![]() ![]() Vista is a similar story, but with lower immediate impact. But there's a cost in doing whatever it is they're doing, and that's a cost that other chromium-based browser providers may elect to not incur. Whether that means they're testing in depth for XP breakage and either patching what they can or sticking with an older chromium engine version for XP users that still works, I don't know. And Slimjet has not guaranteed XP support forever, merely 'for now'. Rather than risk promising compatibility that suddenly breaks, many chromium-based browser makers simply avoid installing new versions into XP systems. As to what breaks in which emerging chromium version, it's hard to say. ![]() ![]() That means things will break if the code is run on XP - perhaps major, perhaps minor things. Chromium code contained unique elements for XP, and that is now deprecated - meaning it's being removed from chromium code as various code blocks are worked on for various reasons. Nobody 'has' to do anything, they do what they choose to do and thus must deal with whatever costs are associated with doing it. Chromium based browsers stopped supporting XP and Vista exactly because Chromium ended support for those OSs.īut they don't have to drop it if they don't wan to, just as Slimjet didn't. ![]()
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