Microsoft ended security updates and technical support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020, but the operating system still lingers with support in some apps, like Firefox. In 2024, Mozilla announced its ...

Last September, Mozilla announced that it would extend support for Firefox on older Windows operating systems until March of this year. Now, the company has updated its release calendar, which now ...

Back in February of this year, Mozilla committed to supporting Firefox on older versions of Windows for at least another six months, which meant up to August 19th, 2025. Now, the company has once ...

Two years ago, Mozilla released Firefox 115, the final version to support Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and a bunch of macOS releases. A year later, Mozilla revealed its plans to extend support for outdated ...

Mozilla is still not ready to drop Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 support in Firefox. The browser will continue receiving security updates throughout 2025. All mainstream browsers dropped Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 ...

Why it matters: Windows 7 went out of Microsoft's extended support (through the Extended Security Updates paid program) in January, and software companies are now revealing they will do the same in ...

There are still a lot of people running Windows 10 rather than upgrading to Windows 11. This is perhaps not astonishing, but there are still a surprising number of users with even older versions of ...

Bottom line: Firefox users on older operating systems will have a bit more time with the browser thanks to Mozilla's recent decision to extend support for about six more months. Still, the clock is ...

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