Carlfish wrote:
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> The vast majority of those people still using Navigator 4.x are those who:
>
> 1. Received it as part of their ISP package, use it because it was what
> was given to them, and either do not know how to, or do not know they
> can change.
> 2. Use it because of company policy.
> 3. Use it because they really, really prefer NN over Internet Explorer,
I'm in this 3rd group. not neccessarily because of the Web browser
although it does suit my needs.
But it has the best Mail and newsgroup handling bar none of any client out.
I like the way it threads messages. I like the way it has a location bar
so you don't have to have that third pane open. This is a great feature
for people with small monitors. Also I am not impressed with the My
sidebar feature anyway. That's copying IE
> despite IE5+ being more stable, and rendering modern HTML better.
> 4. Use it because their machines can't support IE5 or higher.
As for Rendering HTML on current websites I have trouble with only one
site AdvisorExpress by Fidelity Advisor on Netscape. it takes about 10
minutes for the opening page load on Communicator it takes about 2
minutes on IE. Once in either are as equally fast.
> Those in categories 1 and 2 won't change until someone tells them to, and
> nobody's going to recommend a pre-release Mozilla or a mistakenly
> reeleased NN6.0 to their users or staff.
>
> Those in category 3 will be very hard to convince to upgrade, having held
> out against IE for so long. They probably account for most of the people
> who tried NN6 when it was first released, shuddered with horror, and went
> back to their browser of choice.
I wouldn't mind going to Mozilla if they would handle Mail and news
exactly as Communicator.
I'm not talking about the technology change that if it can be improved.
I'm talking about the technique used. Biggest thing is putting in that
Location Bar.
>
> Those in category 4 will not be helped by Mozilla's current memory use or
> processor speed requirements.
>
> Charles Miller
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