• Registered: 05/05/2023
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Topic: browsing the web with Windows 9x machines

You can easily browse the web on Windows 95/98. There are various options, but not all might work with a screen reader! So here are my recommendations.
1. Using the RetroZilla browser (that's a fork of old Firefox 2.x with TLS1.2 support).
2. Use a patched Netscape (latest version 9.0.0.6)
3. Put in a modern computer or a raspberry pi a proxy like WebOne, configure it in both machines and try to browse the web withh Internet Explorer 5 or Internet Explorer 6.

For Retrozilla or Netscape you will require an updated screen reader like Jaws 7.10 or a proper version of WindowEyes. Don't know if such version of WindowEyes work on Windows 95/NT, so that means that there would be difficulties browsing the web in 95 and you should choose Win98 instead.
There is the KernelEX for Windows 98/ME, but don't know still how far we could go with it. Someone managed to run Firefox 52.x (latest Firefox for XP) on Windows 98.

  • seedy
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  • Registered: 10/03/2023
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Re: browsing the web with Windows 9x machines

Window-Eyes 5.5 (2005) is the highest version that will run on Windows 95. It can be downloaded here

  • Registered: 05/05/2023
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Re: browsing the web with Windows 9x machines

Will Firefox 2.x work with that version of WindowEyes? It don't work with jaws 6.20.