From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 08/06/2021 07.07, Sidney_Kotic wrote:   
   > On 6/7/21 11:24 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) is an official version of   
   >> Firefox developed for large organizations like universities and   
   >> businesses that need to set up and maintain Firefox on a large scale.   
   >> Firefox ESR does not come with the latest features but it has the   
   >> latest security and stability fixes.   
   >   
   > While this is all good for universities/businesses, I'm just a simple   
   > single user.  There have been occasions, dealing with LARGE businesses,   
   > where in order to accomplish something I've had to use Chrome or work   
   > with them over the phone to have them do something manually to process   
   > whatever and mail (like with a postage stamp) me the results.   
      
   You are a single user, but as you are using Leap, you are using the   
   tools of an organization that seeks stability rather than new shiny   
   tools :-)   
      
   >   
   > So the question is:  What are the downsides for me to try and use the   
   > current release of Firefox?  There seem to be times when I need the new   
   > features.   
      
   I have found sites that will not work with mozilla, no matter the   
   version. In those stupid cases, I use Chrome (not chromium). I have   
   never been tempted to use the latest firefox over the ESR.   
      
   And of course, I have also found sites that will not work over internet.   
   If they configure addresses that bounce mail or plain do not exist,   
   there is no browser that will work better with them.   
      
   And there are also sites with really ancient and deprecated designs and   
   software. Flash, anyone? :-)   
      
      
   Downsides? Remember that Leap derives from SLE and thus has a core with   
   old libraries. Sometimes new software releases are simply impossible to   
   compile for Leap, they want the newest libraries as well.   
      
   You may recall that the maintainer had a hard time getting Seamonkey to   
   build.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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