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An email notice to a post by e3k-Blah regarding the old repository: e3kskoy7wqk left a comment (e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7#170) Friends, this thread has been quiet for a while. Since this repository is no longer being updated, and since I have observed that some people enjoy the fruits of the labor of myself and my collaborators while continuously launching baseless attacks against my repository and those of my collaborators, keeping this repository active would mean that its positive impact no longer outweighs its negative impact. Therefore, after I finish handling #176, I will archive this repository. Discussion in this thread will move to e3kskoy7wqk/Firefox-for-windows-7-REWORK#8 . Thank you to @IS4Code for your contributions to this browser. Unfortunately, I did not have the chance to merge your changes, and I hope #147 will be handled properly in my new repository. My lord: launching "baseless attacks"??? Simmer down pal. I voiced an opinion. I liked your browser; yes, but you went in a direction I wished you hadn't. It was called Firefox For Windows 7 and I wished you had stayed in that lane. That does not mean I can't express my dissatisfaction that you catered to the XP crowd. Those were NOT attacks. Sheesh!
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@NotHereToPlayGames , I partially agree. I don't think all updates are a joke though. I can say that desktop video rendering seemed to be more responsive with better nVidia drivers supplied by Microsoft's Server 2012 updates past the Windows 8 EOL in January 2016. Mind you, I have to also manually choose a wallpaper separately when choosing a new theme or visual style, so there's that. Also, I have been witness to people's systems being compromised, just by random attacks, rather than something being clicked on to initiate it, so I think there is true merit to many updates. However, you'd be right in saying that this does NOT apply to all updates. I'm all for service packs though. Mind you, I stopped updating Windows 8 when the last non-ESU update for Server 2012 came out in October 2023, so next month that's three years. I'll say, my system runs SPLENDIDLY, so that gives credence to your "no updates" argument. I wonder just how long I can push Windows 8 in terms of longevity. I have Windows 10 LTSC 2019 box just waiting for implementation, but Windows 8 just keeps ticking along fine as a daily driver. I also love how it looks.
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True, but back then, a user tested it out thoroughly, and noticed a performance improvement without the update installed completely, versus using Inspectre.
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My only thing is I don't want to install a rollup, because it will forcibly install the update for Spectre and Meltdown (remember that nonsense?), thereby slowing or disabling cache.
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Yeah sorry I wasn't keeping up to the day to day. Too busy! All good though.
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Thanks @NotHereToPlayGames . And here I thought that was just part of the forum redesign.
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Weird - I've had no issues as of now on ESR 115 - legit from Mozilla; no forks
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Actually I have a question. If I were refreshing maybe two or three times in an hour, say every three hours or so, would I be seen as a "bot", because it comes from the same IP? I just worry that I could exacerbate the problem. I'm sure not, but who knows sometimes.
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Can't believe it - but we actually agree. We had a PERFECTLY WORKING version of ESR 140.x for those of us on Windows 7 and Windows 8. Me being told to calm down, because the new rework will allow the XP and Vista gang to join in is simply NOT a priority of mine. I know what you're stating is for different, and more "streamlining" reasons, but I'll go with it.
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Meh ! My opinion . Vista and XP are just too old. I used to be a lot more "vintagey" with operating systems, but i find it just holds you back. Worrying about compatibility and what not just starts to waste time. I'm even in the process of migrating to LTSC because Windows 8 is starting to get long in the tooth, mostly because all of these browser fork authors are changing their minds on a whim about development direction. One starts to realize there's more to life than worrying about areall this stuff. To each their own though.
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I wish they had done this with ESR 140 instead. Especially since e3k-etc and r3dFox are in a bit of a limbo state right now. I really just wanted to run ESR v140 for the rest of the summer
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I guess the way I look at it is: we had a perfectly good compilation of current Firefox in both release and ESR flavours that already worked on Windows 7 and 8x. That's all I want. XP and Vista can now be damned whereas 7 and 8x can be more easily made to work. I'd be happy if e3k-etc could just release a more up to date version of v140 ESR. He already has it working with with v140.0.11, so just recompile the next one. Sigh!
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