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Firefox 52 Is The Last Version of Firefox For Windows XP and Vista (mspoweruser.com)

Posted by msmash on from the end-of-road dept.

Mozilla has confirmed that Firefox 52, the new version of its browser it made available earlier this week, will be the last major version to support two legacy operating systems - Windows XP and Windows Vista. The company said future versions will require Windows users to be on a machine that has at a minimum Windows 7 running on it.

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  1. Why drop Vista? by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Not that I have any Vista machines any more, but why drop Vista support? What's available on 7 but not Vista, API-wise?

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  2. The last real version of Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This will be the last ESR that supports proper extensions, proper operating systems and proper plugins. We need to set up a new browser foundation that will continue updating this browser for real users and not Chrome drones.