In the technological world, nostalgia is very real. Currently, we can find various consoles with a retro spirit, such as the Nintendo Classic Mini: NES or the PlayStation Classic. There are also people who produce software for old operating systems. Windows XPIt continues to attract some developer interest after being left unsupported a decade ago.

Richard Devine, from Windows Centra, says that he has come across a “modern” and open source web browser project. It is MyPal68, an interesting program based on Firefox 68 that allows its users to browse many web pages that usually do not work in the old Windows XP. We say some because it has certain technical limitations.

MyPal68, modern web browser for XP

Firefox is currently at version 129, so version 68 was long gone, especially in 2019. But this is a bit more of a modern heart than what we’ll find in any browser currently available on Windows XP. Internet Explorer comes with this system. MyPal68 also has Brave as a search engine.

Using MyPal68 opens the door to using YouTube, old Microsoft operating systems, and many other websites. Anyone who wants to experiment with the program can download it from GitHub and analyze its code. We say experiment because using old software is not a good idea due to the instability and security issues it causes.

Windows XP stopped receiving standard support in 2009 and extended support in 2014. More than a decade has passed since then. system unprotectedThis makes it fertile ground for cybercriminals. A few months ago, we saw how easily this system could be infected when connected to the internet, despite the fact that it still has a 0.43% market share today.

Pictures | MyPal68

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