Mozilla re-established its back in July specifically to help address business users' about the browser's newly increased , and this new proposal, revealed on Wednesday, was the first fruit of that effort. Specifically, the group has drafted a calling for Mozilla to offer Extended Support Release (ESR) versions of desktop Firefox based on every five official releases of the browser.

So, such ESRs would arrive every 30 weeks, or every five release cycles of the browser; they'd also be maintained for seven release cycles, or 42 weeks. The first ESR would likely be based on Firefox 8 or 9, the group said. The mobile version of Firefox would not be included in this ESR program.

"To permit organizations sufficient time for testing and certification, the ESR will have a two cycle (12 week) overlap between the time of a new release and the end-of-life of the previous release," the proposal explains. "This will allow organizations to qualify and test against Aurora and Beta builds for twelve weeks leading up to the ESR, and an additional 12 weeks to certify and transition to a new ESR."

The Mozilla Enterprise User Working Group now seeks additional feedback from organizations of all sizes over the coming weeks to help it turn this proposal into a concrete plan. Those with any feedback or ideas to share are encouraged to send the group an .

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