I understand the philosophy of not supporting an "obsolete" (oh how I use that word lovingly as I have a PowerBook 1400c sitting right next to me as I type) system, but iCab 3.0 is basically the same whether you use OS X or the classic Mac OS version. I'll still keep using 9 for some things because I can fix almost anything that goes wrong. If Apple isn't supporting OS 9 why should they? That and the shrinking user base.
It's just an obselescence issue for them. As mentioned, you'll have to be a registered member to play. That doesn't bode well then does it as iCab is the only browser being actively developed for OS X. I'm sorry to read that even iCab isn't working for you. "Who's more foolish - the fool or the fool that follows him?" - Obi Wan Kenobi I'm about ready to dump Earthlink (after 10 years) anyway. I have that problem with one of my old iMacs, I can no longer send email via Earthlink if I'm on OS 9 Mozilla, Netscape or iCab browsers. You might try Opera but probably would be better off switching to Microsoft Internet Express.
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The explanation is that they revised their own software and Mozilla, iCab and early versions of Netscape are no longer compatible or supported. Is there a browser they can happily use?Īlternate approaches: Will an original Bondi iMac happily run OS X? Or can an AOL email address go to a Gmail mailbox that they could check with Eudora?Įarthlink has done the same thing. Now they report that AOL won't work with Mozilla on OS 9.2. It's not my decision.) They access it over broadband. Quote Mr Downtown One of the nonprofits that I try to keep in the Mac camp with donations of my old equipment uses an AOL address for email. To contact the developer of iCab, head over to his site,, and click on Contact.Įdited 1 time(s).
That post also has links to my Low End Mac mini reviews of iCab from last year. Alas, it requires Mac OS 10.3.9 or later.įor more info on iCab, please check out my post on the AppleSwitcher forums. Actually, the current beta of iCab 4.0.0 is even better, as it takes all the yummy iCab goodness, but builds it on top of WebKit. Current build of iCab 3 is impressive, not that I have used the OS 9 version in a while. If the nonprofit has $29 or perhaps writes a particularly persuasive email to the developer (I have no real inside knowledge of the developer's policy's for nonprofits, but it's always worth a shot, I long ago forked over my $29, but I'm not a nonprofit), which means access to all the beta builds that normal users don't get to see until the next "finished" release. As spearmint noted, it's pretty much the only game in town for the classic Mac OS. If the original poster means that aol.com does not work in Mozilla then I'd say try iCab.
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