Firefox 98.0.1 is out (removed Yandex and mail.ru search engines).

Firefox 98.0.2 is out

Version 98.0.2, first offered to Release channel users on March 23, 2022 Fixed […]
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Version 98.0.2, first offered to Release channel users on March 23, 2022
Fixed

Fixed an issue preventing users from typing in Address Bar after opening new tab and pressing cmd + enter (bug 1757376)

Fixed an issue causing some users to crash in out-of-memory conditions (bug 1757618)

Fixed an issue in session history which caused some sites to fail to load (bug 1758664)

Fixed an add-on specific compatibility issue (bug 1759162)

Firefox 99.0 is out.

I just snagged the initial (unstable) release of the new MyPal 68. This is a FireFox port for WinXP.

I use Windows 2000, so I went in with CFF Explorer and patched some missing imports in MOZGLUE.DLL and XUL.DLL with bogus ones. This was enough to get it running.
CredReadA -- CredFree
CredWriteA -- RegCloseKey
NtReleaseKeyedEvent -- DbgPrint
NtWaitForKeyedEvent -- DbgPrint

It's foggy outside so my net connection is very slow... but so far the browser seems to be quite functional (posting from it right now).

Thanks for info, but I tested it on https://www.rb.cz - "vstup na ucet" button and it does nothing (new javascript compatability issue). The only one working option for WinXP is ExtremeExplorer 13.5 based on Chromium 86, someone from MSFN did cleaned it up of chinese & google spyware sh!t so it's quite usable...

I tested 360 Extreme Explorer V11, 12 and 13 modified by Hummingowl of MSFN.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182876-360-extre … dified-version/

Version 11 was the one that rendered websites best on XP SP3. It also scored 505 on html5test.com, higher than v12 and 13. It worked flawlessly with Zoom for web and Skype for web (Skype discontinued XP support and no other XP browser works with Skype for web). Zoom kept locking up in 360 EE v12 and 13.

I tested Feodor's MyPal 68 but found some websites wouldn't work properly (VMWare's knowledgebase and a few others) so it's in the same league as other XP Mozilla based browsers. Hopefully Feodor will work out the kinks and improve the JS engine.

If you're an XP user Hummingowls's modified 360 EE V11 is your best choice. Bonus - it's natively portable.

AFAIK RB web doesn't work in older v11, 12 so I used the last one.
I use ungoogled version by Arctic Foxie:
https://msfn.org/board/topic/182993-360-extre … cfoxie-versions

Mozilla has updated Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey

Very useful...thanks !

BTW I found there's new build of One-core API 2.8.1 on Github for WinXP and heard it allows run Chrome 102, didn't test it yet...

Firefox 106.0 is out. It seems there is a versioning war among browsers. Everyone of them must follow the same numbering scheme.

Imo they should have gone for a year.version numbering. 2022.1, 2022.2...

Bruninho wrote on 2022-10-20, 10:14:

Imo they should have gone for a year.version numbering. 2022.1, 2022.2...

They should've rolled with the UNIX timestamp.

Firefox 1666303651, 1666303659, 1666303663...

I'd still like to know who thought it was going to be useful to move the decimal point on the version numbers.

I tried Opera 10.63 on Windows 95 from https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/ , but got an error message: "Opera has failed to access or upgrade your profile. This may have occurred because your computer has insufficient resources available or because some files are locked by other applications."

Solution: Edit "operaprefs_default.ini" in the Opera application directory and set "Multi User = 0".

I am impressed with this browser. It loads and displays most modern web pages without errors. It's very slow on my machine (Pentium 60 with 32 MB), but still usable for lighter web sites.

Norton Commander wrote on 2022-04-08, 14:02:

I tested 360 Extreme Explorer V11, 12 and 13 modified by Hummingowl of MSFN. […]
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I tested 360 Extreme Explorer V11, 12 and 13 modified by Hummingowl of MSFN.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/182876-360-extre … dified-version/

Version 11 was the one that rendered websites best on XP SP3. It also scored 505 on html5test.com, higher than v12 and 13. It worked flawlessly with Zoom for web and Skype for web (Skype discontinued XP support and no other XP browser works with Skype for web). Zoom kept locking up in 360 EE v12 and 13.

I tested Feodor's MyPal 68 but found some websites wouldn't work properly (VMWare's knowledgebase and a few others) so it's in the same league as other XP Mozilla based browsers. Hopefully Feodor will work out the kinks and improve the JS engine.

If you're an XP user Hummingowls's modified 360 EE V11 is your best choice. Bonus - it's natively portable.

For me what work best is 13.5 articfoxie version

528 points in html5 test, and is the only one that still works fine on github

I use win7 as main daily OS, have been since 2009. Firefox just updated to version 115, the final version for win7. Version 116 expected in August. Meaning in just one more month I will no longer have a current browser with all the latest features... There will be 115esr with security updates for a few more months I guess, but if I want 116+, gonna have to finally make the switch to linux

What's the current state of web browsing on Windows 7 in 2023? I am thinking about Firefox?

Edge BETA stopped updating in January 2023, now useless so you should delete it.

Google Chrome stopped updating in January 2023. Last version for 32-bit is 109.0.5414.120, and 64-bits is 109.0.5414.75

Edge last version: 109.0.1518.140

Firefox went to ESR, now at : 115.6.0 ESR (updated 2023-12-21)

Last version of IE11: 11.0.9600.21615

I normally use Firefox despite its issues, and website compatibility seems to be 100% ok - at least for now.

Robbbert wrote on 2023-11-09, 22:48:

Edge beta stopped updating in January. […]
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Edge beta stopped updating in January.

Google Chrome stopped updating in January.

Edge still gets the occasional update, but none has happened for a few months so maybe it's finally ended.

Firefox went to ESR version a few months back.

Last version of Edge: 109.0.1518.140

Last version of Firefox: 115.4.0 ESR

I don't use Google Chrome on this computer, so last version is unknown to me.

Last version of IE11: 11.0.9600.21615 (but there could be more in the next few months)

I normally use Firefox despite its issues, and website compatibility seems to be 100% ok - at least for now.

its either a firefox based or chromium based browser these days. a real shame, i figured mosaic browser might see a retro release (its what internet explorer was based on, and mozillas competitor "mosaic killer" for mozilla)