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On 11/21/2024 3:12 PM, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:03:44 -0500
> Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/20/2024 9:01 PM, Retrograde wrote:
>>>
>>> Microsoft has been trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11
>>> for months now, ahead of the end of support date for Windows 10 in October,
>>> 2025. Earlier this year, Microsoft started using fullscreen prompts[2] to warn
>>> Windows 10 users about the support cutoff, and now it’s using similar prompts
>>> to try and tempt people to buy a new Windows 11 PC instead.
>>
>> I'm still running Windows 7, and plan to continue to do so, maybe even
>> for years to come.  I'm done with Windows, I'll give Linux a shot when I
>> must switch.
>>
>> I still know "XP forever" people...  I'm wondering what they are using
>> for a browser these days, even Firefox open source projects like
>> Seamonkey have dropped XP and Vista support.
> 
> I use MyPal for most sites; for really stubborn stains I have Supermium.

Thanks, I'll look into those.

Someone hacked TLS 1.2 support into either an old version of K-Meleon 
which is still supported on Windows 98 SE.  I was using that for a while 
on a really old Toshiba Satellite laptop, for fun.  I even had the 
mobile version of Facebook working on it last year.