Firefox For Mac Os X 10.6.8

File Details
File Size	121.1 MB
License	Freeware
Operating System	Mac OS X
Date Added	January 25, 2021
Total Downloads	227,903
Publisher	Mozilla
Homepage	Mozilla Firefox

Publisher's Description

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source Web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is the second most widely used browser.

Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard is an upgrade to the previous version of OS X Leopard. This update does not have stacks of new features, rather overall improvements and efficiency upgrades. This version of Apple's OS also has a reduced footprint. Key features include. Gameboy Advance Emulator For Mac Os X 10.6.8 Mac Os X Lion Skin Pack Download For Windows 7 Free Typing Tutor For Mac Os X Google Chrome Vs. Firefox For Mac Os X Safari For Mac Os X 10.5 8 Internet Explorer 6.0 For Mac Os X Gom Player For Mac Os X Yosemite Mini Vmac For Mac Os X 10.4 Download Mac Os X 10.8 Iso For Pc. At home I have an old MacBook running OSX 10.6.8 and I’ve found that using Firefox 48.0.2 (the newest version compatible with this OS X) provides the most reasonable browsing experience. I considered Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to anticipate likely additions to the standards.

tektotalrui reviewed v58.0 on Jan 23, 2018

Get me a lot of errors when I open the browser

Nrf2User reviewed v39.0 on Jul 22, 2015

I've had nothing but problems with Firefox 39.0 (using on my MacBook Pro OS X 10.6.8). In order to quit, I have to force quit. It freezes up continually. I'm about to uninstall it and start using a different browser. I'd give it a 0 stars if I could.

Output Overboard reviewed v36.0 on Feb 24, 2015

Here's the first review in 3 years.
This version is smooth and fast performing, literally taking many of it's looks and ideas directly from Google Chrome.
Along with smooth performance comes better memory management.
Firefox is probably the most configurable browser as well.

Cris3 reviewed v15.0 Final on Aug 28, 2012

Seems to work great with Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and updating Firefox from ver 14.
Appears to have flawless integration.

HornyToad reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 11, 2010

Doesn't work on Tiger (MacOS X 10.4.x for the non-cognoscenti...), hence the low rating. It's a shame really: Mozilla is following in Google's footsteps when it comes to Apple OSes, and forgets that not all Mac users can or want to switch to Snow Leopard. Might as well spit in our eye... Take Opera as the (perfect) counter-example, they who have recently launched a new version of their browser that's really multi-platform. Shame on you, Gorgonzilla! (pardon the cheesy pun...)

Adrian79 reviewed v3.6 Alpha 1 on Aug 26, 2009

windows screenshot :(

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on May 1, 2009

Work like hell with JIT default enabled !!!

AlanS2001 reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on Apr 29, 2009

Still the best!

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Nov 1, 2008

The BEST browser form me !!!
Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.1 Beta 1 on Nov 1, 2008

The BEST browser form me !!!
Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!

Your Rating

tektotalrui reviewed v58.0 on Jan 23, 2018

Pros: Nice smooth

Cons: A lot of errors

Bottom Line: Get me a lot of errors when I open the browser

Nrf2User reviewed v39.0 on Jul 22, 2015

Output Overboard reviewed v36.0 on Feb 24, 2015

Cris3 reviewed v15.0 Final on Aug 28, 2012

Seems to work great with Mountain Lion 10.8.1 and updating Firefox from ver 14.
Appears to have flawless integration.

HornyToad reviewed v4.0 Beta 3 on Aug 11, 2010

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Adrian79 reviewed v3.6 Alpha 1 on Aug 26, 2009

windows screenshot :(

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on May 1, 2009

Work like hell with JIT default enabled !!!

AlanS2001 reviewed v3.5 Beta 4 on Apr 29, 2009

Still the best!

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Nov 1, 2008

The BEST browser form me !!!
Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.1 Beta 1 on Nov 1, 2008

The BEST browser form me !!!
Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!

Virtual_ManPL reviewed v3.0.3 on Nov 1, 2008

The BEST browser form me !!!
Secure, fast, stable and powerfull with extensions !!!

patrickberg reviewed v2.0.0.17 on Sep 23, 2008

In my opinion Firefox doesn't even compare to Camino: www.caminobrowser.org . Even better in my eyes is webkit: www.webkit.org . Webkit is the fastest browser I have found for Mac & is updated several times per week.
Back to Firefox, I have tried Firefox 2 & 3beta. My experience was not good. The layout of browser menus & such drove me crazy. The browser was slower than Camino to open & slower to load webpages. This is on my 1gz imac with 1gig ram.

bousozoku reviewed v2.0.0.13 on Mar 25, 2008

The flexibility is the key here and anti-phishing support is important, as well. The developers have been cleaning up the Gecko renderer and crashing is all but a distant memory. Using version 2.x with Leopard instantly improves text display, which seems odd, since Mozilla didn't change anything in Leopard. Has Apple been holding back all this time to make third parties look bad?
Version 3.0 is still about two months out and truly improves all facets of the browser.

bousozoku reviewed v3.0 Beta 3 on Feb 13, 2008

It's quite a bit better than earlier beta releases. The new theme was a bit shocking with its all silver/graphite look, but it will please the Safari crowd in that it doesn't look anything like something on Windows. (They'll still complain anyway.)
Performance is good but still has a way to go before it's ready for everyone. Startup and shutdown of the browser is slow. Once launched, it's quite speedy--faster than the current Safari but not the Safari beta.
Apparently, memory leaks have been addressed strongly and that's helped a lot to aid stability. It really doesn't feel like a beta but add-ons still don't work.

Jonuco reviewed v3.0 Beta 2 on Dec 19, 2007

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Gran Paradiso is a huge improvement over the previous version of Firefox. The Cocoa interface makes Firefox comparable to the speeds of Camino, and switching through tabs is way faster than on Windows or Linux versions. Considering all the improvements Firefox's going to have, this version is going to be the most anticipated release ever.

On August 2, 2016, Firefox 48.0 was released. It is scheduled to be replaced by Firefox 49.0 on September 13, 2016. At that point, Mac users using OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion will be left behind by the current versions of Firefox. It will be a sad day, as Firefox is the last major browser to support Mac OS X 10.6 through 10.8.

But it’s not all bad news. Firefox has given us Mac support longer than Google’s Chrome browser, which left us behind in April 2016. And in comparison to Apple’s Safari browser, Chrome and Firefox have been downright generous. Safari 5.1.10 was the last version for OS X 10.6, and that arrived on September 12, 2013. Safari 6.1.6, the final revision for OS X 10.7, was unleashed on August 13, 2014, and 6.2.8, the last version for OS X 10.8, a year later on August 13, 2015.

Chrome gave Snow Leopard users 2-1/2 years more support than Apple did, Lion users 20 months more, and Mountain Lion 8 months. When Firefox 49.0 arrives, Snow Leopard users will have had 3 years more support by Firefox than Safari gave them. Lion users, 25 months, and Mountain Lion holdouts, 13 months.

Outdated Does Not Mean Obsolete

Fear mongers will insist on running the latest version of browser on a fully up-to-date operating system with the belief that anything else puts you at risk. The truth is, there are unknown risks in the latest software. You can never be 100% secure.

However, you can be very productive with older operating systems, applications, and browsers. Just because some new piece of software requires a newer OS version is no reason to upgrade – unless it gives you a feature you really need to have. I have been happily working with OS X 10.6 on my 2007 Mac mini for years. I use Safari, Chrome, and Firefox daily on it, and only one of them is current – and not for much longer.

Then again, OS X Snow Leopard itself is far from current, yet it allows me to run lots of software and be very productive. I don’t find it limiting at all to use outdated software with an outdated operating system on a discontinued computer that will never run OS X 10.8 or newer. It’s good enough for what I need it to do.

Honestly, that’s the whole point of Low End Mac. You can be productive even if you can’t run the latest Mac OS and browser. After all, there was a time when they had nothing newer to use, and they were productive then.

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The Real World

Security experts will count out hundreds or thousands of security issues with whatever you’re doing on your computer, and none of it matters until someone targets that issue in a way that reaches your machine. That’s the real world. Theoretical security problems are not real until they become exploits, and even then the problem might never reach your system if you’re not downloading apps from unreliable sources.