Windows XP and Vista Long Term Support Plan

[Mike Hoye]

On 2016-10-13 11:14 AM, Gervase Markham wrote:
> We should put in place a plan to change the home page for XP/Vista
> users, once support expires, to "this operating system is no longer
> supported, has known security holes and is dangerous to use on the web
> with any browser, not just Firefox. Please consider upgrading your
> operating system or replacing your computer."
I'm pretty confident that this is not actionable information. At this 
point it's unlikely that anyone still on WinXP will be able to choose 
either of those options, either because of their technical facility or 
their budget or both.

If we go this route, I'd much prefer we say something like "Thank you 
for using Firefox, this will be the last release for Windows XP/Vista, 
we're continuing to build Firefox for Windows 7 and 10. Here's how you 
can get Firefox for your phone, too, and it's super-easy to move your 
bookmarks over to it like so."

- mhoye