Firefox 128 bumps system requirements for old boxes

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Get comfortable, it'll be here for a while

Firefox 128 is out with a relatively modest feature set – but it will also be the latest Extended Support Release release, meaning that the end for Firefox 115 is coming into view.started to trickle out to users this week. Although most of the new features aren't very exciting, this version is significant because it's Mozilla's newversion 115 was significant for users of Windows 7 and 8.x – and macOS 10.12, 10.13, and 10.14 – because it was the final Firefox release for those OSes.

Firefox 115 is planned to reach end-of-life in September 2024, but all is not lost just yet. In a recent, some Mozilla developers pledged to keep Windows 7 support going as long as possible. Mozilla's Senior Director of Product Management, Byron Jourdan, said: We're planning to extend support for Windows 7 users past the currently planned date and give them better options for migrating to a new PC when they choose to … It does include 8 and 8.1, I should have said that earlier.

Sadly, the discussion did not mention whether this covers older macOS versions as well. We've asked Mozilla if it can tell us anything more, and will update this story if we hear back. Existing users on Windows and Mac need merely pick the"About Firefox" option to get the update.

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