Browsers...

#1 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 21:26 68kMLA

Hey there!

Has anybody found that browsers for OS 8 and 9 no longer load pages correctly? I want to see my facebook on Mozilla and not even that works fine...Does anyone know of any broswers that work decently with new pages? Thanks!

#2 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 22:11 68kMLA

iCab?

#3 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 22:23 68kMLA

mozilla 1.2.1 hangs on my system. g3 with 9.2.2 so i can only use icab which is buggy or ie 5 or netscape 4.7

#4 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 22:41 68kMLA

Does mozilla 1.3.1 work any better? I used a non-official version from here last I used Classic to regularly browse online:

http://www.wamcom.org/latest-131/

Dana

#5 Sun, 25 Jan 2009 - 22:51 68kMLA

Netscape 7 does certain aspects of Facebook fine.

#6 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 14:16 68kMLA

I found that iCab did the best job on pre-OS X Macs. Far from perfect, though.

Just a hint to speed up things try and use the mobile version of the sites you visit, or even better the iPhone version.

For example use http://m.google.com for Gmail, gCal, etc, http://iphone.facebook.com for Facebook, http://m.flickr.com for Flickr…

Enjoy!

#7 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 14:23 68kMLA

Have to say, one good thing about the popularity of mobile browsing is the amount of sites that now have a mobile version...really helps these older machines.

#8 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 19:36 68kMLA

I just found an online utility that can optimize any website to allow you to view it with an older or mobile browser. Check out http://www.baresite.com/ However, there are a few problems with it. For example, you may not be able to access everything on more complex web pages. Alternatively, you could try Mowser, which seems to do a better job.

If all else fails, I'd recommend just viewing the page in basic HTML.

#9 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 20:21 68kMLA

iCab and mozilla both would take ages to load facebook in OS 9 for me.

#10 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 20:36 68kMLA

I'm surprised FaceBook even works at all on any browser on OS 9.

#11 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 20:45 68kMLA

I'm surprised FaceBook even works at all on any browser on OS 9.

I tried it one day just for shits and giggles.

#12 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 20:59 68kMLA

A lot of websites these days really hate us Classic Mac users. >

:'(

What is it about them that makes it hard to load on Macs? Is it the CSS? or too much multimedia?

#13 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 - 21:16 68kMLA

A lot of websites these days really hate us Classic Mac users. > :'(
What is it about them that makes it hard to load on Macs? Is it the CSS? or too much multimedia?

It seems to be the CSS and Javascript more than anything else.
Come to think of it, someone should try modifying the classic Mac OS version of Mozilla so that it can browse the modern web. Or better yet, create a new, fast web browser that can do that. Maybe throw in Gnash and the latest Java.