Help with question about web page access

I realize that the 2 questions I have are NOT within the 10 year rule, but I really could use some help! While I have been using computers for over 40 years, I have stayed with very old systems as far as programming and writing programs is concerned. Thus, under Windows 98 SE and Netsacpe 4.78 (which is what I am using to access the internet and this news group), I am ONLY able to use the operating system and the application; I am NOT able to make any modifications which is how I usually proceed when I encounter any problems. Last week, the web site that I usually access in a very standard manner using Windows 98 SE / Netscape 4.78 no longer provides the information I used to obtain. The reason is that the company which controls access to the web site decided to add additional features which require the use of at least Netscape 7.0 by the user. And while I agree that the company has every legal right to do so, at the very least some sort of warning could have been provided which was much more apparent other than placing the information under a link titled "required browsers" that I understand did provide some advance notice. However, at the SAME time, the error page which informed users that cookies were REQUIRED listed (and still lists) Netscape 4.x and Netscape 6.x as the required browsers if cookies were turned OFF. Some more background information: Because I ALWAYS run Netscape with cookies turned OFF, except when I am required to have cookies enabled to access the 2 web pages that I normally use, I often encountered the error page which listed Netscape 4.x as one of the required browsers. Since EVERYTHING works when cookies were enabled, I never bothered to access the "required browsers" link as the error page certainly seemed to provide that information when I forgot to turn cookies ON - which usually happened at least once a week. ALSO, while I am not able to fully use the web site, I am able to "log in" (with a userid and password) to get to the first level of information that I request. It is only subsequent screens that I am unable to FULLY access, i.e. when I request the next level of information, the next screen is reached, but the changing information is no longer displayed under Netscape 4.78, ONLY the top portion with the headers, etc. I have 2 questions: Based on the information on the error page, would a normal user be ALSO expected to look at the "required browsers" link when the specific naming of Netscape 4.x was (and still was when this post was made) displayed as an acceptable browser when I forgot to turn cookies ON? Could the company have continued to allow users access to the web site under Netscape 4.78 by the expedient of NOT providing those users the additional features that users of Netscape 7.0 and later are provided? NAMELY, do the fellows setting up the program have the ability to check as to which version of Netscape is being used and could the program have retained the old code for those users who stayed with Netscape 4.78 and used to new code for those users who shifted to Netscape 7.0 and later? I realize this post is very long, but I hope it should be possible to answer both questions with a simple YES or NO! If you wish to add an explanation, that would also be VERY MUCH appreciated! Sincerely yours, Jerome Fine -- If you attempted to send a reply and the original e-mail address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be obtained by replacing the four characters preceding the 'at' with the four digits of the current year.