Hi Martini, Glad I could help! I can't speak authoritatively or definitively, but my guess is some CSS was changed to a directive that your browser doesn't support.
Cheers, -Travis On Wed, Jun 25, 2025, 23:16 Leonid G via Wikitech-l < wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi Travis and all the others! > > > > Thank you very much for your quick and thorough response. Indeed, I’ve > read the text but not the sheet above it ;) > > > > On Windows XP I’m using Firefox 52.9.0 ESR or Extended Support Release > (not Internet Explorer). And additionally Mypal, based on Firefox 68 > Quantum. Both give out the same error as I’ve shown before. > > > > I understand and respect the MediaWiki’s position to stop support for > older browsers. But I would like to understand what has been changed in the > coding algorithm two weeks ago, so the pictures and maps are not showing up > in the browsers I use. > > > > Thanks and kind regards! > > > > Martini > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi Martini, > > > > Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia! First, I have to tell you that > Microsoft stopped supporting (so called "End Of Life") Windows XP in 2014, > but I'm sure you are aware of that. I can't directly speak for MediaWiki or > English Wikipedia, but at most tech projects I've worked on, browsers that > are literally 20 years old are supported on what's called a "best effort" > basis. This means that, while the project won't work to actively "break" > those browsers, we can't guarantee that they will work tomorrow, or the > next day, etc. > > > > All that said, the link you shared ( > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Compatibility_browser), shows the > following: > > > > If we attempt to look up your browser (I assume IE 7 or 8) and Operating > System (WIndows XP), we see that neither are listed as "still supported". > Your browser would be classified as "Unknown (Grade X)" and the minimum > operating system for Windows is Windows 7 ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7), which came out after Windows > Vista. Windows Vista was the OS version after Windows XP. So your OS is two > major versions behind the minimum requirement. > > > > Please feel free to post additional questions. > > > > Thanks, > > -Travis > > > > On Wed, Jun 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM Leonid G via Wikitech-l < > wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Dear Wikitechs, > > > > my username is „Martinitolove”, since 12 years I’m contributing in several > languages and am very glad to feel myself a part of a greater team to > provide knowledge to the world! > > > > All these years I’m using a Windows XP laptop with Firefox 52.9.0 (32-bit) > on it, and am quite happy with it (won’t change the system). But since two > weeks most pictures and map links are not showing up properly. Here are the > screenshots as an example of one page in three languages and an example of > a picture file: > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fYqWSfaJ18Zperk4-9XtwWqPBPZWv4ZL/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fcd9RMvy0dAP8fQT8wQbowOKBJ1XQcUk/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OLszK9GZRb0U_DGI0NFhCqg3H9YmjUrD/view?usp=sharing > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Co47IT2LbCFiX0K84wns7WlrsCGucEvQ/view?usp=sharing > > > > Was a coding algorithm at Wikipedia changed or support for older browsers > disabled? According to this ( > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Compatibility_browser) my browser > is still supported. If it has been caused by mistake, then could you please > turn it back on? > > > > Thanks and kind regards! > > > > Martini > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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