>I've gotten Netscape 7 to load a lot faster by reducing the size of the
>disk cache (or better yet, eliminating it altogether).
>You don't need a RAM disk for Netscape 7. It has user-settable disk
>and memory caches. Just set disk cache size to zero and memory cache
>size to, say, 50000 and you're good to go. A memory cache is better
>than a RAM disk imho as you're only using the memory when the browser
>is actually running.
Sounds like good advice if you have the RAM.
>But Ill bet if you frontload Netscape with a pile of memory your
>stability problems go away.
Didn't for me. Using it under 8.6 at work it would crash about two or
three times a week, often while doing nothing in the background.
>OS 9 is the crash king, in reality.
Well, yeah, compared to a protected memory OS. But IE 5.1.6 doesn't
crash under 8.6 for me, and Netscape 7.02's Talkback feature showed up
far too often for me regardless of allocated RAM. It has a memory leak,
or at least doesn't like my copy of 8.6.
I was just getting to the point where I'd install both IE and Netscape
7.02 on the rest of my non-X Macs when the crashes started to occur
with a frequency I'd never seen with any version of IE. Although I
won't claim my copy of 8.6 on my at-work Mac is sterling I don't yet
feel comfortable installing it on units I set up for others. More
testing I suppose is called for. But that darn Talkback ("Hey! help us
beta test a dead browser!") is as annoying as the crash itself. Yes, I
know it can be disabled.
>I have no love for IE either. Don't use it unless I have too. I
>strictly use OS X with Safari. Best web browser I have ever used...
This is definatley me when able to use OS X. But Netscape 7 is what I
want to love for my non-X Macs, partly because pages render faster and
because of some extra features such as tabbed browsing.
A question: Is 7.02 based on the last version of Mozilla-for-OS9, or is
that last Mozilla actually newer (which might hint at one final update
for Netscape-for-OS9)?
Another question: Can unused pieces of the suite be disabled in order to
allow for less RAM consumption and faster launch times? I'd love the
option of disabling Mail and Composer for those users who wouldn't use
it.
-David
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