Reverting to Firefox 4 from Firefox 6 (alpha)

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2013-07
  • SidCool

    I recently downloaded Firefox 6 Aurora (alpha). But this version does not have Firebug extension compatible with it. I cannot re-install Firefox 4 as it's download is blocked (company policy). Is there any way I can revert to firefox 4 by means of updates?

    Thanks. Sid

    • Answers
  • Cody Gray

    No, unfortunately this is not possible. There is no way to "update" from Firefox 6 to Firefox 4.

    Not only does that defy intuition (such would not be an update!), but it's technically impossible as well. The code base for version 6 is undoubtedly very different from the code base for version 4.

    Download and install version 4 the same way you were able to download and install the alpha release of version 6. That wasn't an in-place upgrade, either. Use the same methods to get around your company's security policy, or ask your administrator to do so for you.

  • Hovertruck

    Normally different Firefox version are installed side by side. Maybe you still have Firefox 4 on you drive?

  • Dusty Campbell

    I think you can get Firebug for that verison of Firefox:

    Check out this blog post


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  • Hcabnettek

    I have latest version of FireFox. It has always worked fine using HOTMAIL until recently. I check a checkbox on my items list and FireFox chokes. Thinking back it seems to have started after a recent FireBug update so that may be related. I am liking the older version of Firebug better by the way but thats another post alltogether. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there a fix available?

    Thanks, ~ck in San Diego


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  • Dominic Watson

    Go to your Tools->Add-Ons menu and disable all extensions. Go to hotmail and see if it works. If it does, then you know that FF is not what is causing the issue. If you suspect that Firebug is the issue, you can specifically disable that extension first and try.

    If it is indeed Firebug, you can set a list of sites in Firebug that it should ignore. It is under the Firebug options in Tools->Add-Ons.