Unlike Opera, Google's Chrome is not an option, since Chrome's lower limit is the same as Firefox's, Windows XP SP2. Opera runs on Windows 2000, but its Norwegian maker recommends XP or later. "If you're a Windows 2000 user and you simply cannot upgrade your PC to a more modern Windows version, I'm sure the good folks over at Opera will be happy to help you out," said Dotzler on Friday. Mozilla advised Firefox users still running Windows XP RTM or XP SP1 to migrate to a newer operating system - Windows XP SP3 is a free upgrade - and urged Windows 2000 customers to do the same.ĭotzler also steered Windows 2000 users toward a rival. The only version of Windows XP still backed by Microsoft with security updates - including patches for Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), the browser that shipped with the OS - is SP3, which released in 2008 and has two years of support life left. Microsoft doesn't even support Windows XP SP2. Windows 2000 fell off Microsoft's support list in mid-2010, and XP and XP SP1 were dumped in 20, respectively. Microsoft retired all three editions years ago. But it's not as if Mozilla has jumped the gun. Mozilla added support for SPDY in Firefox 11, the March 13 release.īy switching to Visual Studio 2010, Mozilla will not be able to build Firefox for the older operating systems, said Dotzler. SPDY, for "speedy," is a Google-crafted protocol that promises faster and more secure page loading.
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