I use Chrome mainly but also have installed Edge, Brave and Firefox and I see that at the top of every page, so I click on “learn more” and it says:
Unfortunately, your browser is unsupported. Please switch to a supported browser to view rich content, log in and reply.
So I click on supported browsers, and it shows the same four I already have among others.
So what am I supposed to do for a browser?
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You’re not using Windows 7 are you? Chrome dropped support for Windows 7 a while back.
I’m using the latest Firefox and I don’t see the message.
Yes I’m using W7, I’ve never needed support so don’t care about that.
In that case,
No it doesn’t. That page says " Discourse supports the latest, stable releases of all major browsers and platforms", which you do not have.
What do you mean you’ve never needed support? Windows is full of holes that need to be patched all the time. It takes an expert to secure a Windows machine, and you don’t sound like one.
I mean I’ve never needed to call customer support for Windows. I’ll have to look into those browsers again.
Keeping up with the latest version of the Operating System has absolutely nothing to do with calling customer support. Windows7 is no longer supported by Chrome or Firefox (not sure about others). Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft. If you’re sticking with Windows, you need to get 11, which may require a new PC (W11 requires TPM 2.0, which is a security chip on the motherboard).
You can also get Linux instead, which is free and works on old computers. Linux Mint is most often recommended, and Zorin blew up recently because looks similar to Windows.
I have 11 on my rarely used laptop and hate it. Takes 5 minutes to find anything or figure out how to do something. I’m sticking with 7 and so have millions of others. All these changes are just to get people to buy new computers,
Also, it says my BROWSER is incompatible, not my operating system.
Hey I’m with you buddy I was using W7 way past its prime and I’m on W10 on my home PC now because I decided to disable TPM long ago. But, relatively speaking, I’m a technology expert, so I can secure my PC pretty well, but this security starts to fall apart when applications that require internet connection (like web browser, email client, etc) become outdated.
Get Linux if you don’t want to buy a new computer. That’s what I plan to do, just too lazy because the migration process takes me a while.
Pay attention bud, your BROWSER is too old, because your operating system is too old. The last version of Chrome on W7 is 109: Chrome browser system requirements - Chrome Enterprise and Education Help, which is almost 3 years old.
There was a big difference between Windows 7 and 10, but a small difference between 10 and 11. It takes time to get used to new things, especially as you get older 
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Most things can be customized. I move the taskbar and the icons to what I’m used to and I replace the Start Menu with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu to bring back the old Windows XP/7 feel. You can “pin” applications to the start menu and/or the task bar so you don’t have to spend 5 minutes to find them.
In this context, “supported” means no longer being updated. It is not referring to customer support, where you call in with issues to get help.
That’s because you havent started using it to get familiar with it. Windows 7 was the same way, until you started using it daily and got use to it.
Your BROWSER VERSION is incompatible. You may have the latest version of Chrome for Windows 7, but it is outdated because they havent updated the version for Windows 7 in quite some time.
When I go to Firefox, it says:
Firefox is no longer supported on Windows 8.1 and below.
Please download Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) to use Firefox.
What’s the difference between the Firefox I have now and this ESR? Would it work any differently?
Regular Firefox is updated frequently - minor versions could be updated once a week and usually only contain bug fixes, while major versions go out about once a month and may contain new features.
ESR is more stable. It basically stays on one specific major version which is guaranteed to receive minor updates with bug fixes for a longer period. I don’t know how long exactly, I think it’s between 1 and 3 years, and sometimes they extend it, it’s flexible. Once that specific ESR version is no longer supported, the browser will update to the next major ESR version. Basically instead of going from version 115 to 116, 117, 118, … 139, 140, 141 … one major and multiple minor updates at a time, your browser would stay on 115 for a long time, only update to 115.xx.yy as bugs are fixed, then upgrade to 140.0.0 and stay on 140.xx.yy, then 153.0.0, etc. You will not get new features as frequently and it is considered more stable.
I bought 8 computers this year for my relatives and myself, because the old ones were too old for Win11. I don’t like to get rid of perfectly functional hardware, but that’s the way it is.
I hope you checked for TPM support first. TPM 2.0 has been around for like 10 years, most computers released in the last 5 should have it already, it just might not be enabled by default in the BIOS.
But even without it, this should not be “the way.” Linux is the way. My mother is using it for cryin out loud, and she’s a Luddite. It’s great for most people, because the GUI has gotten a lot more friendly and most people do not have a specific need to use Windows. I’m still on Windows because of historically poor game support on Linux and my extensive collection of old Windows apps I still need, but I don’t even play games anymore and I read that both direct support and a compatibility layer like Wine have gotten a lot better, to the point that almost everything just works.
Those computers were about 10 years old. CPUs themselves were too old for Win11. I have read about workaround, but that’s not something I want to deal with. I installed ChromeFlex on a couple of them. I do use Linux for work, but not outside work.
Second the recommendation for Linux… and I say that as someone who has worked for Microsoft for almost 20 years. I run Debian at home and my 70 year old parents do the same after I got them set up. I had enough of them clicking on stuff they shouldn’t have and screwing up their Windows install… and so far, so good.
Windows is built for enterprise scenarios and carries along with it things that consumers really don’t want or need. Stuff like group policy, support for joining to AAD/Entra, data loss prevention, conditional access… consumers do not need any of that. At the same time, all of that increases the complexity of the OS and makes it more likely that something you do care about breaks.
Debian on the other hand moves at a snail’s pace and is generally fine for most people. It’s built to be reliable at the cost of not being as “up to date”. But to be honest - if you use KDE it’s gonna look and act a whole lot like Windows 7 anyway.