[HowTo] Downgrade Firefox to older version in Windows,Linux and Mac
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Many people have been upset with recent browser upgrades. Especially Firefox which is causing serious issues on some machines, slowing it down to uselessness. While its not a good idea to downgrade software, sometimes its better than to abandon it altogether.
Here we are covering how to downgrade FireFox browser for Linux(ubuntu) and Windows to a previous version of your choice and yes we meant any version of the browser you like.
If you have installed a beta version of FireFox and it doesnt work well or an add-on is not compatible with the newly upgraded version than this Video might help out.We did a downgrade recently after upgrading to latest beta version of Firefox 6 (which is seemingly faster) but a web developer add-on namely Firebug and fastdial is not compatible yet so we were force to switch to an older compatible version. Enough said just follow simple steps below:
Downgrade Firefox 5 to Firefox 4 or any earlier versions:[Windows users]
1. Visit http://www.oldapps.com/firefox.php
2. Select the version you want to Downgrade to and Download the version of the firefox.
3. Uninstall the current version of the Firefox
4. Install the downloaded firefox file
Downgrade Firefox 5 to Firefox 4 or any earlier versions:[MAC users]
1.Heres the link: http://mac.oldapps.com/firefox.php
2. Select the version you want to Downgrade to and Download the version of the firefox.
3. Uninstall the current version of the Firefox
4. Install the downloaded firefox file
Downgrade Firefox 5 to Firefox 4 or any earlier versions:[Linux users]
1. Goto Synaptic Package Manager
2. Goto Quick filter and search Firefox ,then once the result appears click on the "Firefox"(usually the 1st item)
3. Goto Package,then select Force Version
4. In Force version choose the version you would like to downgrade to and click on Force Version
5. Apply
Thats it! Thanks for watching the Video.
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