Nick Richards wrote:
> Jerry Park wrote:
>
>> Ranjit Mathew wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Of late, I've been installing the various Mozilla
>>> "stable" releases (0.9.1, 0.9.2, etc.) and, needless to
>>> say, have been VERY impressed with it - it's my default
>>> browser for almost everything except for brain-dead
>>> sites that require me to use IE. Congratulations and sincere Thanks
>>> to all of you who made this possible.
>>> I digress, however.
>>>
>>> The point is, as recommended, I uninstall the old version
>>> and then freshly install the new release. In fact, I take
>>> this advice to the extreme and remove ALL files related
>>> to Mozilla - files related to my profile, mozver.dat etc.
>>> from the Windoze folder - before installing the new release.
>>> And it has worked PERFECTLY every time - I've had no problems
>>> after installation.
>>>
>>> However, this is QUITE painful, though somewhat ameliorated
>>> by backing up address books, bookmarks, etc. SO...Isn't there
>>> an easier way of doing this? I mean, shouldn't it be OK if
>>> I let my old profile hanging there, including cookie permissions,
>>> image permissions (man, I LOVE this feature!), etc.?
>>>
>>> Would the gurus here be kind enough to enlighten this poor
>>> soul?
>>>
>>> And BTW, the Java plug-in DOES NOT WORK. Period. I've tried a
>>> zillion-and-one things, yes, including all the things suggested
>>> in this newsgroup, but it just does not work. But this is
>>> another digression, I fear.
>>>
>>> Anyways, thanks in advance for your help and once again, thank
>>> you very much for creating this beauty.
>>>
>>> Ranjit.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I just uninstall the previous version. Works fine.
>>
>> I don't remove profiles, plugins, etc. Getting some plungins to work
>> is difficult. Wouldn't want to do that every time the program
>> upgraded. Java does work if installed correctly.
>>
>
> re: Java. I've installed the version that comes with Opera and Mozilla
> seems to pick up on that. Had no problems that way. Upgrading is a big
> issue and something that should really be thought about. It's almost
> time to move everything over to Moz (it's that good) I just don't want
> to lose it all by uninstalling.
>
I think a lot of the problem with installing plugins has to do with the
plugin installer itself. Most plugins look for IE and Netscape (and
perhaps others), but don't look to install themselves in Mozilla.
I no longer use Netscape, but it is almost worth it to reinstall
Netscape just for the plugin functionality (seems a new install of
Mozilla will just pull in the Netscape plugins).
