Windows 95/98 forum: Modern browsers for Windows 98 systems?

I have to ask.

by MarkFlax - 11/6/09 12:00 PM

In Reply to: Update OS by GODhack

What is the relation between www.puppylinux.org/ and the OP's request for an older browser for his Windows 98 system?

Your subject title is "Update OS". Is that an order, a suggestion, or are you just spamming www.puppylinux.org/ ?

Did the OP ask about different operating systems?

Mark

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explanation

by GODhack - 11/6/09 12:02 PM

In Reply to: I have to ask. by MarkFlax

He removes windows 98 installs Puppy for free and gets modern browser problem solved. Simple like that.

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90% of this forum part problems can be solved in same way

by GODhack - 11/6/09 12:04 PM

In Reply to: explanation by GODhack

90% of this forum part problems can be solved in about same way.
I just bored to post same 10 times. I hope everyone read this and understand.

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The latest browsers for Windows 98 are IE 7 and Firefox 3

by otr_man - 10/2/10 8:22 PM

In Reply to: 90% of this forum part problems can be solved in same way by GODhack

Windows 98/98SE/ME can only run the original release of Internet Explorer 6 (sometimes called Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1). The Service Pack 2 release of IE6 requires Windows XP or later.

The latest version of Firefox which will run on Windows 98/98SE/ME is Firefox 2.0.0.20 (Firefox 3 requires Windows XP or later).

However, it is possible to patch Windows 98/98SE/ME to run programs which require Windows XP, such as Firefox 3 or IE7, by installing the program KernelEx (the Kernel extender). I have not yet tried this with IE8.

KernelEx is a free Open Source compatibility layer which allows the running of Windows 2000/XP applications on Windows 98/ME by using custom API libraries that implement (or simulate) functions and procedures needed by WinXP programs.

It neither requires nor includes system files from other Windows products such as Windows 2000 or Windows XP. The only requirement is that the user first installs the free Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU) from:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/magazine/cc301794.aspx

Download KernelEx 4.0 RC2 from:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=255038&package_id=312287

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W98 browser or OS change?

by jeff8053 - 11/8/10 2:13 PM

In Reply to: Update OS by GODhack

Yes, Puppy Linux is great - I use it a lot.
But the poster asked for Web browser advice, not a change in OS.
I have a W98 laptop and Puppy Linux is no good there because it doesn't work with the modem. And even if it did I'd still use W98 because of my investment in Office and other Windows applications.
It looks like an old version of Opera (http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/601/) or Firefox may be the best choice.

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Kmeleon or Opera

by otr_man - 11/18/10 8:30 AM

In Reply to: W98 browser or OS change? by jeff8053

Here are some other possibilities.

The Kmeleon lightweight browser will run on any version of 32-bit Windows, including Windows 98 -

http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/FAQ#platforms

The Opera browser at http://www.opera.com has a new release that supports Windows 98 (Opera version 10.10) -

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1259020421

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going off at a slight tanget.......

by jeffk - 12/9/10 1:08 PM

In Reply to: Modern browsers for Windows 98 systems? by CardsFan29

........here's a usefull site for old versions of software that might be useful as you're running a Win98 system.

Jeff

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