Subj : Re: Browser for Older OS and Older Users
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From: VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH>
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Subject: Re: Browser for Older OS and Older Users
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Mark Lloyd wrote:

> VanguardLH (not Snuffy McKinney) wrote:
> 
>> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/system-requirements
>> That says Seamonkey still supports Windows 2000.
> 
> That appears to be an old page. The current version of Seamonkey does 
> NOT work on w2k.
> 
> As I expected, the changes (that make the new version incompatible with 
> w2k) are in the Gecko browser engine so would apply to any browser using it.
> 
> I just tried it to verify this. Seamonkey (latest version) puts up an 
> error message saying it requires at least XP SP2. The last version of 
> Seamonkey that supports w2k is from same time as the last version of 
> Firefox that supports w2k.

They need to update their documentation page(s); else, they mislead
their [prospective] users.

http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/system-requirements

That page has support starting from Windows XP SP2.  So it looks like
Maxthon and Avant Browser are left for use on Windows 2000.  I didn't
bother researching all the minor variants of web browsers.
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