yoltboy01 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 7 hours ago, yoltboy01 said: Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1 Screenshot please, if possible. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 3 hours ago, mina7601 said: Screenshot please, if possible. Thanks. https://imgur.com/a/cDGZ8eD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 Google has just released Drive v79 and it seems to be the last supported version available for Windows 8.1. They have stated this in their release notes (support.google.com/a/answer/7577057?hl=en). It's chromium underlayer is still based on Chromium 105. I think they will update the Chromium framework to v115 with the next update. Nonetheless, it will be worth trying to backport newer versions to 8.1, since newer Chromium versions technically work on W8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 (edited) Git for Windows on Windows 8/7 is going bye-bye, following Cygwin's and MSYS2's lead as there is dependency on MSYS2. https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.41.0.windows.3 32-bit version is also being phased out. Edited August 5 by UCyborg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Happy to announce that Microsoft Office 365 (MS 365) v2309 is working on Windows 8.1 Support for 8.1 had been dropped in January with v2301/2302 (in some cases) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike02 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) On 7/14/2023 at 12:58 AM, yoltboy01 said: So, new news: - Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) v2308 works on Windows 8.1. Support had ended with v2301, roughly half a year ago (link below) - Firefox 117 (latest Alpha) works flawlessly on Windows 8.1 (7 as well) - Chrome 114 works, but 115 crashes for me (there are forks like Supermium or CatsXP that are based on 115 but I haven't tested them, so I cannot recommend them) I am kind of surprised that Microsoft didn't implement functions that would break compatibility with Windows 8.1 yet. They probably don't care. Windows 7's compatibility was broken after v2002 as far as I remember. imgur.com/a/FvieLQC Even Firefox 117 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested. See the moded files there: https://mega.nz/file/5MkDSTKD#NupHlxjsdGI__AjSotr5nexMbOqbDrXm7Rvldq_xsVo Edited August 25 by Mike02 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 15 hours ago, Mike02 said: Even Firefox 117 beta 9 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested. See the moded files there: https://mega.nz/file/8JcQ0TyJ#8Vi3VFD26lkjjQ8vA9OvSnyRMXtd-oAiUbSB8QNi3KQ The final 117 will work as well. Even 118 alpha works on 8.1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25495k Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 On 8/20/2023 at 8:57 PM, Mike02 said: Even Firefox 117 works on windows 8.1. On Windows 7 I have not tested. See the moded files there: https://mega.nz/file/MMMjlRRR#OSPPu_dO8kGLy-x13DmRIdH6jU5siqfTmLxhfVNSEHQ On windows 7, it doesn't work, crashes immediately at startup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Google had ended Drive support for Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012 with version 79 last month. They just dropped v80 and (I guessed it) it works on Windows 8.1 (x64) imgur.com/a/1YVGp57 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Firefox 119 (a1) working on Windows 8.1 imgur.com/a/pP2se64 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 I also tested Opera 102 (based on Chromium 116) and it also works on Windows 8.1 (will share a screenshot later). What I don't quite understand is how Opera, a Chromium based browser, can still work on W8, when the source Chromium browser doesn't even start up anymore. Same goes for Chrome and Edge btw. I'm not complaining tho, I am just curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cockatiel Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) On 8/1/2023 at 3:48 PM, yoltboy01 said: Glad to see that Firefox 118 (Alpha 1) is working on Windows 8.1 Firefox 118 beta 2 even works on Windows 8.0 (I will post later the guide how to make it work) Edited August 30 by Cockatiel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoltboy01 Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 3 hours ago, Cockatiel said: Firefox 118 beta 2 even works on Windows 8.0 (I will post later the guide how to make it work) Yup. 119 does too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Draker Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 On 8/30/2023 at 2:00 PM, yoltboy01 said: I also tested Opera 102 (based on Chromium 116) and it also works on Windows 8.1 (will share a screenshot later). What I don't quite understand is how Opera, a Chromium based browser, can still work on W8, when the source Chromium browser doesn't even start up anymore. Same goes for Chrome and Edge btw. I'm not complaining tho, I am just curious. Because Opera is Chinese (for about a decade now), and as far as I see it, they aren't concerned about any older OS in particular, it's rather because the Chinese are just slow at advancing it. But in this case it works in your favour. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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