mmm...some nice observations.


On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> I've now read several mails about Netscape 6. I've tried it on both Mandrake
> and NT. It sucks !!! You're much better off getting the latest nightly build
> from Mozilla !
> 
> The main problems with Netscape 6 / Mozilla appears to be 
> 
> 1)  No java support for the Linux version, the NT version is shipping with Sun
> JRE 1.3 beta ! These people really support Linux, I don't think.
> 
> 2)  There are no plugins available yet. If there ever will be is a good
> question. According to the latest from Mozilla there is going to be a new
> plugin engine that won't be backwards compatible. Will people write brand new
> plugins just for Mozilla ? Only if it takes off big time, so don't hold your
> breath. Couple this with M$ latest attempt to de-rail other browsers /
> platforms by declaring non compliance with W3C standards from now on and it all
> appears to be a bit of a gamble ?!?! 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Ryan Wahle wrote:
> > 
> > > No, I've used M14 and its' different.. sure the base is the same, but
> > > everything is netscape branded, aim is included, and it's also got ssl --
> > > all which m14 don't have..
> > 
> > m14 has ssl...
> > 
> > http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/psm/psm-mozilla/index.html
> > 
> > This is also linked from the m14 download page.
> > 
> > Havn't tried netscape 6.0beta1 yet but if they don't manage to completely
> > break some of the kewl features of mozilla it may actually be a really
> > decent browser, the ability to filter images by site name is just too cool
> > ;)
> > 
> > -dws
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