![]() ![]() Note that any statements of mine - no matter how passionate - are never Top? I think a decision should mainly base on those, with all the otherĭata you gave being a reason why it doesn't make sense to put too muchĮffort into taking on those challenges, but still we need to understand What are the real technical problems that bring 10.5 over the On different Windows and Linux versions at least in addition to 10.5 We don't support those for a whole range of supported users out there, "Accelerated compositing and WebGL" are good examples you brought, but Have value at times (but it doesn't have to be us doing it ourselves Technical challenges in supporting them, and the fact that TenFourFoxĮxists tells that even maintaining something for older Macs seems to ![]() We've always only dropped support of platforms because of significant Not maintaining Mac OS X 10.5 support will allow us to devote more resources to the product as used by the majority of our Mac OS X users (those on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7). > Maintaining Mac OS X 10.5 support consumes a non-trivial portion of the resources we have available for Mac OS X development. While they do not officially drop support for older OS versions, they have stopped shipping security updates and updating applications like Safari. Users cannot run plugins out-of-process on Mac OS X 10.5.įinally, Apple has stopped supporting Mac OS X 10.5. Accelerated compositing and WebGL are not available on Mac OS X 10.5. Not maintaining Mac OS X 10.5 support will allow us to devote more resources to the product as used by the majority of our Mac OS X users (those on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7).įurthermore, there are already some significant ways in which Firefox on Mac OS X 10.5 has fallen behind Firefox on newer versions of Mac OS X. Maintaining Mac OS X 10.5 support consumes a non-trivial portion of the resources we have available for Mac OS X development. This requires resources, and with limited resources this sometimes means we have to make tough decisions about where to invest. This number should be around 9% for users of the most recent version of Firefox.Īpple releases new versions of its operating systems relatively quickly and each new version contains significant changes that we must adapt to. This means that when Firefox 13 ships, Mac OS X 10.5 users will likely make up about 13% of Mac OS X users across all versions of Firefox. Trends) Mac OS X 10.5 users have been declining by 1-2% per month (as a share of our total Mac OS X users). If you limit the scope to the more recent Firefox 7 release, then only 20% of Mac OS X users are on Mac OS X 10.5. Of those Mac OS X users, 9% are on Mac OS X 10.4, 24% are on Mac OS X 10.5, 53% are on Mac OS X 10.6, and 14% are on Mac OS X 10.7. Mac OS X users make up 6.6% of all Firefox users across all versions going back to Firefox 3. Mac OS X User Breakdown) The following ADU (Active Daily User) numbers are from November 8, 2011. ![]() Mac OS X Release Dates) 10.5 was released in October of 2007, 10.6 was released in June of 2009, 10.7 was released in July of 2011. To be clear: this is not a decision that has been made, I’m proposing it here in order to get feedback. I'd like to propose that we remove support for Mac OS X 10.5 in Firefox 13, which should ship on or near June 5, 2012. ![]()
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