Everything posted by Jody Thornton
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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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I know these forks are free, and it's their time, but if you're going to commit, then commit. Don't deliver because, "I don't feel like it". The browser artist known as e3k-blah (I friggin love that), is not going to further compile any ESR 140x builds. I appreciate these builds, but either deliver consistently, or don't.
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Mozilla really should allow ESR 140x to be backported. If r3dFox and Firefox for Windows 7 can do it, then ...
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All Done Now! https://chipp.in/software/windows/mozilla-ends-support-for-firefox-on-windows-7-and-8-8-1/
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Yeah I remember years ago, I used to be very against using old OSs such as XP because of security update issues. Then I relaxed on it, but over the time morphing my stance to just include Vista and up. Now, with my fully ditching any trace of Vista or older, I stick to JUST keeping Windows 8 going. I don't care about the security updates so much. It's just that I like how Windows 8 looks and feels vs Windows 10. However, I've really started to see Windows XP as archaic. It's odd for me to think that in 2025, Windows XP has ANY place on a running PC, but this time around, I'm not really worried about how others feel about my expressing that opinion. It just is what it is. When I made a comment in one of Roytam1's threads about using Betterbird vs MailNews or Interlink, I was reminded that the goal was to have a client running on XP or higher. My first thought was, "Oh yeah - that!" It feels more like an irritation that won't go away, rather than a goal to aspire to.
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Well the forks do. Not the standard product. And there are other applications other than browsers that have challenges. Anyway, all good
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Oh yeah! That! (weird how you forget that this is meant to target XP, once you leave it behind. I'm more of the mindset that says, "Can it at least run on Windows 7 or 8", as that's a challenge now)
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I have tried Interlink, MailNews and Epyrus. None of them can work with OAuth2 (at least for Outlook). I've since installed Betterbird, back in the spring. All good now
