At least modern websites are still accessible (I also went on Discord's test server, worked fine).
Please note I am not in denial about XP's end of life, I could easily install a Linux distro on this old laptop but for now I'll keep XP for the sake of nostalgia. The other browsers I tested worked fine with most websites but as you can see had some quirks with CSS rendering on certain sites. NewMoon/MyPal and Serpent/Basilisk are still the champs on Windows XP. Here's the site on NewMoon/MyPal, Serpent/Basilisk AND any current version of Chrome/Firefox on newer Windows: Another site I visit regularly,, doesn't render properly on any of these browsers For example, ESPN.COM wouldn't show the high scores banners on those web browsers. I put them though their paces and ran into a few glitches (QTWeb/Otter are crash-prone). There are other browsers rumored to be working on XP (Yandex) but their websites are scant on system requirements and wanted me to "Agree to participate in improving Yandex services by sending browser usage statistics to the developers". The only ones besides the 3 above that are still maintained at the time of this writing are K-Meleon, QT-Web and derivitaves (Otter) and Advanced Chrome. I have been testing other browsers for modern website compatibility on XP. The only plugin I keep is Silverlight since that's the only way to watch Netflix on XP. I think dependency on Adobe Flash for anything web is at an end. Hopefully MyPal will continue to be updated periodically for compatibility. The trick is you have to enable practically every filter in filter lists and update.Īnother thing I like about MyPal is the portable option when installing - take your browser with you along with all your bookmarks, extensions, etc on a flash drive. I have heard rumors that MyPal has adblock built-in but I couldn't find anything in options to indicate this so I added UBlock which I have been using for years on Chrome and Firefox. Yes I am using Moonscape theme for that good old-fashioned Netscape Navigator feel. (I hope none of you are still on dial-up)
I have tested with Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, Vimeo, CNN, ESPN, BBC Iplayer, Putlocker, etc. means it will play practically any online video WITHOUT flash. Although it only scores 423 out of 555 on I have found it to work perfectly with practically any modern website I've accessed it with. The 3 mozilla-based I have found to be most compatible are Newmoon, MyPal and Basilisk. Since the major browsers have abandoned XP I've been test driving some of the Mozilla forks for modern website compatibility. Max memory is 512MB so forget about Vista, 7, etc. Well I have an old Compaq laptop from 2004.
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