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Last time I tried it it ran an old version of Firefox (version 3.something) but if you downloaded Firefox stable it would not even install. I think having a working web browser should be the most important point of the project. Overall I'm a supporter of the idea.

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You can install Firefox 26 from the ReactOS Applications Manager. It crashed on first startup but has worked since then for me.

A working web browser is hardly that important. If you just want web you can use any OS, like Linux or ChromeOS. If you want IE 6 for a legacy application that's a different matter.

The browser is just another test case to see if Windows apps will/won't run. The killer feature is the ability to run legacy Windows apps that are not easily replaced on other platforms.

If you're using ReactOS, you don't "just" want web, but you probably also want web. So yes, a browser is important.

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