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I have no idea what so ever what the appeal of firefox is, its just rubbish on mac.

for me safari all the way, that being said chrome is faster, especially for flash games which the kids play.

On my Macs I use Safari, but I also have Google Chrome installed for those times I need to run Flash-based media. I stopped using Firefox a long time ago. On Windows my browser of choice is Chrome. 

Lindsay, I checked out what I could on the internet and it seems that Chrome would not be supported on OS X 10.5.8, and there might be problems with plug-ins like Flash, if you want to watch videos. I read that there are (slightly complicated) methods of getting Chrome to work with what they call "outdated plug-ins", and you can Google that advice. I read there are supposed security risks. But the question always is, how vulnerable is a Mac?

Is Firefox still working okay for you? Do you still use Safari? There is Opera, which apparently will use the older Flash 10.3.

Otherwise, you have to upgrade, which you don't want to do: Snow Leopard.

My oldest Mac is PPC so I can't upgrade, it's a backup desktop that I can't part with (my first Apple computer from 2006) and I get messages from some of the browsers that they aren't supported. I use it occasionally but I can't remember what limitations were displayed by various browsers because they are no longer supported.

On my Mountain Lion MacBooks, I use Chrome the most, more than Safari or Firefox.

I don't know if it's supported on 10.5.8, but Camino is a very nice browser.

Thanks guys.

As I do little video I'd be content with Safari.

Hawk - In effect there's no problem with me carrying on using Firefox?

Lindsay

Lindsay, according to Firefox, "you will no longer receive security and stability updates". On their website they have a list of vulnerabilities addressed in past releases. On their site they have an "impact key", showing critical, high, and moderate vulnerabilities. For example, for critical, Mozilla states "vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing". I don't know enough about this. I guess there is the risk of viruses, malware, and trojans. Some folks figure it might be safe to continue navigating to sites they know well, but that carries risks as well (ads can be a risk). I might worry about doing banking or making purchases. I wish I knew more about this.

So, your Mac still works great, and I understand your reasoning for not updating. But wouldn't it be nice to have peace of mind? Your biggest expense will be to upgrade to Snow Leopard ($20 to purchase an install disc from Apple) and then purchase Mountain Lion for $20. Assuming your Mac has an Intel CPU, of course. And you may need more ram. Remember, Safari isn't supported either when using 10.5.8.

Mr Hawk once again than you. Have actually bought some extra memory as well as Snow Leopard and Lion.  Thanks again.

Lindsay

You are most welcome!