what does this warning about incompatible browser mean? i clicked on learn more and it seems it is only for i phones. do i need to worry if i only use laptop?
Joe
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my phone has no issue with the site.
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Which browser are you using?
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i don’t have an i phone. is it just a general notice to everyone or is it only posted to members that will have issues? from my research ios 15 is only used on i phones not laptops.
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I got the impression that this warning is posted when some website uses some feature that the visitors browser does not support, it could even be that that website requires a specific version of the browser to function correctly.
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i asked AI grok if laptops are affected by or use ios 15. it said no, laptops do not use it except for macs. would jim know more about this or anyone here who is a computer geek (not implying disparagingly) i am not a wiz with computers and their workings. if this only applies to i phones then that should have been included in the message and it should be changed to show that. not everyone has one.
Joe
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Did the warning explicitly say that iOS 15 was incompatible?
Maybe this contains something that explains your issues:
Compare with your laptop setup
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no this is what it says at the top of my page:
Your browser will soon be incompatible with this community. To keep participating here, please upgrade your browser or learn more.
when i click on learn more it takes me to this page. i’m guessing you are not getting this on your page.
Joe
And what browser and version are you using? And if you say Internet Explorer I will throw things at you. 
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i use google/duck duck go. i should also say i have widows 7. this laptop was given to me by a friend who had it laying around.
Joe
I presume Google means Google Chrome but the degradation seems to apply to many browsers on Windows 7.
Quote from the website/forum I linked to in my previous post:
“Chrome and all browsers based on it at Win7 is no longer supported / updated”
so it is the windows 7 not the ios15 for cell phones.
The issue is browsers designed for Windows 7 or ios15 way back in history when Windows 7 or ios15 was the “latest and greatest”.
i need to move to windows 10 t least then. i didn’t want to add anything to this laptop since i probably at some point get a new one when i can afford it. i will see if i can find a free W 10 download.
Windows 10 is also going obsolete. Windows 10 may require more resources
than Windows 7 so an older computer may not be able to support Windows 10.
Microsoft will continue to send out security upgrades until this autumn if I
remember correctly.
They are already nagging me every time I start the old computer.
Meanwhile I have…
…an iMac!
Actually, I have a dual-boot iMac with Windows 10 on one side and MacOS on the other side, meaning I divided my Mac’s hard disk into 50% Mac and 50% Windows. I do not advise ever doing this again. It was the “Best of both worlds” for years until I realized that true PCs have a security microchip installed for upgrading Windows 10 and 11. A Mac doesn’t have this PC security microchip, and thus it cannot download all of the latest Windows 10 updates. I called Tech Support, and my Mac is called a “Virtual PC” because a Mac is never a PC, so Tech Support “Washed their hands clean” of it because it’s not a real PC. So half of my Mac is “Semi-functional” with Windows 10 and it can never be upgraded to Windows 11. Microsoft stopped supporting dual-boot Macs years ago. I can no longer surf the internet on my Mac “Virtual PC” side (hence “semi-functional” because Windows 10 can’t get a secure internet connection to download anything…the browser software is messed up because I’m really using a Mac). Now I am using my “50% iMac” side.
Meanwhile, I find Apple computer and software products just so much better! I’ve been a Windows PC user for decades and I really like the interface, but the poor Microsoft customer service, PC reliability, Windows software bugs, clueless software update problems, etc. just goes to show how superior Apple products are to PCs. In fact, many Microsoft stores closed whereas Apple stores thrived.
So if you’re having Windows 7 issues, that’s because Microsoft stopped supporting earlier versions of Windows in a business ploy to get you to upgrade your hardware and software. Windows 10 will not be supported anymore and the move is to Windows 11. That’s how Microsoft, PC CPU, and PC makers make money.
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