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==The Extra and Requiem== | ==The Extra and Requiem== | ||
As | And on a sad note (for some of the effort), found a slightly updated version of the cameras 'web viewer' software that allowed for non ActiveX controls to be used, but still required the older XPCOM and XUL style Addin (IE, the 'pre WebAssembly' version of PlugIns) architecture for Firefox. And from there, the version that one can use (at least for this camera) gets a bit murky. As far as I can tell, the ESR (Extended Service Release) version(s) of Firefox, which are a requirement for any of this stuff to work, goes from 52.9 to 60.something, with 52.9 not having WebAssembly enabled. And for the regular version, the 'XPInstall signed' thing is only available in the ESR version, so even though the older XPCOM and XUL style add-ins seem to be available through version 57 or 59 of 'regular' Firefox, the signing setting isn't available. So in the end, to play it safe, picking 52.9.0esr was a good choice. | ||
And of course it should be pointed out, not that any intelligent person wouldn't understand, that Firefox version | As with everything these days, there are choices. Another choice for the above dilemma might be [https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ SeaMonkey] (tried, but couldn't get it to work) | ||
And of course it should be pointed out, not that any intelligent person wouldn't understand, that Firefox version 52 should not be used for any public website access (and I'm not sure it can even deal with modern TLS certificates). This entire article is about keeping older hardware viable (and cutting down on e-waste among other things). Access to any 'website' with Firefox 52 requires that you be aware of what you're connecting to ahead of time (IE, nothing on the public internet). | |||