Recent answers to Where can I download Firefox Unbranded?https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/10996172016-01-24T20:52:23-08:00You can still set xpinstall.signatures.required to false to disable this security feature in current2016-01-24T20:52:23-08:00cor-elhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-835152<p>You can still set xpinstall.signatures.required to false to disable this security feature in current releases.
This will also be possible in Firefox 44 and 45 as they decided to postpone disabling this entirely till Firefox 46.
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<ul><li><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing#Timeline" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing#Timeline</a>
</li></ul>Ok, Firefox 44 is out - where is the unbranded version? Or was Mozilla just joking around about unbr2016-01-24T19:58:39-08:00sdaauhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-835143<p>Ok, Firefox 44 is out - where is the unbranded version? Or was Mozilla just joking around about unbranded version?
</p>Thanks for the reply, @James:
James said
Unbranded if it happens will likely be during Firefox 44.2015-12-17T16:34:24-08:00sdaauhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-819031<p>Thanks for the reply, @James:
</p><p><em>James <a href="#answer-819030" rel="nofollow">said</a></em>
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Unbranded if it happens will likely be during Firefox 44.0 Release at earliest since it is not needed for Firefox 43.0
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<p>Great to have a confirmation on status of this; cheers!
</p>Unbranded if it happens will likely be during Firefox 44.0 Release at earliest since it is not neede2015-12-17T16:29:03-08:00Jameshttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-819030<p>Unbranded if it happens will likely be during Firefox 44.0 Release at earliest since it is not needed for Firefox 43.0
</p>Thanks for the response, @jscher2000:
jscher2000 said
I don't know what the unbranded version is.
2015-12-17T15:42:00-08:00sdaauhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-819015<p>Thanks for the response, @jscher2000:
</p><p><em>jscher2000 <a href="#answer-819000" rel="nofollow">said</a></em>
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I don't know what the unbranded version is.
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<p>Well, I have supplied two, apparently official, Mozilla blog posts that announce it; otherwise there is this unofficial thread too on Reddit:
</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/39ai2w/unbranded_version_what_is_it_exactly/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/39ai2w/unbranded_version_what_is_it_exactly/</a>
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Unbranded version will be the same as the release version except it will NOT have the Firefox logo and the mention of Firefox anywhere in the interface. Of course it will be also stripped of the Check for signed add-on.
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<p>Again from reddit - apparently by a Mozilla dev - claiming that building this unbranded version is not a problem:
</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3gh8e6/firefox_42_will_not_allow_unsigned_extensions/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/3gh8e6/firefox_42_will_not_allow_unsigned_extensions/</a>
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From a tech support point of view this isn't going to end well.
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<p>Sure it will. We're good at compiling variants of Firefox. The machinery to swap out the Firefox name and logos has been part of our build system for at least a decade. It's what makes both first party (Nightly, Aurora, Developer Edition) and third party (IceWeasel, PaleMoon, etc.) releases possible.
</p><p>Not to mention the explosion of variants we build when you consider the four operating systems, three CPU architectures, dozens of human languages, and six channels we build versions for with every release.
</p><p>So that part isn't going to be a problem.
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<p><em>jscher2000 <a href="#answer-819000" rel="nofollow">said</a></em>
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As a temporary workaround, you can make a global exception to the signing requirement (there's currently no way to only make an exception for specific extensions).
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<p>I would be OK with this, except:
</p><p><em>jscher2000 <a href="#answer-819000" rel="nofollow">said</a></em>
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(3) Double-click the <strong>xpinstall.signatures.required</strong> preference to switch it from true to false -- note that this is for <strong>Firefox 43 only</strong>
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<p>... which means that, in two months, Firefox 44 will come out, and when I update, it will disable `xpinstall.signatures.required` for good:
</p><p><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing</a>
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Firefox 44: Release and Beta versions of Firefox will not allow unsigned extensions to be installed, with no override.
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<p>... and then I'm back to square one, and no recourse; so I'd rather start using this unbranded version now. But where is it? Where is the download link for the unbranded version? If it is not released yet, when it will be released? Apparently, the technical infrastructure for producing this build is not a problem - why is this build not existing anywhere yet, then?
</p>I don't know what the unbranded version is.
As a temporary workaround, you can make a global excepti2015-12-17T15:00:59-08:00jscher2000https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1099617#answer-819000<p>I don't know what the unbranded version is.
</p><p>As a temporary workaround, you can make a global exception to the signing requirement (there's currently no way to only make an exception for specific extensions).
</p><p>(1) In a new tab, type or paste <strong>about:config</strong> in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.
</p><p>(2) In the search box above the list, type or paste <strong>xpin</strong> and pause while the list is filtered
</p><p>(3) Double-click the <strong>xpinstall.signatures.required</strong> preference to switch it from true to false -- note that this is for <strong>Firefox 43 only</strong>
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