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Newest Browser (Firefox, Opera, ?) Usable in Win98
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Newest Browser (Firefox, Opera, ?) Usable in Win98
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I am using Firefox V2.0.0.17 browser. Recently, I went to a web site that required Firefox 3.0 (& up) or IE 8.0 before I can download from that site. YouTube complains about my old browser. Firefox 3.* is not usable in Win98 computers. Do you know of a browser I can use in a Win98 computer that will "work" at these web sites? Thank You in Advance, John PS, Remove "ine" from my email address |
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Newest Browser (Firefox, Opera, ?) Usable in Win98
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I am using Firefox V2.0.0.17 browser. The last version of Firefox series 2 is 2.0.0.20, and I would recommend that you obtain at least that version if nothing else. If you can't find it, I can post a download link. Recently, I went to a web site that required Firefox 3.0 (& up) or IE 8.0 before I can download from that site. The easy solution is to get a firefox add-on called "User Agent Switcher". When you surf the web, your browser reports it's version to the web-server that you're trying to contact or access. Technically, what is being reported is your User-Agent (which is a simple string of text). If you do a search on "User agent" you'll learn all about it. Try this: http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ The Agent Switcher lets you enter anything you want in place of what you have now. There are lists of User agents available on the web. You can even make the web-site you're trying to access think that you have an iPhone instead of a computer running win-98. So if you install the User-Agent switcher add-on, set your user agent to this: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.8.1.20) Gecko/20081217 Firefox/3.0.0.20 I just made up the "Firefox/3.0.0.20" part. That's enough for most web-sites to stop hassling you about your browser. Ed mentioned KernelEx. That is a kernel-level API hook that's been developed by some win-98 enthusiasts that give win-98 some functions that are found in win-2k/XP but which are necessary to run some newer software (like firefox 3.x). That is a more sophisticated solution (but not necessarily complicated to impliment) and you will gain quite a bit of added capability if you install it (like being able to install flash version 10). |
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