Here's what scares me about the nightly builds. I downloaded 0.7. the
day it was released. I couldn't believe what a superior browser it was
to NS 6. I was afraid to upset things and avoided any further nightlies,
just because 0.7 worked so well. Today, I became impulsive and
downloaded the nightly build from January 19. It won't start. I just sit
and stare at a splash screen with a lizard spitting fire. Nothing will
make it start (NS 6 all over again). Fortunatly, I wasn't so impulsive
that I trashed 0.7. I saved it, and thankfully I have it and I'm using
it now. I trashed the nightly.
Scary stuff, this Mozilla adventure...
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
> Just downloaded installed and Tried out Nightly build for Friday 19th.
> For Mozzila for Mac.
>
> Still no Location bar for Mail and News for users of smaller monitors.
>
> Save as command still does works as it supposed to. (Supposed to pick
> name of subject from subject
> line in header info).
>
> Although hiding of read messages can now be set up. Must uncheck
> "Threaded" in Messages menu for it
> to work. (I guess that's an improvement).
>
> When I read messages in Communicator I have set:
> View > Messages > Unread
> View > Sort > Thread
>
> Messages set this way show only unread messages and thread. Can not be
> set this way in Moz/N6
>
> Still other little minor items. I guess its improving.
>
> Found out the reasons for Plugins not working on Mac. It seems that Mac
> Netscape plugins depend upon
> a technology called Liveconnect that is proprietary to Netscape. It
> seems almost all Netscape Plugins use
> Live connect. Of Course anything proprietary is Prosona Non Grata. So
> all Plugin Manufacturers will be
> required to add some additional code to use the new method. Many of the
> plugins for netscape on the
> Mac side are rather old and its unlikely some are even in business so.
> Its doubful if plugins ever work on
> the Mac side. Flash is supposed to work and Quicktime, but doesn't
> handle all the mime types out there.
> So many items on the web will not be able to be seen on Moz/N6 for Mac
> (Another thing to drive Mac
> User to IE.
>
> One feature I can't figure out though was killed or at least hasn't been
> thought of. On the Mac Platform in
> Communicator we have the ability to choose which plugins handle which
> Mime types and pick and
> choose which Mime types they handle through the Edit > Preferences >
> Navigator > Applications menu.
> Its My understanding that PC's have never had this ability. And Since
> most work is focused on PC's its
> unlike that this feature survive. This is a good feature be it
> UNIX/Mac/PC. Many plugins handle unique
> MIME types; but also handle common types, there should be the ability to
> pick and choose which plugin
> handles, which MIME types.
>
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