With Firefox 115, users on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 will automatically be moved to the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR).
Firefox support for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2023/07/06/firefox-support-for-windows-7-8-and-8-1/
4 Comments
t0fr@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 3y
I understand why Firefox is doing this, they're not the only one. But I also understand why people would like to stay on older operating systems, particularly Windows 7.
Just a difficult situation all around
Timvde@fedia.io · 2 pts · 3y
With this, Mozilla will have given more than 1.5 years of extra support compared to Chromium browsers. Supporting old operating systems has a development cost, and they put themselves at a disadvantage if they choose to support these old OSes for much longer.
People should really just update. Old, unsupported operating systems are unsafe to use.
Neikon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
There is any news about Mica support / transparency in win11. Now that win7's legacy transparency is going to die, is that a final goodbye or the beginning of support for new transparency technologies?