Waterfox – Firefox fork retaining XUL support
Huh, didn&#x27;t expect to see this on here again!<p>Just before I continue I&#x27;d like everyone to know I have complete respect for Mozilla and everything they have achieved with Firefox in v57! It really is awesome and a testament to their engineering talent. I used to submit patches to them to get the code base compiled with Intel&#x27;s C++ compiler and they really are great in communicating with you and even going out of their way to fix obscure issues. I hope to return to submitting more helpful patches and I&#x27;m excited to see where Firefox goes from here on out!<p>Now on to some other points:<p>* v56 with security patches from v57 is available to test here if anyone is interested: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;waterfox&#x2F;comments&#x2F;7ed9sf&#x2F;waterfox_56_test_build_download_plans_please&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;waterfox&#x2F;comments&#x2F;7ed9sf&#x2F;waterfox_5...</a><p>* v56 will stay here with security patches remaining until the end of v59 ESR (I&#x27;ll be using it to track security issues and patch them).<p>* In the spirit of YCombinator and HN, my next step after the release of v56 is to go to VCs (or other funding sources) and show that open source projects can be successful business ventures without having to sell out the user. Then hopefully set up a team and create a power-user focused browser based on all the exciting technology out there - (servo would definitely be a fun base).<p>Of course I&#x27;m young and Waterfox was a side-project that I thought made me a real programmer at 16 because I managed to set the 64-bit flags on MSVC (oh dear). I never thought it&#x27;d basically become a full time job, get me into prestigious universities and even land me job contracts because of all the years I spent working on it!<p>If anyone has advice I certainly wouldn&#x27;t knock it and it would be much appreciated. If you think I&#x27;m crazy go ahead and let me know as well haha!