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Offline jr2

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PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
http://www.browzar.com/download/

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Windows 10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7 / XP / Server 2003 / 2000 / NT4 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME

Windows '95?  :rolleyes: Check this topic out

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=38111

Windows 3.1?  Go find a browser for DOS, probably a better bet.  :P

 
Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
this is literally just a reskin of internet explorer that doesn't save search/browsing history
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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
...

You do know that that ... thing ... is just a wrapper around the Internet Explorer engine, right? It's not a browser in its own right, and it will not help people who for some reason are using pre-XP versions of Windows to use modern web pages.

So, let's look at the claims again: Tiny? Well, yeah, considering that most of the infrastructure is provided by IE. Portable? Again, yeah, but it does require IE to be installed. Works great? Yeah, about as well as IE does.

Hell, the only reason to use this is if you want to browse anonymously and without cookies but somehow haven't figured out that the Incognito modes available in Chrome allow you to do just that. Just look at the "user stories" section, all full of people who somehow got embarassed by having the porn in their search history exposed.

(In their FAQ, the developers state that they're working on a Linux version. I wonder how they're planning to do that)
« Last Edit: November 15, 2016, 09:46:04 am by The E »
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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
They'll just use WebKit or something as the backend (which is not very secure, but if you're willing to use IE as the backend then I guess you're already content with building a botnet client).
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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
Wait, wait, wait, it hooks into your IE engine?  That's not a browser at all.. I thought they managed to put an actual browser into a 200 KB package.  :ick:



So what do you guys use for Win '98, 2K, ME, etc?

Wait don't answer, I've got it now:

"I don't let that **** touch the Interwebs!"

 
Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
Yeah, obviously. If you're still using Windows XP or earlier for home browsing and for some reason can't upgrade, stop immediately and use a lightweight Linux instead. That's completely serious, practical advice; running old, unsupported versions of Windows is a horrible security risk.
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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
So what do you guys use for Win '98, 2K, ME, etc?

telnet

 

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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
I don't mean for regular browsing.  I mean fir 'oh, I need to get this driver file really quick' type things.  Obviously someone who jut needs a $100 Facebook browser should just get a used Chromeboook or something.

 

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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
A USB drive, or if that doesn't work, a burned CD.
If I'm just aching this can't go on
I came from chasing dreams to feel alone
There must be changes, miss to feel strong
I really need lifе to touch me
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Re: PSA: Old OS, want to browse Internet? Use Browzar. Tiny, portable, works great
That's what I usually do.  If I had an up-to-date browser that worked on '98, though, I might spring for it.  Probably shouldn't, but it's novel, and as long as the system (or VM) is expendable, I like to do cool /  retro / erm.. stupid things.  ;)