98 Guy wrote:
Bill in Co wrote:

Why do I not see Firefox 2.0.0.20 in that list?

Because you have a reading problem. He already said he had tried
Firefox 3.5x, which supercedes 2.0 by a LOT.

What he said was somewhat confusing.

Firefox 3.x won't run under win-98 without KernelEx, so if he was
running FF 3.5 then he'd have to be using KernelEx, and if he was
running Kex then he could be running much more recent versions of FF way
beyond 3.5x.

That doesn't prove he hasn't installed KernelEx; that's still an assumption
on your part. The fact that he mentioned using FF 3.5 implies he HAS
installed KernerEx, unless you know for a fact that FF 3.5 can be installed
without it, which I don't think is the case..

But he goes on to say this:

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I know there is Opera, but I have strongly disliked that browser dating
back to the 1990's, to present, and the latest versions dont run in
Win98.
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Which is only true if you don't have Kex.

Perhaps. Or perhaps he had a problem with some specific version he tried,
or he just made some assumptions about the newer versions.

I can run Opera 12.02 (August
30/2012) on a Win-98 system with Kex. The most current version of Opera
is 12.14 (Feb 2/2013) - which might or might not run under win-98 with
Kex (I haven't bothered to update mine).

Well, there you go, as for another possibility. Maybe he tried that one.

Did you actually read through his post?

Yes - and now you know that there are inconsistencies in his story and
claims. Especially that FF 2.0.0.20 is not a useful / capable browser -
even in 2013.

I'll raise you one, and state that using Win98 in 2013 - is a bit too
limited.
Well, maybe not for you, but it is for me and the stuff I want to do. Too
much software I can't install or run (even with KernelEx), and don't even
get me started on the limitations with the various browsers (regardless of
KernelEx, in many instances), and the whole direction that's heading And
the limited USB and SATA support. That said, I have it on my backup
computer, and it still gets some occasional use. :-)