what is the best browser for 10.6.8 in 2021?

[shendeguo]

I have been trying to find a browser that I can install onto an older mac: 10.6.8.
Can anyone recommend a browser that I can use. I have been trying to install various firefox 48.0.2 and am still trying to find something that is functional. Most are not loading web pages.
thanks.

 

[velocityg4]

Take a look at this thread for browsers for early Intel Macs. It also lists the earliest compatible Mac OS version. You should download a few of them. To see which you like the most. Also websites which are broken on one browser may work on another.

Web browsers for early Intel Macs

Finding web browsers that are still usable on today’s web can be a chore for older versions of OS X. The following is a list of known, up-to-date (or relatively up-to-date) and maintained web browsers, e-mail clients, and FTP clients, for Intel Macs with at least Snow Leopard support, then Lion...

forums.macrumors.com

 

[tompaulman]

I used to use ArcticFox until recently but then found out that SpiderWeb was better. In ArcticFox couldn't properly use some of my favorite websites so I started looking for an alternative and found SpiderWeb which can do what ArcticFox couldn't do. It also feels faster.

 

[Hombre53]

I used to use ArcticFox until recently but then found out that SpiderWeb was better. In ArcticFox couldn't properly use some of my favorite websites so I started looking for an alternative and found SpiderWeb which can do what ArcticFox couldn't do. It also feels faster.

Applejacks is/was one of the best diagnostic apps that ran great with SL. It's still out there, I'm going to download it and run it again on my late 2009 iMac 27" that originally shipped with 10.6.3 SL back in 2009-10. Thanks for the tip on SpiderWeb, I'll run it also!

 

[DCBassman]

Another vote for Spiderweb, seems pretty good.

 

[ojfd]

I am using this one for browsing with more or less success

Firefox Legacy

A modern version of Firefox modified to work on older Mac OS X versions, including 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.7 Lion, and 10.8 Mountain Lion.

parrotgeek.com

Many pages do not work or only work partially, but that's ok in my case. I use it daily as my main browser. MBP2009/SL.

 

[wicknix]

I just recently updated both SpiderWeb and InterWeb. They both now have TLS 1.3 support added along some other updates.

Cheers

 

[Babalakis]

Thank you guys for advising SpiderWeb. It works very well..