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From: thanatoid on 6 Aug 2010 20:57
98 Guy <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in news:4C333D0D.A9F9409D(a)Guy.com:

> thanatoid wrote:

<SNIP>

>> Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
>> "don't use IE".
>
> No.
>
> Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
> has for the past 5 years.

ALL other browsers work better than IE.



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From: Ed on 7 Aug 2010 10:05
On 07/08/10 01:57, thanatoid wrote:
> 98 Guy <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in news:4C333D0D.A9F9409D(a)Guy.com:
>
>> thanatoid wrote:
>
> <SNIP>
>
>>> Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
>>> "don't use IE".
>> No.
>>
>> Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
>> has for the past 5 years.
>
> ALL other browsers work better than IE.
>
>
>
What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on Windows 98SE?

From: thanatoid on 7 Aug 2010 14:07
Ed <ex(a)directory> wrote in news:4C5D6845.3020000(a)directory:

> On 07/08/10 01:57, thanatoid wrote:
>> 98 Guy <98(a)Guy.com> wrote in
>> news:4C333D0D.A9F9409D(a)Guy.com:
>>
>>> thanatoid wrote:
>>
>> <SNIP>
>>
>>>> Firefox - IE for people who like to proudly say they
>>>> "don't use IE".
>>> No.
>>>
>>> Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
>>> has for the past 5 years.
>>
>> ALL other browsers work better than IE.
>>
>>
>>
> What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
> Windows 98SE?

I don't like Firefox - its interface and the fact you need 15
plugins (many lowering its security) to make it do what it
should out of the box make it unacceptable. Cute firegirl in the
logo, though.

I use Opera(a)10USB. Installs by unzipping into a USB drive OR
your HD (which is how I use it). Runs perfectly right off the
bat. I had no problems with the Flash ver 9 rejection that many
people reported, but the "see ver 9 as ver 10" (after upgrading
to the Adobe- provided security release of 9) hack (recently
mentioned here) seems to take care of it in 99% of the cases.

http://www.opera-usb.com/operausben.htm

I have not tried the 10.60 version. If something is perfect, why
bother with "upgrades"? I used Opera 7.23 until half a year ago
or so, because it was just fine, and even the new versions did
NOT fix the Flash plug-in crash problem. Opera USB /DID/ fix it.


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reality.
From: 98 Guy on 7 Aug 2010 16:49
Ed wrote:

> >> Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
> >> has for the past 5 years.
> >
> > ALL other browsers work better than IE.
>
> What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
> Windows 98SE?

I don't use Opera - never have.

Firefox version 2.0.0.20 was the last version that can run on a standard
installation of win-98. I think it's about 1.5 years old.

If you install KernelEx, you can install newer versions of Firefox like
3.what-ever. KernelEx is a shell/API helper that gives windows 98 the
ability to handle some software that normally requires Windows 2K or
XP. It can be downloaded from here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/

And no, you don't need a lot of plugins to use firefox. Anyone who says
that is a hemorrhoid.

But I find that Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just fine on 99% of the sites I
surf.
From: Esra Sdrawkcab on 8 Aug 2010 14:17
On Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:49:01 +0100, 98 Guy <98(a)guy.com> wrote:

> Ed wrote:
>
>> >> Firefox - a browser that actually works better than IE 6
>> >> has for the past 5 years.
>> >
>> > ALL other browsers work better than IE.
>>
>> What versions of Firefox and Opera are you running on
>> Windows 98SE?
>
> I don't use Opera - never have.
Why not? at least for comparison?

>
> Firefox version 2.0.0.20 was the last version that can run on a standard
> installation of win-98. I think it's about 1.5 years old.
>
> If you install KernelEx, you can install newer versions of Firefox like
> 3.what-ever. KernelEx is a shell/API helper that gives windows 98 the
> ability to handle some software that normally requires Windows 2K or
> XP. It can be downloaded from here:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/kernelex/
>
> And no, you don't need a lot of plugins to use firefox. Anyone who says
> that is a hemorrhoid.

Pre-emptive abuse? Llap goch!

>
> But I find that Firefox 2.0.0.20 works just fine on 99% of the sites I
> surf.

Yup, Off-by-one is a bit limited these days.

Chrome is super, but sadly OT as it's not w98 compatible.

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