B&W G3 (350Mhz)

Hi there, i have a B&W G3 (350Mhz) currently running OS 9.2.2.
I have upgraded the RAM to 512MB, intending to upgrade it all the way to 1GB.
I then hoped to install a full version of OS Jaguar.
I know i need to update firmware to V1.1 which i will do, but thought that 10.2
would be a safe upgrade. I had heard some horror stories around upgrading to
Panther/Tiger so was intending just going as far as Jaguar on this machine.
Is that a safe upgrade or am i likely to end up in difficulty? Should i just stick with 9.2.2?
The main reason i suppose for the upgrade is that when i had V 9.2 , i was told the
only web browser i could really use would be icab. Internet Explorer doesn't allow me to
access hotmail for example so i am actually using different browsers for different tasks.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Andrew

I see what you mean but i want to stick with the same hardware. I now have 3 macs
due to upgrading. Feels reassuring or something to just boost the current machine
rather than 'bin it'. Seems a shame not to take advantage of its upgradability.
Perhaps it won't be quite as good as a G4. Then again, from what i have read there
seem to be some conclusions that a 1GHz G3 processor in a B&W is faster than a G4
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