:57 +0100
            Re: Firefox ESR Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2021-04-28 10:39 +0100
              Firefox ESR Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2021-04-28 14:49 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-28 10:00 +0200
      Re: Firefox ESR "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 18:00 +0100
        Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-04-28 20:55 +0200
        Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-28 14:50 -0500
          Re: Firefox ESR Dave Royal<dave@dave123royal.com> - 2021-04-28 20:46 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-04-28 21:54 +0100
          Re: Firefox ESR Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-28 21:02 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-29 00:12 -0500
              Keywords header (was: Re: Firefox ESR) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-29 17:37 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-06 05:52 -0500
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-06 06:06 -0500
                Re: Keywords header !@!.invalid (Ï) - 2021-05-06 14:39 +0100
                Re: Keywords header "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-06 15:14 +0000
                Re: Keywords header "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-05-06 18:04 +0100
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 15:01 -0500
                Re: Keywords header "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-08 21:08 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 16:37 -0500
                Re: Keywords header !@!.invalid (Ï) - 2021-05-08 22:52 +0100
                Re: Keywords header Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-05-06 17:49 +0000
                Re: Keywords header VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 15:40 -0500
                Re: Keywords header Miguel Tomar Nogueira <mnogueira@mail.telepac.pt> - 2021-05-09 05:58 +0000
                Re: Keywords header Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-05-09 17:24 +0000
                Re: Keywords header Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-05-06 18:11 +0000
                Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-05-08 16:30 -0500
                Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2021-05-08 21:52 +0000
                Re: Panix spammifying of submissions (was: Keywords header) Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-05-10 02:34 +0000
      Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 13:52 -0400
        Re: Firefox ESR Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2021-04-28 18:29 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 23:26 -0400
            Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 12:52 +0000
        Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 12:45 +0000
          Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-29 13:22 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 13:53 +0000
              Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-04-29 18:32 +0000
                Re: Firefox ESR Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2021-04-29 20:31 +0000
            Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-03 14:17 -0400
              Re: Firefox ESR PietB <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2021-05-08 16:58 +0200
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-19 10:52 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2021-05-19 09:10 -0700
                Re: Firefox ESR "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2021-05-19 16:35 +0000
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-19 15:16 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR Job Bautista <jobbautista9@aol.com> - 2021-05-20 18:35 +0800
                Re: Firefox ESR "OldbieOne" <me@here.com> - 2021-05-25 12:32 -0400
                Re: Firefox ESR WaltS48 <schw01@invalid.net> - 2021-05-25 15:16 -0400
          Re: Firefox ESR Miguel Tomar Nogueira <mnogueira@mail.telepac.pt> - 2021-05-09 06:18 +0000
    Re: Firefox ESR chris@here.com - 2021-04-27 23:31 -0500
      Re: Firefox ESR Michael Trew <mt999999@ymail.com> - 2021-04-28 13:53 -0400
  Re: Firefox ESR VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-04-27 23:26 -0500

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