On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Paul Lussier wrote:
> > I hate the fact that I can't figure out how to import my current
> > bookmarks.html! Even if the thing is a beta, how do they expect people to
> > test this thing if they can't use it the way they normally would?
>
> That's bogus. Even the later Mozilla Development Milestone releases could
> do that -- automatically, too.
>
> Looks like I'll be switching to Mozilla -- not *Navigator* -- when it
> finishes development.
>
It's important to remember that this is not release software, not beta
software, not even alpha software, but alpha PRE-RELEASE software.
No, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles yet, and no it doesn't
match the current nightly builds feature for feature (this is because it's
based on an older version of Moz).
It does, however, manage to stay running a lot longer on all the systems
I've tried on than any previous build of Moz. This in itself is a
significant feat. ;) Not to mention it doesn't crash when you try to
configure options they haven't finished working on yet.
You can expect the beta and release versions of Netscape to import your
bookmarks, offer more email functionality (this was actually made note of
in the README or on one of the download pages), and include all the crappy
AOL stuff you've come to expect from Netscape.
What gets me about Moz/Netscape is the lack of backwards compatibility
with all the non-compliant DOM crap Netscape has in it's current crop of
release browsers. I'm all for doing things properly (which they have), but
without addressing layers and all the other awful things they introduced
to web developers, they're breaking a LOT of web pages. If you're
wondering what I'm talking about, fire up Moz or the Netscape pre-release
and head on over to:
http://developer.netscape.com/tech/javascript/index.html?content=/docs/examples/javascript.html
Not only do the Netscape specific pages often bomb out, but the "cross
platform" ones do to. Now I'll be developing for THREE major sets of
browsers instead of two. yuk.
<shameless plug>
If you're interested in DOM and how it's going to affect the new Netscape,
see the news items on my website http://www.kst.com, click on the "News"
link to get old stuff. Check out "DHTML, DOM, and Netscape", and "Get
ready for Navigator 5.0 DHTML" down near the bottom, back in the 'day when
it was still going to be a 5.0 browser.
</shameless plug>
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http://www.kst.com
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