On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote:
> > I have been following various messages about Netscape 4.04, and it > > seems to me that lots of people's NSN4 don't do Java properly, AND, > > (Please correct me if i'm wrong), I haven't seen any successfull > > reponses to mine or anyone else's messages about fixing this problem. > > So! Will anyone who's NSN4 will do Java applets properly please > > respond to this, then maybe we can figure out what those of us whose > > Java does not work have missed. > > > > Hi, > > I am sorry I have not been following the Netscape Navigator problems > threads properly. I have been able to run java applets in Navigator > 4.04 successfully. But I installed NN 4.04 by hand under /usr/local. > > What problems with java applets have you been having? > > Here is my setup - > > * Netscape files under /usr/local/netscape/ > * Symbolic link from /usr/local/bin/netscape to > /usr/local/netscape/netscape > * Environment variable MOZILLA_HOME set to point to /usr/local/netscape > > I suspect that your problem is probably because of MOZILLA_HOME. > > S. > -- > I experimented long with Netscape 3.01 and Netscape 4.04, came to following conclusion: 1. There's a memory problem with Netscape 3.01 and there may or not be one with Netscape 4.04. a. The memory problem ***may be solved*** with Sud's script for Netscape 4.04. or the following: #!/bin/bash LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib/netscape MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/local/netscape export LD_LIBRARY_PATH MOZILLA_HOME #ldd /usr/local/netscape/netscape /usr/local/netscape/netscape $* (I haven't had a bug error since using this script and placing netscape by hand. Note I did not use debian, but downloaded the tarzip from Netscape.) b. The memory problem is definitely solved with a similar script for Netscape 3.01-3.04 from the blackthorn site. 2. The java problem for Netscape 3.01-3.04 is never really solved because java applets are software and some are good and some are poorly written. I guarantee that some sites will hang or remove Netscape. 3. Netscape 4.04 handles successfully many more java sites than Netscape 3.01-3.04 without modification. You take a speed penalty of about 10% though. 4. Netscape 3.01-3.04 has a really nasty bug. If you think you're smart and use the options to disable java and javascript, netscape 3.01-3.04 will crash your computer (at least mine). That's my two cents, ibm -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .