"Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote:
> Jonathan wrote:
> >
> > "Toussaint OTTAVI (TK1BI)" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've been waiting for Netscape 6 release for months, but I'm very
> > > disappointed by the current one. Fewer features than the old ones,
> > > and sooo slooooow ! Marketing rules :-((
> > >
> > > Netscape brains should have let the developpers work as they used
> > > to (I hope... ;-), and and not force them to release this featureless
> > > and speedless version :-(
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Anyway, I've been trying to have it work for two days. And as I'm
> > > very angry about those details, my thought is not as clear as it
> > > could be :-) So, maybe there are some simple solutions to the
> > > problems listed below :
> > >
> > > * Messenger 6 does not import data from 4.7. This worked with the
> > > 6PR1 on another machine, but nothing to do with the 6 Final on
> > > this machine. I had to do it by hand with... explorer :-)
> > > (mail, bookmarks and filters, but I didn't manage to copy the news)
> > >
> > > * At startup, the activation screen pops up. No way to 'Cancel' the
> > > activation, I do not need (and do not want) any web-based
> > > services on Netcenter. No way to bypass. I finally tried to
> > > register, just to get rid of that pop-up. No way, strange error
> > > messages.
> > >
> > > * Help does not run (strange error messages, again)
> > >
> > > * My Sidebar : the onlything I would see there is my current bookmark
> > > list (not the webcenter-based 'bookmarks from anything'). I managed
> > > to do that with the PR-1 on another machine, nothing to do with
> > > this one. 'bookmarks' does not appear in the list of available
> > > items, and 'preview' and 'add' buttons are disabled.
> > >
> > > * GUI display is slow, and general message processing is slow. I clicked
> > > on 'subscribe news' before typing this message, it's still retrieving
> > > the newsgroups list from the harddisk in a loud noise ! Ok, that's easy
> > > to solve : I can buy 1.5 GHz CPU, 10k rpm HDD U2W LVD and some hundreds
> > > of Mb of RAM... But what should the 'normal' user say, seeing that the
> > > old 4.7 is much faster, and even IE5 is much more faster ???
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > After the unuseful critics :-) here are a few wishes for the future
> > > releases (don't know if they are in the current todo list) :
> > >
> > > * Messenger, message filters : button 'Apply filters NOW'
> > > (such Outlook does ;-)
> > >
> > > * Bookmarks / Add bookmark : popup to allow to change the name of the
> > > bookmark (such IE does :-)
> > >
> > > * GUI: XML, XUL and such acronyms may be a dream for programmers, they
> > > are a catastroph for the users... Speed enhancement should be one of
> > > the priorities for the future (GUI speed, not html speed).
> > >
> > > * Plugins manager : Should allow to activate/deactivate plugins. i.e.
> > > disabling Flash on slow sites, or disabling PDF plugin to allow
> > > direct save to disk. (without moving flash.dll and pdf.dll to
> > > the trash, such as I did :-)
> > >
> > > * Does the Prev/Next buttons work ? What's the disk cache caching ?
> > > Whatever you do, pages are still re-loaded and the 'Back' button
> > > usually generates net traffic. I'm dreaming of 'real' playback,
> > > where the 'back' button would display immediatly the whole
> > > layout of the previous viewed page (no matter of ASP/forms
> > > inconstancies, just viewing the previous page as it was displayed
> > > a few seconds ago...)
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > End of this looong message. Hope someone will help me to solve the
> > > above problems, before I solve them in a more radical manner :-)
> > >
> > > I'm still dreaming of a simple & efficient WWW browser and mail
> > > client, with lots of useful features, and in which I could deactivate
> > > all the unneeded multimedia & ressource-eating functions, which could
> > > be multi-platform, and which would send *absolutely* NO data to the
> > > manufacturer's site without user agreement...
> > >
> > > It's near 02:00AM, maybe I'm sleeping, and I'm really dreaming :-|
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > --
> > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > > Toussaint OTTAVI -= TK1BI =- -= BC 109 Soft =-
> > > Phone : (+33) 6.10.28.41.72 (GSM) Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Mail : B.P. 223, F-20179 AJACCIO Packet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > this is mozilla's ng... separate from NS6
>
> That's true but it has Mozilla M18 code in it. so anything that apllies
> to N6 applies to any Build up M18.
>
> Actually there's not a whole lot of difference other than security for
> Mac and use of Instant messenger.
>
> So for all pratical purposes N6 and Moz are the same. As much as
> everyone hear protest.
> --
>
> Phillip M. Jones, CET
>
> If it's "fixed", don't "break it"!
yet the structure of these newsgroups separates them... so POST IT THERE... not
here...
