In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Orrin Edenfield
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>JTK wrote:
[snip]
>> I don't disagree. A fat, out of shape guy running a mile is a major
>> accomplishment. For him. But he's no competition for Olympic
>> athletes. And in this race, the Olympic athletes don't cost any more,
>> and eat less.
>>
>
>
>I don't see Mozilla as a fat out of shape guy. A download of around 8.5
>megs for 4 applications is good in a day when ICQ is about half that
>(granted, 4 applications that aren't done yet, but still.. I dout much
>bloat will be added with any little new features).
>
Right, and again I agree, the download isn't terrible. But that wasn't where
the fat is in my metaphor. Have you checked the amount of memory Mozilla
uses at runtime? It's ~20MB ***just to display a blank HTML page***, and it
gets much worse very quickly when you actually go and try to use it. In an
afternoon, I could write a program that displayed probably *thousands* of
blank windows, and *still* not use up 20MB. People keep claiming that this
is a "recognized problem" and that "top men" are on the case (when they're
not ignoring the situation completely that is), but what do you want to bet
me that Mozilla 1.0 ships at least as piggish if not moreso than it is
today?
>
>> I've used the Netscape newsreader since (IIRC) it first came out, and I
>> desperately wanted Mozilla's to be a viable replacement for it. It
>> isn't. It won't be by 1.0 time. I don't believe it ever will be.
>>
>> I haven't used Netscape email since I got Outlook, because Outlook is
>> simply so much more advanced, slick, and usable. Of course, it can
>> barely cope when asked to deal with the all-so-complex straight-ASCII
>> email, so I wouldn't be completely adverse to switching there either.
>> But it just ain't going to be to Mozilla, from all indications that I
>> can see.
>
>
>Everyone is allowed to use whatever they want.
Unfortunately that is not always the case. Many an MIS department, for
whatever reason, dictate the browser which will be used company wide.
> I choose Mozilla because
>there is VERY little chance that I'm ever gonna get an email with a VB
>script attached to it and my computer freak out. Can Mozilla even
>execute VBScript?
I'd guess not. Like I said, I use Outlook, and have done since it first came
out, and have yet to have anything freak out on me. But I'm sure those who'd
like to sell you anti-virus software, or non-MS software, have plenty of
stories they could tell you ;-).
> And I choose it, because I love the lizzard, and I
>like to watch it's development, and await the day when I can see the
>pollished 1.0 become the kick butt app that we all know it's gonna be. :-)
>
>
>> But... you said it wasn't your default?...?
>
>
>
>Mozilla isn't my default browser.. and as far as I know, there still
>
>is no way to set Mozilla Mail as a default mail program. But, yeah, I
>use Mozilla Mail everyday, and love it (for POP email, and newsgroups).
>
Well, to each his own I suppose. I still can't see how you could do this even
if you wanted to. Wasn't it only a week ago that the nightlies were
destroying emails?
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