Forum is crashin on Windows98

[Geri]

I have tried to use the forum on Windows 98 with the last Firefox available for Windows 98. It loads nice within a few seconds, but after an additional second, firefox crashes. The bug happens all the time. Probably its due to a javascript file thats embedded into the forum.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

It could be the social media scripts (google and facebook are used on this forum) that are loaded in the background, which is a common issue on older browsers.

You can try to block the connection to the social media sites in the Windows HOSTS file in %windir%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

Just redirect the sites to 127.0.0.1

An example would be

127.0.0.1 connect.facebook.net
127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com

Another alternative is to try the mobile site:

http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?72867-Forum-is-crashin-on-Windows98&styleid=3

You can switch via the style dropdown on the bottom left of the page.

 

[Geri]

good idea, i will try blocking facebook and google in my router, i dont use these services aniway.

 

[Robbbert]

What version of firefox are you using?

 

[Geri]

What version of firefox are you using?

i am not sure, but it was probably 2.0.0.1x or 2.0.0.20

 

[GiGaBiTe]

The FF 2.x branch was the last to support Windows 98SE. You can get 12 or 15 working by using KernelEX, but it is slow and unstable.