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I'm very concerned about the conclusion of Firefoz ESR - if it goes away, I'll lose the ability to work with Firefox! Please help!

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Nineslacroix
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Hi there,

I've been using Firefox for a long time, and I'm afraid I need Silverlight to work in my browser to enable me to do my work. With Firefox ESR coming to a close in early 2018, I'm really concerned that I'll be left high and dry, and unable to use Silverlight on any browser. If there is anything you can do to help, I would sincerely appreciate it!

Thank you for your time!

Best, Jon Hozier-Byrne

Hi there, I've been using Firefox for a long time, and I'm afraid I need Silverlight to work in my browser to enable me to do my work. With Firefox ESR coming to a close in early 2018, I'm really concerned that I'll be left high and dry, and unable to use Silverlight on any browser. If there is anything you can do to help, I would sincerely appreciate it! Thank you for your time! Best, Jon Hozier-Byrne

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FredMcD
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ESR is not going away. But its next upgrade ( 6 months + - ) will change it to be like the current Firefox.

James
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Only the current Firefox 52 ESR branch still allows other NPAPI Plugins to run besides the Flash Player Plugin from Adobe. Firefox 52.8.0 ESR is scheduled for May 8, 2018 and will likely be the last major update for 52 ESR.

The future Firefox 59 ESR will only allow the Flash Player Plugin from Adobe to run like the Releases currently.

The Silverlight 5 development has ended in 2013 and will only get patches and bugfixes until Oct 2021. Chrome/Chromium and Opera dropped Silverlight in 2015 due to dropping support of NPAPI Plugins and there is no Silverlight version for Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft is encouraging companies that use its Silverlight media format on their web pages to dump the tech in favor of newer HTML5 player that is supported by current browsers on Windows, Mac, and Linux including Firefox 52 ESR and Firefox 57.0 Release.