It is possible to still get security updates for XP and Vista, by leveraging updates for XP and Vista based server operating systems that Microsoft still supports. Microsoft ended support for the Windows XP operating system on Apand support for Windows Vista on April 11, 2017. Firefox ESR is then updated to version 59.x, and that version does not support Windows XP or Windows Vista anymore. Windows XP and Vista users who use Firefox ESR currently may use that particular version of Firefox until June 26th, 2018. The organization planned to analyze the situation then to come up with a final date for ending support for the two operating systems.įirefox 52.0 ESR was released in March 2017, and the end of life for that particular ESR version is June 2018. Mozilla promised to support Windows XP and Vista until at least September 2017. The browser gets security updates however when new Firefox versions get released. Instead of having to cope with new releases every six or so weeks, Firefox ESR gets major updates only after eight release cycles. It is designed primarily for organizations who want more time when it comes to browser updates. This meant basically that Firefox 52.x was the last stable channel version of Firefox for those operating systems, and that XP and Vista users could not run Firefox 53 on their devices.įirefox ESR is the Extended Support Release of Firefox.
Mozilla moved Windows XP and Windows Vista users of Firefox to the web browser's ESR channel during the release of Firefox 53.
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