Windows 7/8/8.1: Firefox 115 ESR got another extension, to March 2027. However I'm already getting some sites saying "your browser is unsupported", and R3dfox got updated to 152, so may as well use that if needed.

MicroWeb Version 2.1
https://github.com/jhhoward/MicroWeb/releases
DOS Web browser for 8088 class machines

New features in this release:

XMS memory support
Simple file download support
Optimised memory usage
Several bug fixes

https://github.com/Eclipse-Community/r3dfox/r … ag/v128.14.1-XP

R3dfox for XP - won't be able to try this for a few days. Maybe someone can give feedback.

Not sure if already linked but here you can find a nice collection of current/recent browsers Vivaldi first obviously, meant to be W10/11 only, made compatible with 7/8/8.1

https://github.com/adeii/supermium-portable/releases

Idk if this has been posted already but there's a fork of Microweb that has more features: https://github.com/dmitrygerasimuk/microweb-x

Cool, microweb getting better and better but hope it will not bloat too much to keep it running on HW-limited machines like HP 200LX...

Tried r3dfox-XP on 2 XP machines. The first, the same Dell Dimension 4600 (from 2003) that has been the testbed for other browsers, R3dfox ran but slow af. Youtube was extremely choppy and froze up every few minutes. CPU was mostly at 100%.

So, to the other machine, a Compaq dc7800 micro-desktop. On this r3dfox ran beautifully, buttery smooth with youtube, very nice. So r3dfox-XP 148.14.1 is recommended for better XP machines, but not for old Pentium 4.

I will also try it later on windows 7 ultimate evaluation build 7100, since firefox 88.0 is the last one to work on it, and R3dfox for Vista/7 v153 doesn't work at all.

I tried on offline HTML pages but Microweb doesn't load and display any images (files are at place, relative paths in HTML file). Anybody else succeeded?

RayeR wrote on 2026-10-07, 14:06:

I tried on offline HTML pages but Microweb doesn't load and display any images (files are at place, relative paths in HTML file). Anybody else succeeded?

I was able to use it with PCem v15 (connect and show images) but I'm unable to connect to any site on real hardware (Atheros AR8132). I have no problems using the original MicroWeb v2.1.

Did you also tried it on offline html document with images ditectory along? I tested it on HP 200LX, where I cannot use real online connection yet (but theres Rpi pico based project of new pcmcia combo card with wifi, afaik no gerber files was published yet)...

RayeR wrote on 2026-10-13, 12:06:

Did you also tried it on offline html document with images ditectory along? I tested it on HP 200LX, where I cannot use real online connection yet (but theres Rpi pico based project of new pcmcia combo card with wifi, afaik no gerber files was published yet)...

To show the images, you have to be able to load any page. The images are shown using PCem v15 but I can't load any URL on real hardware.

I give to Microweb a command line parameter with name of html file that cointains images that are physically located in images directory (relative paths in html file). Other browsers on normal PC loads the html file with images just fine but Microweb shows only blank frames instead of images. So I don't know if it has problem with resolving the path to image files or it has e.g. not enough memory to dedoce images but they are not so big, e.g. some GIF cca 150x150/256bpp...

XP SP2, 500Mhz Geode, no SSE, MMX, 3Dnow, is New Moon v27 my only option or is there something else to try?