![]() ![]() I think Win7, compared to 8.1, is fussy and mediocre and in fact this is very evident out of the box. Why not Windows 7? It’s closer to XP in terms of familiarity while being a lot better out-of-the-box. But continuity of other systems should be respected. I have a Windos7 for more recent technologies and applications. Besides, I use to safely keep the installers of software versions that fit well in my system, just for in case. As long as their installer for older versions does not phone home to get blocked from there, like paternalistic Pale Moon’s does, I don’t mind them to evolve. ![]() It does not suddenly become junk when they decide, mind that during more than a decade it has been touted by the same people as the nose of the salmon.īut as I understand the article, Mozilla seems to be the best of the class to this respect.Īnd at least they have a tradition of keeping older versions available for redownload if needed. While I understand that technology evolves and gives newer and wider possibilities, I hate companies that abruptly inhibit you from continuing to work on a system that runs fine and is completely set to your needs. I am affected in the sense that I deliberately keep using my XP. Now You: are you affected by the end of support announcement? There is always Linux, and it is free to install and use. Other options are to use virtualization to run other browsers, or to switch to another operating system entirely. the last Firefox 52 ESR release that supports XP or Vista. Users may stick with an unsupported version of Firefox, e.g. The operating system itself is no longer support - or won't be come April 2017 - and now the browser will also stop receiving security updates eventually. The decision to end support for XP and Vista leaves users on these operating systems in a predicament. Microsoft did end support for the then-and-still popular operating system Windows XP back in April 2014, and will drop support for Windows Vista in April 2017. Of all major browser makers, only Opera and Mozilla are still supporting XP and Vista. While Mozilla continued to support Firefox for XP and Vista, Google did drop support already in its Chrome web browser in mid-2016. That's still almost 13% of the browser's user base in total. It has yet to be seen how portable versions of Firefox will handle execution on unsupported machines, and how Mozilla will handle non-production versions of Firefox on XP or Vista.Īccording to the Firefox Hardware Report, Windows XP accounts for 10.36% and Windows Vista for 2.56% of all systems reporting metrics back to Mozilla. Mozilla plans to implement changers to the Firefox (non ESR) installer to block the installation of the browser on Windows XP and Vista machines. While that end of support date is still undecided, it will be between September 2017 and mid-2018 as Firefox 52 ESR will be moved to Firefox 59 ESR by that time, and that new version won't support XP or Vista.įirefox ESR is a special release of Firefox for organizations who require long term support and don't want to or can't test new Firefox releases every six weeks or so. The organization will reassess the number of XP and Vista users in mid-2017 and use it to decide on a final end of release date for Firefox on those two operating systems. ![]() The move ensures continued support for the operating systems at least until September 2017 according to Mozilla. Mozilla plans to move all XP and Vista users of the web browser to the Firefox Extended Release Channel (ESR) in March. The organization announced back in September 2016 that it plans to make Firefox 52 the latest major version of the browser that supports Windows XP and Windows Vista.įirefox 52 will be released on Maaccording to the browser's release schedule. ![]()
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