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Dot Browser for Windows, macOS and Linux
http://developer.dothq.org/
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support for NT 5.1 #269

Closed andika207 closed 1 year ago

andika207 commented 1 year ago

I can't install this browser on WinXP. it does nothing when I click on the exe file. so it would be cool if you build a specific version for XP users.

kierandrewett commented 1 year ago

Apologies, currently we have no plans to support Windows XP. It would be a lot of work for just a handful of cases.

andika207 commented 1 year ago

handful of cases ? LOL Mozilla stupidly lost thousands of users when they dropped support for WinXP

andika207 commented 1 year ago

I did read the introduction but I am unable to build it myself from the source code. I would need a video tutorial for dummies

kierandrewett commented 1 year ago

handful of cases ? LOL Mozilla stupidly lost thousands of users when they dropped support for WinXP

It is just me working on the core desktop product ATM and I don't really want to start making core engine changes just so it can be run on Windows XP. Not a Windows user but I believe compatibility mode is a thing? Sorry if you've already tried that but perhaps that could let it run.

kierandrewett commented 1 year ago

I did read the introduction but I am unable to build it myself from the source code. I would need a video tutorial for dummies

That is something we could consider making.