Microsoft doesn't even support Windows XP SP2. Windows 2000 fell off Microsoft's support list in mid-2010, and XP and XP SP1 were dumped in 20, respectively. Microsoft retired all three editions years ago. But it's not as if Mozilla has jumped the gun.
Mozilla added support for SPDY in Firefox 11, the March 13 release.īy switching to Visual Studio 2010, Mozilla will not be able to build Firefox for the older operating systems, said Dotzler. SPDY, for "speedy," is a Google-crafted protocol that promises faster and more secure page loading. "Our users have suffered a slower Firefox than would be possible as both direct and indirect results of moving to a more modern compiler." "Our developers have not been able to take advantage of new compiler features and have had to struggle to keep valuable optimizations from breaking, including having had to back out and ultimately delay some important new features like SPDY," said Dotzler in late January.
And the company actually pulled the trigger two months ago, when Asa Dotzler, director of Firefox, explained the firm's reasoning. The decision wasn't a surprise: Mozilla has been discussing the change for at least three years. "This support change allows us to significantly improve Firefox performance on Windows by using a more modern build system," Mozilla said in a Friday post to a company blog. Firefox 12, set to ship April 24 and due to be replaced by the next edition on June 4, will be the last that supports the three older Windows.
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