Is there any browser left for Win98se?

philo wrote:

Ace Explorer

Google for it

At one time, this website was working: http://aceexplorer.com/

But it doesn't work any more (it's a place-holder now).

The Wayback machine indicates the site went defunct between July and
October last year. I can see why.

From he

http://web.archive.org/web/201207011...eexplorer.com/

We have this:

===============================
Get a Free Copy of Ace Explorer!

Surf the Web Faster! This Advanced Browser was built for speed. You will
have fewer crashes and lockups with this browser. World class
engineering and design - this browser is the best on the planet! Rock
solid performance - includes memory enhancer that outperforms all other
browsers in it's class. Best of all it is 100% Free - No Adware, No
Popups, No Spyware - just one great browser for you to enjoy!

Here are some of the advanced features of Ace Explorer:

# Super fast browsing architecture!
# Built-in Popup Killer based on intelligent identification
# Ability to turn on/off Flash Animation
# Access to major search engines with Quick-Search Bar
# Integration with online translation engine and dictionaries
# Site Group: Open and save a collection of sites as a group
# ScriptPad: Built-in VBScript/Jscript/HTML/Text editor
# You can change the Skins to your color preference
# Rock solid performance over all other browsers

Copyright © 20122 Ace Explorer Browser
Advanced Search Technologies, Inc.

Download link:
http://web.archive.org/web/201207011...m/acesetup.exe
================================

Yes, it really does say "Copyright © 20122"

The file is about 2 mb in size. Unpacking it shows that most of the
files date to Jan/Feb 2004. The Internet Archive does indeed show
captures for this website going back to 2004 but not prior.

I can run the program from the directory where I unpacked it (did not
run the installer package).

On this site: http://html5test.com/index.html

It scores 26 out of 500. It claims that I'm running IE 6.0.

whatsmyuseragent.com says this:

============
Your User Agent String is:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; Avant Browser)
============

I've tried running the Avant Browser in the past, but without much
success. This appears to be a re-branded creation based on an old
version of Avant. Avant is based on the Trident layout engine which is
the basis for Internet Explorer. You can look up more about Avant he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant_Browser

Something that is somewhat corny about this "Ace Explorer" is that
unless you purchase it, it runs for only 10 minutes per session. After
10 minutes, it starts flashing this warning message:

===============
The demo version of CustomBrowser only runs for 10 minutes in eash
session. It will quit now. You need to restart it to continue
evaluation.
================

So the reader is advised to pass on this "Ace Explorer" and (if so
interested) look into the Avant browser (some versions of which I
believe will run on win-98 with KernelEx - as this "Ace Explorer"
obviously did).

If we're on the topic of "odd-ball" or uncommon browers, you might also
look at these:

GhostFox. Possibly a hybred between IE and Gecko engine of the Mozilla
browsers.

http://www.ghostfox.org/

SlimBrowser 4.12

http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/

Their FlashFTP also works with WinMe and 98. FreeBrowser also works
with WinMe and 98, but they added a spyware search bar with it.

Cayman browser

http://www.caymanbrowser.com/

By accident, I acquired a separate computer just for browsing the Web
and storing back-ups.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:20:30 -0500, Joy Beeson
wrote:


By accident, I acquired a separate computer just for browsing the Web
and storing back-ups.

If I had the desk space to have 2 computers, I'd probably just have one
with XP to only be used for the internet, and have all my other stuff on
my present W98 computer. But the only way to do that would mean having
to keep changing plugs to monitor, keybd, mouse, printer, etc.... Too
much hassle!

At least that way, I could bootup, and go right to my browser, and
completely ignore all the annoyances of XP, other than the slowness of
booting up and shutting down.

But there would also be the hassle of having to put everything I
download onto flash sticks, and transferring it to the other computer.
No Thnaks!

wrote

If I had the desk space to have 2 computers, I'd probably just have one
with XP to only be used for the internet, and have all my other stuff on
my present W98 computer. But the only way to do that would mean having
to keep changing plugs to monitor, keybd, mouse, printer, etc.... Too
much hassle!

Ummmmmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch

98 Guy wrote:

If we're on the topic of "odd-ball" or uncommon browers, you might also
look at these:

GhostFox. Possibly a hybred between IE and Gecko engine of the Mozilla
browsers.

http://www.ghostfox.org/

SlimBrowser 4.12

http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/

Their FlashFTP also works with WinMe and 98. FreeBrowser also works
with WinMe and 98, but they added a spyware search bar with it.

Cayman browser

http://www.caymanbrowser.com/

Hell, I use Off By One for lots of stuff:

http://www.OffByOne.com/

It only supports HTML 3.2 (and *only* http(s), not ftp or anything else), no
Flash (thank god), no modern Javascript tricks, etc. Good enough for Google,
though.

--
Why don't you let that cut under your nose heal?

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion wrote:

But there would also be the hassle of having to put everything I
download onto flash sticks, and transferring it to the other computer.
No Thnaks!

Ummmmm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...erver_software

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On 02/21/2013 08:25 PM, 98 Guy wrote:

X
Copyright © 20122 Ace Explorer Browser



oops sorry about that,

a long time to wait, glad to know win98 will still be used then

wrote:
having to keep changing plugs to monitor, keybd, mouse,
printer, etc.... Too much hassle!

There are cheap switches for the first three. As to the printer and
presuming the computers are networked anyway (you wouldn't browse with
out a router), I'd just save, print to file, or print to PDF while
browsing.

In message , 98 Guy writes:
wrote:

In my opinion, there has only been two useful improvements in
MS OSs since Win98se.

1. Much better USB support.

That has been fixed for a few years now.

Maximus Decim Native USB ver.3.6

----------------
* Native (without installation of additional drivers for each type)
support USB flash drives, digital photo and videocameras and other
similar devices.

* Universal Stack USB 2.0 (without installation of additional drivers
for each chipsets) with uninstall.

1. Remove ALL drivers USB flash drives.
2. Remove ALL drivers USB 2.0 controllers.
3. Remove ALL USB 1.1 and 2.0 controllers and devices.
4. Remove ALL unknown devices.
5. Install NUSB 3.6 and reboot.
6. After detection new USB 1.1 and 2.0 controllers (if it will occur)
too it is necessary to reboot.
[]
Trouble is, doing steps 1 to 4 requires a considerable amount of faith
that the replacement really will work, especially if you're not sure
where you've put the hardware-specific drivers you're removing. (And I
know from experience that you _do_ have to remove them: I tried once
installing nusb _without_ removing the previous ones, and that [a]
didn't work [b] was one of the more difficult things to undo.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

so long, and thanks for all the fish. (Last message of dolphinkind to mankind
before the demolition of earth - from first series, fit the third.)

J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , 98 Guy writes:
wrote:

In my opinion, there has only been two useful improvements in
MS OSs since Win98se.

1. Much better USB support.

That has been fixed for a few years now.

Maximus Decim Native USB ver.3.6

----------------
* Native (without installation of additional drivers for each type)
support USB flash drives, digital photo and videocameras and other
similar devices.

* Universal Stack USB 2.0 (without installation of additional drivers
for each chipsets) with uninstall.

1. Remove ALL drivers USB flash drives.
2. Remove ALL drivers USB 2.0 controllers.
3. Remove ALL USB 1.1 and 2.0 controllers and devices.
4. Remove ALL unknown devices.
5. Install NUSB 3.6 and reboot.
6. After detection new USB 1.1 and 2.0 controllers (if it will occur)
too it is necessary to reboot.
[]
Trouble is, doing steps 1 to 4 requires a considerable amount of faith
that the replacement really will work, especially if you're not sure
where you've put the hardware-specific drivers you're removing. (And I
know from experience that you _do_ have to remove them: I tried once
installing nusb _without_ removing the previous ones, and that [a]
didn't work [b] was one of the more difficult things to undo.)

You may not have to go through all that mess, or at least I didn't, by
simply using an older version of the generic USB mass storage driver,
nusb23e, for example. I saw that note (about first removing existing ones)
apply to the more updated versions, however. In fact, that was a major
determining factor for me in playing it safer by using that older version.