What browser will xp users switch to when firefox ends support for xp?

I intend to use XP in perpetuity.

Some of the tasks I have would be much more difficult to achieve using alternative OSs.

My devices are mostly multi-boot, with multiple OSs installed, both MS and Linux. I also operate pairs of machines from a console, using a USB KVM, and a HDMI switch.

Hence, I can have more than one OS live and running.

When it is no longer wise to allow XP on line access, will simply pass coms from the applications on the XP machine through to the other machine running a a different OS.

In practice, this would involve downloading a MIDI file using W10 or Linux, then switch the target machine in my console, and use XP to play the file, with the superior MIDI OUT setter and Media Player's superior controls for MIDI playing.
 
priscus said:
When it is no longer wise to allow XP on line access, will simply pass coms from the applications on the XP machine through to the other machine running a a different OS.
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That's quite true, and I even use XP on an old small HP machine, only for use as a music jukebox and podcast playback device. I broadcast the audio output to an FM transmitter and listen on the radio around the apartment. Again, only offline use here, so it works. I was using a bigger PC with Windows Server 2003 to do the same thing, but it seemed as waste of electricity and consumed more space.
 
Skeleton11223 said:
Using an unsupported OS and browser would be pretty unsafe, I would rather just use one vulnerable thing than two vulnerable things.
Also, I'd say the best replacement browser is probably opera 36, you don't need many features in a browser, security updates are enough.
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I use Opera but I'd like to know if I can cause it to run Twitter videos or find a suitable replacement that will run Twitter videos. Appreciate any help. jackdashack
 
Avast, free antivirus continue to support XP, and have stated they continue in such way. I guess though, we do not know for how long they will continue to offer this support.

Now to my point. They also supply a browser within the Avast 'Safe Zone' facility. This is XP friendly, although it is derived from Google Chrome.

I guess that it remains to be seen, whether Avast continue the XP compatibility of this, as chrome develops a greater separation from the base from which they had started.
 
I am considering bumping up to 7 once all browsers are no longer supported. There are plenty of hacks and modifications to change the gui and system functions to XP like style. I just don't want to yet.
 
DJboutit said:
Pale Moon 26.5.0 works just fine on XP this is the newest version that still works on XP
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That's not a good suggestion though. Facebook has a lot of issues on older Pale Moon version Facebook works properly on Pale Moon v27.1 and higher, so I would stick to Firefox ESR on Windows XP.
 
Elizabeth23 said:
pale moon atom , it is different from just plain pale moon, :)
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Yes but that is now out of date, and no longer supported. In fact, the Atom version has now been discontinued. There are websites that now don't work properly on it. You'd be best using Firefox ESR 52, or else Waterfox on Windows XP x64.
 
towgers said:
I am considering bumping up to 7 once all browsers are no longer supported. There are plenty of hacks and modifications to change the gui and system functions to XP like style. I just don't want to yet.
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Don't forget, of course, that the Windows Update Agent in Win 7 has been messed around with by MicroSoft, so it essentially works the same as in Win 10. Everything all at once, and you no longer get the choice to not install stuff; you get it whether you want it or not.

I would assume that there are probably 'hacks' in place to control that as well.....to a certain extent. Of course, the only surefire cure for it is to disable Windows Update; do I take it you can still manually download and install updates at your own discretion, by browsing this new 'Updates Catalog' system they've now got in place?

Or is that no longer an option?


Mike. ;)
 
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Mike_Walsh said:
Don't forget, of course, that the Windows Update Agent in Win 7 has been messed around with by MicroSoft, so it essentially works the same as in Win 10. Everything all at once, and you no longer get the choice to not install stuff; you get it whether you want it or not.

I would assume that there are probably 'hacks' in place to control that as well.....to a certain extent. Of course, the only surefire cure for it is to disable Windows Update; do I take it you can still manually download and install updates at your own discretion, by browsing this new 'Updates Catalog' system they've now got in place?

Or is that no longer an option?


Mike. ;)
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There is the "Security-Only Update" that comes in one file, or the Monthly rollup, which combines all of the updates from October 2016 onwards. Windows 8.1 is also like this.

Now I run Windows 8 RTM, so I manually download the Security-Only, IE10, Flash and .NET updates each month for Server 2012, and I install those. I've benn using this method to update Windows 8 since January 2016, with no problems.
:)
 
I'm sure not one person is going to ditch the OS any time soon. I'm using it in a VM, but I just get this feel. No one is going to pry XP out of my hands without a fight.
 
I have set up dual boot XP & Win 7 on my main computer. When FireFox for XP dies I'll just do my browsing in Win 7 and do my real work in XP. I have hardware that doesn't have drivers beyond XP so I will always have XP running. I also have a couple of extra KVN switches and I may set up a Win7 browsing box. I have a couple of servers running so I'll set a sandbox to share files with XP.

I still use Windows 98SE in my recording studio to manage a bunch of vintage MIDI & synth hardware. It's on a KVM switch with XP running the DAW. No audio runs through the Win98 box - it just switches MIDI & loads patches. The XP DAW is rarely on line.
 
The "/otter-browser-rc1/o..r-win32-rc1v2-xp.zip" file could not be found or is not available. Please select another file.

above is the message I get when I click on your link (m4sk1n) I was going to give it a try, :)
 
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