Discours has clearly changed (today?) and a few things look different on my screen.
One of the things that has appeared is this message -
“Your browser will soon be incompatible with this community. To keep participating here, please upgrade your browser or learn more.”
I have looked at the “learn more” bit and, apart from learning a few new terms ( like chromium fork for example which obviously doesn’t mean what it looks like), it was all a bit depressing.
My options, since I use Windows 7 and love it, appear to be
Buy a new computer that is capable of running Windows 11
Install a load of third party software I’m not sure I trust
Abandon using SF
Does anyone have more positive suggestions (that do not involve a smartphone)?
I didn’t get that message but about an hour or so ago (8.30 this morning) it did all go about strange (using Samsung browser on my tablet). I just deleted SF (normally a constantly open tab) and reloaded and all was fine, but some subtle appearance changes.
Problem is that if the platform SF is on really does (or will ) require a more recent browser format to work then the machines I use won’t do it. I would have thought that you’d be ok with a tablet as they are (in my frame of reference) very modern technology
If you look at your notifications, @mark , has the format changed for you? I closed SF and reopened it and it’s still the same and much less clear as which are read or unread notifications.
For users of Windows 7 and XP who are unable to update Chrome/Firefox, you may want to consider a third-party chromium fork such as Supermium or Thorium .
Pretty much as it said, you’ll need to use a different browser as the ones you have will no longer be supported. I suspect you’ll see this more and more on Windows 7.
If you install Supermium or Thorium then it should continue to work.
How wise it is to continue to use Windows 7 on the internet is a while different discussion.
The format has certainly changed for me, in the last few minutes. When I get a notification of a reply, top right, and click on it there is the usual list but all in clear. Until a few moments ago the normal was that ones I hadn’t looked at were backed in blue.
As often I am away from the forum for lengthy periods this is not a good move, how am I supposed to know which are new or not?
I got that message too as my admin Mac is still running on OS X 10.14 Mojave and my Firefox is out of date. YouTube no longer works in Firefox 124, for example.
I will probably have to switch over to using my photo editing Mac for email and web browsing, and relegate the Big Mac to mostly being just a big dumb storage box, as I have older software on it that I want to continue to run that won’t work on anything newer than Mojave.
It’s inevitable really as software gets updated, eventually a time will come when your computer can’t be updated any more to keep pace.
My Mac Pro tower has had a good run as it’s now 15 years old! I like the new Mac Minis but the old tower Macs were beasts when it comes to storage, with two bays for optical drives and four bays for hard drives!
I presume you use Chrome? Just tell them to fork off, like I told Unix decades ago when it forked.
A “fork” is as in a fork in the road. It’s when a piece of software that used to be one version splits into more than one version, generally developed by more than one developer. There used to only be one Unix operating system then every hardware vendor bastardised it with their own versions which were not compatible. Supposedly “to add value” but really to lock customers in. So an application written for DEC Unix wouldn’t, for example run on HP Unix. So customers couldn’t move off DEC hardware without an expensive rewrite. It was a shambles and led to the foundation of the Open Source Movement. I don’t know about Chrome, because I wouldn’t run any Google software, on anything.
Try downloading Firefox, they’re honest brokers, and see if it works.
I think the SF platform may have changed a bit this morning, but I’m not in a good position to judge because I “upgraded” to the latest MaC OS beta last night, so lots of stuff has changed in my little world
Thorium has been end of line since 2020 and Supermium seems to be run by a one person who may or may not be legit.
The main problems both of the above have is that all the antivirus products out there will take one look at the installers, see some different code from what a Chrome installer would have and declare it malware. You could tell your security package to ignore this, but that’s somewhat risky.
Would you consider buying an iPad? That might be the cheapest secure option unless you can get a deal on a low end W11 compatible laptop.
The link to Supermium doesn’t work. Thorium does but the instructions involve so many fundamental updates to the OS, I’m very hesitant.
In terms of security, you might be surprised at how many different barriers we have between our browsers and the internet……. However, that is not the current issue.
Another thing I have just noticed is that a recent notification of @Roger_Lapin’s post above has a little blue button against it which says ‘35 unread likes’. No way. This place has gone nuts.
It is certainly difficult to see - the other system was a doddle.
Thank you @NotALot - that matches what I was seeing in terms of Thorium and Supermium.
I have different antivirus products on different machines and AVG (which I’m in the process of binning) just blocks so many legitimate sites it’s a pain. Kaspersky is fine from that point of view but do I really trust a Russian product
No, it’s not that, background all in white, by the way, the ridiculous little blue button saying 35 likes has now moved up to @Jennifer11 ‘s recent post.
Coming only 2 days after Meta/FB stopped allowing me to use Firefox to make video calls, this is all very distressing. Also it is harder to find the emoji I want.
(using Samsung browser on my tablet). I just deleted SF (normally a constantly open tab) and reloaded and all was fine, but some subtle appearance changes.
like I told Unix decades ago when it forked.
No way. This place has gone nuts.
Nobody likes Lord Scully that much 
Also it is harder to find the emoji I want. 