cavanami Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Isn't it said that at the $M main facility they are still running Office 97? Why jump when $M says jump??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 shyguy, even when M$ does stop selling XP this isn't the same as to stop supporting it. M$ is big, they want to push Vista. However many customers (businesses) decided to stay with XP and demand support. Is M$ big enough to piss off that many paying customers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderlust Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 They still support Windows 2000. XP support officially continues until April 8, 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 ... but support does not mean an XP SP3 release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Hi, "You ever check your work with Opera, Safari, Konqueror or other browsers?" No, market share is too low for most of them. I would imagine they will display fine though after it is working in FF. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted October 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 There's been an announcement from M$ regarding SP3 for WinXP. It's not specific but said 'first quarter 2008'. Some 335 MB to download. I don't know if a successful WGA validation is needed to install SP3. However I am quite sure it will be available for shygye as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ_Blackowitz Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 ie7 is more standards conform then ie6, now if you code for ie7, correct display is not guarenteed in ie6 anymore. for ie6 a lot of work arounds were needed. best solution is to make 3 scripts / css files depending on the browser needed. XP is tsillt prefered by the majority of businesses. Vista is still in beta as far as Im concered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hi, "best solution is to make 3 scripts / css files depending on the browser needed." Yes, that is what I end up doing at times. Hardly the most elegant of solutions though, is it? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Hi, just read some news regarding Windows XP SP3. M$ released Release Candidate 1 RC1 of the Windows XP SP3. Now there's a rough schedule, SP3 should be finished first half 2008. SP3 will also be the last Service Pack for XP. However updates regarding security risks will be available until 2014. I don't recommend installing SP3 RC1 because usually it's not possible to install the final SP3 over it. Btw, IE7 is not part of SP3. You still have the option to decide whether you want IE6 or IE7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 IMHO the only people who complain about IE 7 are the lazy developers who cannot be assed to update their ancient websites. Teasing KS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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