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2012, October 8 - 10:40am

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Best web browser to use on Bondi Blue iMac G3?

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put this, I really couldn't figure out where this would have belonged.

I'd like to start using my old iMac G3 for more things, like web browsing, chiptunes, and videogame emulatin. I'm all set with emulation and chiptune software, bu I have no idea what browser I should use. I've been using classilla, but that has a few problems with html5 and javascript.

RAM isn't an issue for me, since I upgraded my RAM to the maximum amount. I've also been working on getting a larger/faster/quieter hard drive for it.

While I'm here asking about a browser, are there any 3-button mouse drivers out there? As old-fashioned as control-clicking feels, I'd really like a working right-mouse button and a scroll wheel for browsing.

Edit: Sorry for not including this, but my iMac is running os 9.2.

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2012, October 9 - 3:14am

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I think that using this Mac (Mac OS 9.2.2 or earlier) will be fraught with problems when using a web browser thats 10 years old - OK Classilla isn't that old but its tweaked software based on Mozilla 1.3 (WamCom).

I use WamCom Mozilla in preference to Clasilla, if using a browser on OS 9, because it supports some extensions I use, which Classilla does not (Adblock & ProxySwitch). But even so, it is a totally broken web browser with many sites. I've used it to browse this site, but it gets broken in a couple pages, here too.

One you may want to investigate is iCab 3.0.5 the final version of this browser to run on Mac OS 8 - 9. Its one I haven't used since version 2, but as 3.0.5 was last updated in 2008, it might be less broken than WamCom or Classilla.

As for 3 button mouse. I prefer the basic 3 btn Microsoft "Intellimouse". Though I have used Logitec's similar basic 3 btn mouse and found it OK, too. Software for the Logitec is here at the garden. The MS Intellimouse software hasn't been uploaded, but I can do that if requested and it can't be located on MS's servers.

2012, October 9 - 3:22am

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What do you intend to use the browser for?

2012, October 9 - 4:13am

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Mainly for downloading chiptunes, FTP, email, twitter, and all that good stuff. I want something with an ad blocker, since ads tend to slow down surfing on slower devices.

2012, October 9 - 5:00am

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In that case, go with what MikeTomTom said. See if you can find an ad-blocker thru google. There may be one built-in.

2012, October 9 - 9:29am

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No specific ad-blocker built-in WamCom Mozilla (pop-up supression, yes).

In WamCom I use Adblock version "adblock-05-dev.xpi" which is pre "Adblock Plus", still very tweakable/useful, tho'.

It may be difficult to locate an uncontaminated copy of "adblock-05-dev.xpi" and Mozilla has pulled all of the early Adblock releases from their servers it seems.

There may be some still existing on mirrors tho, so it'll pay to hunt do some searching.

I found a bunch of Adblock releases here, but not "adblock-05-dev.xpi". These may be installable in WamCom, maybe.

"adblock-05-dev.xpi" is not easy to install on WamCom either, it may need a couple of goes at installing before it "takes". Its a pain because you need to uninstall everything it installs and then start over from scratch until it begins to work. But once properly installed it works great.

2012, October 10 - 9:01pm

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While I'm here asking about a browser, are there any 3-button mouse drivers out there? As old-fashioned as control-clicking feels, I'd really like a working right-mouse button and a scroll wheel for browsing.

I use USB Overdrive for this in OS 9.

2012, October 10 - 9:47pm

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You can download adblock-05-dev.xpi here: http://www.findthatfile.com/search-5481245-hEXE/software-tools-download-...