Are there any modern web browsers for MacOS 9?
For those with MacOS 9, it is a fairly safe assumption that most have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, as it was the default browser when the operating system was current. MSIE 5 for the Mac isn’t the worst browser ever released, and it supports some CSS for “modern” website designs. However, it renders web standards poorly, often requiring webmasters to spend a great deal of extra time “hacking” code to get their designs to display properly or at least acceptably. As more-and-more Mac users migrated to MacOS X and upgraded to Safari or Firefox, most webmasters began to ignore MSIE 5 for the Mac. When Microsoft discontinued support for MSIE 5 for the Mac on December 31, 2005, and no longer offered it for download starting January 31, 2006, it was the “final nail in the coffin” for the browser. However, MSIE 5.1.7, the last version offered for MacOS 9, is still available for download in some corners of the web. When this Q&A was previously updated on January 22, 2008, there were no browse
