[G4] G4 OS9.2.2 browser??!!???

[Richard Ramsowr]

It'S TIME TO MOVE TO OS X (SOMETHING)! See the world
with new eyes...

--- Dave March <dkmnow at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The Java for OS 9 hasn't been updated for years and
> never will be, so any browser you use will have more
> and more problems as web standards change.
> 
> The only one I found that was even marginally
> tolerable was the Wamcom rebuild of Mozilla,
> "wamcom-131-macos9-20030723.sit," at:
> http://wamcom.org/latest-131/
> 
> It was able to render most web pages without too
> much
> trouble, and was a good deal faster than iCab,
> Netscape, and Exploiter.  If you use Gmail, be
> warned,
> my copy of Mozilla always suffered a complete
> seizure
> after a minute or two in Gmail.  I was never able to
> resolve the issue, so I kept a copy of Exploiter
> just
> for accessing Gmail.  That worked none too well, but
> just enogh to get by.
> 
> Being on dialup, I found it expedient to run Mozilla
> with NO PLUGINS, except for one QuickTime standard
> (don't remember the filename, but I think it was
> just
> part of the Wamcom installation).  95% of the Flash
> out there is just ads anyway, so having no plugin
> for
> it stops the automatic downloads and speeds up your
> browsing by leaps and bounds.  For other
> media/document formats, you're better off using
> standalone apps anyway.
> 
> It would be nice if Apple would give up it's
> deathgrip
> on OS 9.2.2, officially recognize it as
> "abandonware,"
> and release the code to developers who are willing
> to
> update it.  Just the Java would be nice - one good
> update to get 9 back up to current web standards. 
> Somehow, I doubt that's going to happen.
> 
> :-/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Brian Minor <brian at minorfineart.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am running OS 9.2.2 any advice on a good
> > browser???
> > 
> > Internet explorer (no longer supported) keeps on
> > coming up with weird error
> > messages. part of html or whatever that it no
> longer
> > understands.
> > 
> > I-Cab - similar problems as with internet
> > explorer...
> > 
> > Netscape 7.0???  Seems kind of slow, or quirky... 
> > Is there a way to tweek
> > it to work better??
> > 
> > Or better yet another newer Browser that I am
> > unaware of??
> > 
> > Yours, 
> > 
> > Brian Minor
> > 
> 
> 
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