Now that Google Chrome + Chromium no longer support Mountain Lion + Firefox is just announcing that as of July 15, 2017, they will not support Mountain Lion + Opera, after version 37, also will not support ML, will Safari 6.2.8 be acceptable for use with ML? Also what other browsers will continue to support ML? Thanks, Ken.
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), 2.66, 4gigs ram, 1 Terabyte
Safari is part of the OSX, so it will work.
The others will work also, but the (security) will stop eventually.
Thanks for your quick reply. Will Safari 6.2.8 continue to work with complete security as it comes with ML. If, so Safari will become my main browser. Thanks, Ken.
As long as Safari 6 is supported by Apple. After that it will continue to work, as the others, without further security updates.
If you want to stay with 10.8, try Firefox which is still being updated.
Firefox
Hi Eric, OP said: "Now that Google Chrome + Chromium no longer support Mountain Lion + Firefox is just announcing that as of July 15, 2017, they will not support Mountain Lion + Opera, after version 37, also will not support ML"
greets,
Lex
Look at SeaMonkey for OS X.
The SeaMonkey team is still supporting older OS X versions.
If you do not feel you need SeaMonkey's built in Mail client, you can have SeaMonkey just launch the web browser only.
I have downloaded this on both my OS X Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion partitions and external hard drives with Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion on them.
I am giving SeaMonkey a tryout and looksee.
So far, it's not too bad.
It has much of Firefox's underpinnings and stills allows for add-ons and extensions, just like Firefox.
I hope they continue support as a web browser replacement for older OS X versions like the TenFourFox web browser did for OS X Tiger and Leopard.
Thanks, shall give SeaMonkey a try again.
Good find...
It is the same webkit as Firefox, but they seem to keep it going...
Do not uninstall Safari when you have found another browser to your liking, OSX would not be happy without Safari.
Safari 6.2.8 has not been supported by Apple since Mountain Lion support was discontinued the end of last summer, 2015. It has not been patched for known security vulnerabilities since then, and is unsafe to use.
I am just trying out Waterfox 44.0.2, which is an EXACT clone of Firefox 46.0.1 which I am currently using (Waterfox also updates automatically). When I ran Waterfox the first time, my complete Firefox profile was there (extensions, themes, plugins, bookmarks etc.), but Waterfox seems to load websites much quicker. I sent an email to the Waterfox creator who assures me that support for Waterfox on Mountain Lion shall continue after July 2017, here is his reply on the Waterfox forum:
“I don't see any reason why not. Usually Mozilla end support so if users have issues they don't have to waste resources trying to fix them. Mozilla technically don't support XP 64-Bit, but I've had no issues allowing Waterfox to run on legacy systems. I'll give it a go for you, it's just as easy as changing the version number in info.plist. If anything crops up though it might be difficult to fix”.
So Waterfox 44.0.2 is now my main browser with Safari as my backup. This, of course, is just my experience. I am not much of a techie but Waterfox, as long as it works well, seems to be the answer for me. Ken.
Which Browser Will Continue To Support Mountain Lion
