FIREFOX 3 is windows 98 compatible

[dorfd1]

I just installed firefox 3 inside a windows 98 virtual machine and have no issues.

the firefox website said windows 98 is not compatible with firefox 3

the 3.5rc2 version also works with windows 98.

[smiddy]

Why are you messing with Windows 98?

[Zellio]

I have Windows 3.1 in a virtual machine, it's just really for fun...

[Drew2k]

I have Windows 3.1 in a virtual machine, it's just really for fun...OK, but why are you messing with Windows 98?

[Zellio]

OK, but why are you messing with Windows 98?

I wasn't, OP was.

And I'd bet just to see if Firefox 3.5 would install.... :p

[gfrang]

Wow i just looked on my bookshelf and i found Windows 98 second edition box but no floppy disks.:confused:

[LarryFlowers]

I can understand running virtual Windows machines for old software and games, but why on earth would anyone run a modern program like FireFox on Windows 98?

Larry

[Nick]

Because he can?

[Stuart Sweet]

Same reason people try to put web servers on Commodore 64s I guess.

[dorfd1]

Why are you messing with Windows 98?

I never messed with Windows 98. I experiment with it.

the firefox website says firefox 3 is not compatible with windows 98. Firefox lies.

[smiddy]

Because he can?
The Dog Rules apply here then. :lol:

[dorfd1]

you can learn a lot about computers through experimentation, that is why I am running a server at home.

[Stewart Vernon]

I don't think I'd say "Firefox lies"... I suspect it's more from an official support standpoint.

They may have even tested it on Windows 98 (though I doubt it) but just don't want to support it.

Fact is, Microsoft doesn't support Windows 98... so not sure it's in anyone else's best interest to claim support for an OS that the OS creator isn't supporting.

Lots of things turn out to work that aren't supported if you are willing to try them out.

That said... I haven't wanted to run Windows 98. I do run emulators of older computers that I used to have... and that's fun. Maybe one day Windows 98 will be old enough that I'll want to run it again for the nostalgia.

[dorfd1]

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

the system requirements does not even mention windows 98/me. Firefox 3.x works just fine.

[Stewart Vernon]

Of course they wouldn't mention older unsupported operating systems that they don't want to support and Microsoft doesn't even support.

I can juggle oranges, but I've yet to see a bag of oranges at the grocery store that says "Made for juggling" on them! ;)

[dorfd1]

Of course they wouldn't mention older unsupported operating systems that they don't want to support and Microsoft doesn't even support.

I can juggle oranges, but I've yet to see a bag of oranges at the grocery store that says "Made for juggling" on them! ;)

but it works

[Stewart Vernon]

So what is your point exactly?

Lots of stuff works that companies don't intend to support... so they don't say they work. If you figure out it works, then yay! But Mozilla won't support any problems you might run into... Whereas if you run into problems using a platform they support, then they'll answer your question.

So calling them "liars" for not stating that their product works on an unsupported operating system seems to serve no productive purpose.

Or am I missing something?

[dorfd1]

So what is your point exactly?

Lots of stuff works that companies don't intend to support... so they don't say they work. If you figure out it works, then yay! But Mozilla won't support any problems you might run into... Whereas if you run into problems using a platform they support, then they'll answer your question.

So calling them "liars" for not stating that their product works on an unsupported operating system seems to serve no productive purpose.

Or am I missing something?

the odd thing is under windows 98, firefox thinks it is running under xp?

[Marlin Guy]

Can I get a refund on the last two minutes? :rolleyes:

[dorfd1]

Why are you messing with Windows 98?

why do you ask?

[smiddy]

Why are you messing with Windows 98?

why do you ask?

:lol:

You know why! :D

[BattleZone]

Win98 isn't 2009-compatible...

[harsh]

Fact is, Microsoft doesn't support Windows 98... so not sure it's in anyone else's best interest to claim support for an OS that the OS creator isn't supporting.Then again, what has Microsoft support ever done for you?

[bidger]

Win98 isn't 2009-compatible...

:lol:

10+ years in computer time is like 10+ years in canine time.

[Nick]

Recently, we learned that you can 'land' a commercial aircraft on a river, but I seriously doubt that the mfr or the FAA would certify that use. Just because you made FF run on Win98, an obsolete OS, doesn't mean that FF should be supported on 98. In fact, to do so may be an unauthorized or illegal use of the program.

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[B Newt]

Why are you messing with Windows 98?At least its not Windoz ME.

[Milkman]

Same reason people try to put web servers on Commodore 64s I guess.

woah, woah, woah, WOAH....

Totally different... Since... Well.... Commodore's rule.

That is all...

:)

[mikeny]

woah, woah, woah, WOAH....

Totally different... Since... Well.... Commodore's rule.

That is all...

:)

Load"*",8,1

[Milkman]

Load"*",8,1

SYS 64760
POKE 53281,0

and possibly the BEST product ever made for the Commodore:

The Epyx Fastload Cartridge.

[dorfd1]

Recently, we learned that you can 'land' a commercial aircraft on a river, but I seriously doubt that the mfr or the FAA would certify that use. Just because you made FF run on Win98, an obsolete OS, doesn't mean that FF should be supported on 98. In fact, to do so may be an unauthorized or illegal use of the program.

.

it not illegal to run firefox 3.x on win98 is it?

[harsh]

SYS 64760Shouldn't that be sys 64738?

[Milkman]

Shouldn't that be sys 64738?

I remember that one too. In the end, they both did the same thing, although one did either more or less compared to the other.

I forget the differences between the two...

Still, good memory.