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This program won't install on Windows 7 because it requires .NET Framework version 4.8, which won't install on Windows 7, because Micro$oft doesn't support it any longer. Given this, you'd think TablePlus would explicitly mention this before putting Windows 7 users through this unnecessary waste of time.

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Why would they support a dead OS? Windows 7 is months past end-of-life, receiving no security patches and hence unsafe to use.

And by the way they actually explicit mention it on the homepage - it says .NET 4.8 right under the download button.

It is still being supported, if you buy said support: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4527878/faq-about-e...

> And by the way they actually explicit mention it on the homepage - it says .NET 4.8 right under the download button.

True, that. Except who keeps track of which version of .NET works with what? I for one don't.

Years ago, I used to use TablePlus on my Win 7 box but eventually canned it for better (IMO) alternatives. So when TablePlus recently reappeared on HN, I decided to give it another tryout.

Not one to keep track of .NET compatibility, I simply clicked their "Download for Windows" button, and ran their setup program, which eventually prompted for me to download/install .NET 4.8, as if everything was okay so far...

All this extraneous effort could easily have been avoided simply by:

a) s/Download for Windows/Download for Windows 10/

b) Browser OS sniffing-->Sorry, you're using an unsupported OS

c) Their install program could have announced straight away-->Sorry, you're using an unsupported OS

Alternatively, you could just use a modern OS and no longer have to worry about whether or not programs are unsupported.

Should probably mention it doesn't work on Windows 95 either.

Windows 7 end of life began in January 2020. Around a quarter of all PCs are still running it.

Remind me again what the EOL for Windows 95 was.

"Even today, millions of PCs are still running Windows 7, and the operating system still runs on a massive 26 percent of all PCs according to data from Netmarketshare."

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/14/21065122/microsoft-window...

That's EOL, it's been deprecated since 2015, if you're a developer using it and can't see why people can't bother supporting it I don't know what to say other than should we support XP since random PCs in China still run it ?

Windows 7 is still widely deployed in western markets which TablePlus appears geared toward. So it's a reasonable call-out IMO.

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