Re: Netscape Browser
From: James (leushinonospam_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/28/04
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Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:12:38 -0700
Fred@anonymous.com wrote:
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> James wrote:
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>>Alias wrote:
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>>>"James" <leushinonospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:10o20ca3udph6ff@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Alex Nichol wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>>worried wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Sorry R. can't afford it at the moment,but thanks
>>>>>>may look into opera in the future..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I'd suggest moving on from Netscape to its successor - Mozilla Firefox,
>>>>>at www.mozilla.org
>>>>>
>>>>>It is a free browser, officially a Preview release, but in practice
>>>>>solid and very usable and becoming a popular recommendation
>>>>>I use it for most things, other than some on Microsoft's site that
>>>>>specifically need IE6, and have rather dropped out of using Opera
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Geeze, Alex. I absolutely LOVE Netscape 7.2. I can't imagine giving it up.
>>>>Maybe when Firefox is gold, I'll give it a whirl but right now Netscape is
>>>>extremely solid (I have not had a single crash since installing it in the
>>>>summer).
>>>
>>>
>>>Does it have tabbed browsing?
>>>
>>>Alias
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Yes, Alias... tabbed browsing, a great side-bar I can easily shrink when
>>necessary and a Pref bar (as well as a Netscape tool bar which I only
>>occasionally use) plus a pop-up blocker. It's really quite awesome.
>
>
> James,
>
> It's obvious that you are not aware that Netscape (7.2) is based on Mozilla
> completely.
>
> Better yet, Moz is continuously updated as they develop features, bug fixes,
> etc. Netscape will add their next version only after quite a few more Moz
> versions are issued. Worse yet, Netscape includes all kinds of proprietary stuff
> that just wastes space on your system.
>
> Otherwise, there is no difference between the two - Mozilla is exactly the same
> browser but more secure and robust as newer versions/updates become available.
>
> Netscape will likely be done with the version you have, maybe one more but since
> Mozilla IS Netscape, there is no need for two of them and the Moz development
> crew will keep on going.
>
> I recommend you make the switch - by the way, you can install it separately and
> see for yourself. I suggest, however, that you create a new profile by copying
> your existing one, give a new name, and let Moz use that one. You will have
> every setting that you have now.
>
> Good luck, Fred
>
>
Hi Fred
Actually, I'm aware of this, Fred. In fact, I have had Mozilla (last one
I had was 1.6 I believe) on my computer. I'm not sure why I downloaded
NS 7.2 other than the fact that I started with Netscape some seven years
ago and I've always had a soft spot for that browser. The good old
throbber puts me at peace. I understand AOL will be coming out with an
update in January and yes.. it will probably be the last one. I'll
likely make the switch to Firefox/Thunderbird before that time. That way
I will not need to bother with creating new profiles and so forth.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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