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by cpeterso 4137 days ago
About 25% of Firefox Windows users run Windows XP.
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rplnt 4137 days ago
Is that a real number? I've seen a huge decrease in Windows XP users over the last year, from almost 20% to bellow 10%. But that was for different product, so I'm wondering if FF got it this bad.
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cpeterso 4137 days ago
Yes, though I don't have a public source for it. I don't know why Firefox's OS version statistics are not public. Wikipedia says 49% of computers in China run Windows XP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Support_lifecycle

Microsoft added its "Genuine Windows" copy protection in XP SP3, so XP SP2 is especially common. (Firefox supports both XP SP3 and SP2.)

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yuhong 4137 days ago
This is a myth actually, and I hope they can kill XP SP2 support in 2015. At least getting rid of the SHA1 cert at the download site at the end of 2015
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realusername 4137 days ago
Yes exactly and from my experience it's really the best browser available on Windows XP.

I've even seen myself a Windows XP with Firefox installed in a shop just a few days ago.

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espadrine 4137 days ago
Out of curiosity, what are the options on Windows XP? IE 8, Opera 12?
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cpeterso 4137 days ago
In 2013, Google said they would support Chrome on Windows XP until at least April 2015:

http://chrome.blogspot.com/2013/10/extending-chrome-support-...

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samuel 4137 days ago
Chrome works fine, too.
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