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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (3 children)

This is the first I've heard of LibreWolf. Is it compatible with Windows 7? And also, why is it good?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Looks like it should run on Windows.

Edit: sorry, didn't read far down enough. It's only built for Windows 10, but they recommend this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Main features: ... Continued support for NPAPI plugins like Silverlight, Adobe Flash and Java

Picture this in your minds eye: a Windows 7 machine running a browser with still working Flash and Java plugins, connected to the internet in 2024.

what do you see?

i see a flourishing ecosystem of worms, viruses and rootkits, all trying to be the one species to get to be the one who does the most damage to the prey species, the common user.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Sounds like an interesting experience to me. Admittedly I hadn't looked that far into it. If Win 7 is a must I'd say just go with latest Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

You really shouldn't connect windows 7 to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

https://librewolf.net/

A summary from its site and known technical details:

  • no telemetry by default
  • includes uBlock Origin
  • has sane privacy-respecting defaults
  • prepackages arkenfox user.js
  • relatively well-maintained fork of Firefox that keeps up with upstream
  • No major controversies AFAIK

As for Windows 7, nobody should really need to install Librewolf anyway on such a device. No device running Windows 7 should have access to the internet at this point. If you are asking about compatibility intending this use case, you have bigger problems to worry about than your choice of browser. If you just need to view HTML files graphically, even Internet Explorer or an older firefox ESR will do.