FireFox 2.0.0.15 released

Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
I just got a d/l.
Casey

In at ,
Casey contemplated and posted:
| Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
| http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
| I just got a d/l.
| Casey

Here's what got fixed:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/secu...irefox2.0.0.15
Looks like this has fixed several older issues as well as the two major
ones noted for the 3.0.version

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On Jul 2, 7:23 pm, "MEB" meb@not wrote:
,
Casey contemplated and posted:
| Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
|http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
| I just got a d/l.
| Casey

Here's what got fixed:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/secu...ilities.html#f...
Looks like this has fixed several older issues as well as the two major
ones noted for the 3.0.version

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MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
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Just as IE6 SP1 is the last version which supports Win98SE, so will FF
2.0.0.15 or whatever further updates they offer. I protect my computer
with Avast, Super AntiSpyware Free, Spyware Blaster, Sygate, CCleaner,
HiJack This, which will allow me to continue using FF 2 even when
Mozilla stops supporting it.

Just remember to back up what you need to back up frequently as I learned
about losing data the hard way despite my precautions. grin

" wrote:

On Jul 2, 7:23 pm, "MEB" meb@not wrote:
,
Casey contemplated and posted:
| Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
|http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
| I just got a d/l.
| Casey

Here's what got fixed:http://www.mozilla.org/projects/secu...ilities.html#f...
Looks like this has fixed several older issues as well as the two major
ones noted for the 3.0.version

--
MEB
http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com
--
_________

Just as IE6 SP1 is the last version which supports Win98SE, so will FF
2.0.0.15 or whatever further updates they offer. I protect my computer
with Avast, Super AntiSpyware Free, Spyware Blaster, Sygate, CCleaner,
HiJack This, which will allow me to continue using FF 2 even when
Mozilla stops supporting it.

In at ,
MEB contemplated and posted:
| In at ,
| Casey contemplated and posted:
|| Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
|| http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
|| I just got a d/l.
|| Casey
|
| Here's what got fixed:
|
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/secu...irefox2.0.0.15
| Looks like this has fixed several older issues as well as the two
| major ones noted for the 3.0.version
|
| --
| MEB


* * * *
SeaMonkey users should also note that the new fixed version is available:
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ - SeaMonkey 1.1.10 - Released
July 2, 2008

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On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:41:32 -0500, Casey
wrote:


Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
I just got a d/l.
Casey

This is what the download says are the minimum requirements:

Operating Systems

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Nothing about Win 98 or SE.

I installed it on my XP Pro Notebook. This machine is Win98 SE and
the option came up anyway. Did not install, I'm using 2.0.0.14.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

On Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:08:10 -0400, Bill Watt wrote:

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:41:32 -0500, Casey
wrote:


Guess this will be the last FF for Win98.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
I just got a d/l.
Casey

This is what the download says are the minimum requirements:

Operating Systems

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Nothing about Win 98 or SE.

Where did you get that information? I'm not very awake yet, so I'm
sorry if I'm missing something obvious. I see (following the link
to "System Requirements" on the Web page referred to above):

http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/system-requirements-v2.html

"Windows
Operating Systems

* Windows 98
* Windows 98 SE
[...]"

I installed the 2.0.0.15 update to Firefox while it was running on my
Win98SE system, in the usual way (i.e. online, rather than downloading
the full installer, although I did that later - unnecessary, but I was
neurotically worried about not being able to reinstall if necessary!),
and nothing untoward happened. The installer didn't complain, and the
updated installation of Firefox seems to be working fine.

I installed it on my XP Pro Notebook. This machine is Win98 SE and
the option came up anyway. Did not install, I'm using 2.0.0.14.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

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In article ,
says...
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:41:32 -0500, Casey
wrote:


This is what the download says are the minimum requirements:

Operating Systems

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Nothing about Win 98 or SE.


Look at the right upper corner of the d/l site and find
System Requirements. There you will find:

Firefox 2 System Requirements
Windows
Operating Systems
Windows 98
Windows 98 SE
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Reply at end.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:56:41 -0500, Casey
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:41:32 -0500, Casey
wrote:


This is what the download says are the minimum requirements:

Operating Systems

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Nothing about Win 98 or SE.


Look at the right upper corner of the d/l site and find
System Requirements. There you will find:

Firefox 2 System Requirements
Windows
Operating Systems
Windows 98
Windows 98 SE
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

I went to Help, and selected Check for Updates.
It said Ver. 2.0.0.15 was available.
Then selected View More Info about this Update:
That took me he
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/f.../releasenotes/

Then under downloading and installing I selected System
Requirements.
Saw this:
Operating Systems
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

What I missed was it had taken me to Ver. 3, which was kind of
ghosted at the top of the page. Strange, the link says Ver.
2.0.0.15.

So, using Casey's link I got to the download page for 2.0.0.15 and
got the correct requirements.

Sorry for any confusion. Thanks for the correction, I'll install it
on my Win98 SE machine.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

No Problem, Bill. It looks like Firefox 2.x will be getting updates until
about the end of 2008 and then 98(SE) users will be left with using an
unsupported Firefox version, swtiching to Opera, using an old Internet
Explorer version officially unsupported since July 11, 2006. However, there
were some workarounds as to breaking Internet Explorer patches to use the
updated components for Internet Explorer 6 sp1 in 98SE and I even tried this
for a little while but it probably is not worth the time and effort and
potential dll problems. It really looks like the time is fast approaching
when the remaining 98(SE) on the Internet will continue to grow smaller and
smaller. Windows 98 really did have a good run and it is hard to believe
that it is a decade old and next year will be the 10 year anniversary for
Windows 98 Second Edition.

"Bill Watt" wrote:


Reply at end.

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 11:56:41 -0500, Casey
wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:41:32 -0500, Casey
wrote:


This is what the download says are the minimum requirements:

Operating Systems

Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

Nothing about Win 98 or SE.


Look at the right upper corner of the d/l site and find
System Requirements. There you will find:

Firefox 2 System Requirements
Windows
Operating Systems
Windows 98
Windows 98 SE
Windows ME
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

I went to Help, and selected Check for Updates.
It said Ver. 2.0.0.15 was available.
Then selected View More Info about this Update:
That took me he
http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/f.../releasenotes/

Then under downloading and installing I selected System
Requirements.
Saw this:
Operating Systems
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista

What I missed was it had taken me to Ver. 3, which was kind of
ghosted at the top of the page. Strange, the link says Ver.
2.0.0.15.

So, using Casey's link I got to the download page for 2.0.0.15 and
got the correct requirements.

Sorry for any confusion. Thanks for the correction, I'll install it
on my Win98 SE machine.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/