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 27May 27 by 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.

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

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 3Jun 3 by joop

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 ???

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.

Good news, the Firefox release calendar says there comes a mega extension for 115 ESR until as late as Jan 2027!

https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

Edited July 11Jul 11 by joop

On 12.7.2026 at 00:38, joop said:

Gute Neuigkeiten: Laut Firefox-Veröffentlichungskalender wird es eine Mega-Erweiterung für 115 ESR geben, die voraussichtlich bis Januar 2027 andauern wird!

https://whattrainisitnow.com/calendar/

March 2027

https://whattrainisitnow.com/release/?version=esr

The necromantic tale of Firefox ESR 115
aka
Mozilla trying to keep a dead horse alive by any means necessary

On 6/12/2026 at 8:12 PM, Jody Thornton said:

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

Here is a mod.I don't know how usable it is though

https://github.com/adeii/supermium-portable/releases/tag/T142

https://github.com/adeii/supermium-portable/releases/tag/T145

Here is some other modded software for windows 7

https://w7revived.chefkiss.dev/

Edited July 31Jul 31 by liceco5374

Thanks for posting these links. I had searched and searched and wasn't able to find anything.