Originally posted by Conan
With my experience with 98, upgrading to the latest browser will speed up dial-up connections by a bit.
Yup, this is the case from my point of view too

IE 5.0 - Slow loading pages, lack of security galore, use this and you're asking for all kinds of trouble

IE 5.01 SP1 - Slightly faster, not by much, more security and added features.

IE 5.5 SP2 - Really fast loading of pages, i would think the same speed as any other web browser out on the market today, Opera does nothing for my computer. Has all the security most people need today, and gets the job done nicely, never crashs, the best IE version you can use with Windows 98SE in my opinion.

IE 6.0 - Not any faster then IE 5.5, more style, better graphics, more security, crashs 24/7 on my system, one buggy peice of shi*!