And it came to pass that Richard Blair wrote:
>So far I have seen very little reasoned arguments in favour
>of actually downloading 24Mb, to try out n6.
>
>What is so great about it, the webpage info only states how
>wonderful an integrated it is, and...
>
>what leap has been made since n comm4.75?
>
I wouldn't bother with N6 at the moment - it's awfully bugy, and
lots of features you know from Communicator aren't there.
But do try Mozilla - it's what Netscape 6 builds on, and the
latest version, 0.8, is a much better performer than Netscape
6.01
Basically, the new package will take up less space in your
system, render webpages more quickly, and will support all w3c
coding standards.
This last part is important - W3C sets the standards for the web
- how information is set-up, how the codes should be used, and a
lot of other techno-jargon that only makes sense if you are a
programmer. Currently, Communicator uses a lot of "custom" code
to display pages as you would see them in Internet Explorer.
This is partly because Netscape wanted to influence some aspects
of the web and partly because MicroSoft wants to do the same
thing. What this means is that for EVERYONE to see a single
page the same way, web developers have to create three different
sets of code - the compliant code, the IE code, and the Netscape
Code.
Netscape 6 will work with compliant code, and requires no
special codes. In other words, if the developer codes the page
to W3C specifications, Netscape 6 will render it properly.
Netscape 6 also has some features not found in Communicator -
multiple mail account and identity support, a password keeper
and a cookie manager.
Neither Netscape 6 or Mozilla are quite ready for your day-to-
day internet needs. But they will be, very soon, and it's worth
checking them out.
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}:-) Christopher Jahn
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