Firefox 2 does not support Windows 9x and ME

MicrosoftWindows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me support will end on July 11, 2006Although it announced it, in response to that, it is said that Windows 9x and ME will not support the next Firefox "Firefox 2".

Details are as follows.
Gecko 1.9 to Drop Windows 9X / ME Support - MozillaZine Talkback

Hacking for Christ: Drop Windows 9x / ME Support For Firefox 2

This seems to be before the Gecko 1.9 engine used in the next "Firefox 3" to lose support before Windows 2000.

2006/06/11 23:49 Addendum
Although a lot of entries were entered by e-mail, support stoppage "fix" is from Firefox 3.0, and it seems that it is still "proposal" stage whether Firefox 2.0 series still stops support.

Microsoft stopped supporting the Windows 98 family - え む じ ら

GIGAZINE reports that Firefox 2 does not support Windows 9x and ME, but it is incorrect. Firefox 3.0 (Gecko 1.9) has decided to stop the support, and Gerv proposes only for Firefox 2.0 (Gecko 1.8.1).