Last Version of Software for Windows 8.1

[Jody Thornton]

OK good!  So the Firefox 153 DOES run with Windows 8! ...  e3kskoy7wqk said he is ONLY supporting Windows 7 on this beta and may restore support later.  I am a wee bit worried, so I'm sticking with his ESR 14.x builds for now.

Edited May 27 by Jody Thornton

[Jody Thornton]

On 5/25/2026 at 6:49 AM, joop said:

@Jody Thornton

???? Don't understand you. Only see Search Settings, but don't know any idea what the problem with that is.

Sorry - I meant top left.

[Jody Thornton]

While I'm here, has anyone been able to compile either Thunderbird OR Betterbird v140 for Windows 7 and 8x?

[joop]

On 5/28/2026 at 12:48 AM, Jody Thornton said:

OK good!  So the Firefox 153 DOES run with Windows 8! ...  e3kskoy7wqk said he is ONLY supporting Windows 7 on this beta and may restore support later.  I am a wee bit worried, so I'm sticking with his ESR 14.x builds for now.

He says can't test on Operating Systems other than W7. I have no any problems found running on W8.1, it's works perfectly i think.
By the way W8.1 is technically more as W10/11 than 7, so it is strange if it are workjing on 7 and NOT on 8.1


But actually, I rarely work with Windows anymore and usually use Ubuntu. It is just a kind of curiosity of mine to keep up with this browser support on W8.1.
I got stuck on 8.1 because W10/11 never interested me.

Edited June 3 by joop

[Jody Thornton]

On 5/27/2026 at 6:53 PM, Jody Thornton said:

While I'm here, has anyone been able to compile either Thunderbird OR Betterbird v140 for Windows 7 and 8x?

So, really?  No one is interested in this at all ???

[superleiw]

I think people might be interested, it just seems that noone has ever backported it.

Or the code is too complicated to adapt it to anything before Windows 10.