Firefox 116 drops Windows 7/8, 115.x ESR Continues

[JohnTHaller]

With the 116 release of Firefox, Mozilla has ended support for Windows 7/8/8.1. A 115.x ESR branch will be maintained through Sept 2024. PortableApps.com has created a special package of this which will automatically be created for users on these versions of Windows as they upgrade from Firefox Portable Stable.

Firefox Portable Legacy 115 Announcement: https://portableapps.com/news/2023-08-0 ... 0-released

Firefox Portable Stable 116 Announcement: https://portableapps.com/news/2023-08-0 ... 0-released

Mozilla Announcement: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/fi ... ed-support

From my comment on our posts:

Firefox 116 ends support for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Firefox Portable Legacy 115 has been released as a custom channel separate from Stable and ESR which will continue to support Windows 7/8/8.1 through Sept 2024. It can run alongside Firefox Stable without issue.

When existing Stable users upgrade from 115.x to 116.x, a FirefoxPortableLegacy115 instance will automatically be created alongside the existing FirefoxPortable stable instance. This instance will also automatically be kept up to date by the PA.c Platform for users who use it. When Firefox Portable 116 is run on an unsupported version of Windows, it will offer to run FirefoxPortableLegacy115 if it exists. If it does not exist, it will offer to take you to its homepage to download it.

[freakazoid]

Thanks JTH. I've updated the Firefox listing here on TPFC about 116 dropping 7/8/8.1.

Feel free to make any changes to the listing over here - https://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=132