I have an old Dell OptiPlex that I use to download data from real old Temperature/humidity sensors. Rarely need to access the internet and IE6 is not really usable if I try. What does work well?
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What is best browser for Win 98SE?
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AuthorTopicWilliam Snow
AskWoody LoungerMay 29, 2014 at 12:05 pm #494973Viewing 3 reply threadsAuthorReplies-
joep517
AskWoody MVPMay 29, 2014 at 3:06 pm #1454893There are three listed at The Best Internet Browser for Windows
98 – Ace Explorer, The World Browser, & Off By One Web Browser[/url]. Also, see K-Meleon – The Browser You Control[/url].I can’t vouch for any of them.
Joe
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WSleejosepho
AskWoody LoungerMay 29, 2014 at 7:10 pm #1454923I use an older version of Firefox from oldapps.com, but you can find a variety of answers here:
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6618_102-363040/modern-browsers-for-windows-98-systems/
https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+98+firefox -
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WSsdfox7
AskWoody LoungerAugust 5, 2014 at 1:20 pm #1462460With Kernel EX you can get Firefox 10.x and Adobe Flash Player 10.3 up and running on Windows 98.
Mozilla Firefox – KernelEx Wiki:
Kernel EX is a multi-year ongoing effort at getting programs designed for Windows 2000/XP running on Windows 98.
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