bobby dowling wrote:
>
> Why didn't 7.1 include the latest Netscape?
>
> I have read reviews that it is not the improvement that was hoped for. Is
> this true?
>
> If I want to install 6.0, is it as simple as just removing the current
> Netscape rpm's and then installing new binaries or source?
>
> I hate to ask what seems to be a simple question, but I have learned with
> Linux, it is better to be safe than stupid. : )
>
> Thanks Again!
>
AFAIK, Netscape 6 is still BETA. If it is beyond that point
without significant operating changes, I don' wan' it.
IMO, AOL managed to do what Microsoft never could, kill
netscape. To have a browser busy loading its damned sidebars for
20 minutes is unacceptable. Moreover it takes 30 minute to
remove the rubbish and collapse the sidebars so some production
work can be done. Then there are the useless icons for shopping
and AOL Instant disaster (sorry, no linux version but it'll try
to load anyway).
I Beta tested it and for me it failed forever. Konqueror which I
am not Beta testing is sleek and efficient and will access the
BAd Bad BAD Java sites that would stop MSIE and Netscape in their
respective tracks, choking. A few extended things don't work
yet, but it is Smooooth where it works.
NO you do NOT need to abandon your current netscape. The new one
runs on different directories, or at least it did when I beta'd
it. Just DL the puppy and install according to instructions, and
may you have less (dis)pleasure from it than I did.
And I will be HAPPY when Konqueror is ready and the distro does
not have to offer (proprietary) Netscape.
Last I looked Netscape 6 wasn't using Java and was confused by
login-type sites. But parts of the mailer worked and it
supported multiple mail accounts.
Civileme
