Management of Mozilla has announced its intention to discontinue support for some older versions of the Windows operating system in its web browser Firefox, beginning from the thirteenth version, which is due for release in mid June this year.
Most often, developers, by contrast, tend to support the largest possible number of operating systems, in order to retain the maximum number of users, but it does not always work – many of today’s browsers use the functionality that is not available for older software platforms, which is why it has been decided to limit the compatibility of Firefox 13 with older versions of Windows, reports softpedia.
Mozilla Firefox 13
So, Firefox 13 will drop support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP in RTM and SP1 versions (if any people are still using these platforms). The browser will keep the support for Windows XP SP2 and SP3, and of course Windows Vista and Windows 7.
For developers, abandoning the support for older operating systems will provide a good opportunity to move to a more modern development environment Visual Studio 2010, which can implement more modern and sought after features in your browser.
It should be noted that in an open letter to users of Windows 2000 and prior to XP SP1 versions, who do not want to abandon its use, Mozilla recommends to switch to the web browser by Norwegian developer Opera Software.
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