Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Firefox 31.8 ESR for Windows 98SE/ME

Firefox 31.8 ESR for Windows 98SE/ME
 
KernelEx does it yet again to modernize the Windows 98SE/ME platform. Thanks to jumper's extension of the Windows 9x kernel API, more somewhat modern web browsing options are available for Windows 98SE/ME. Firefox 31.8 ESR may not be the newest or the flashiest, but will get basic browsing tasks done! A big thank you to schwups for this innovation!!

Features:
**Mozilla-based web browser
**Working address (URL) bar
**No delayed loading of web pages
**Working "Restore Previous Session", "Recently Closed Tabs" and "Recently Closed Windows"
**"browser.newtabpage.enabled" set to false for more stability
**No Tab artifacts
**QuickJava  - Javascript, Style, Image Toggler  (Version 2.0.6 in 35.0.1 and 2.0.5 in 31.8esr)
**PlainOldFavorites 1.3.1
**ClassicThemeRestorer 1.5.3
**"browser.urlbar.trimURLs" set to false to see protocol / scheme in URL (http/https...)

Requirements:
Windows 98SE or ME
KernelEx - Updated by Jumper
**Does NOT require SSE2. This version of Firefox will run on Pentium 3 machines.

SET Xul.dll to Windows XP SP3 in KernelEx compatibility!!

Bugs:
Font issue - to fix the font, the default system font must be changed to Tahoma.
Flash player crashes while running the browser.

Components:
FirefoxPortable31.8ESR.7z (33.0 MB)

Screenshots: