* Jeroen Roeterd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010817 18:57]:
> > My point is: Go to a website that offers links to the various web
> > browsers. You'll have IE v5.x, Netscape 4.7x, NEtscape 6.1, Opera
> > 5.x, and mozilla 1.x. To the average user, the higher numbers are
> > better. mozilla 1.x will likely be the last one they even consider.
> > "It's the oldest one, right ??"
> >
>
> No,
>
> Mayby people will read reviews of the software and think,... mmmhh mozilla
> needed only 1 release to provide this browser and Microsoft needed for a
> equal browser 6 versions. Lets try the product that got it right the first
> time.
Haha !!
Tell you what, I'll ask my wife... I'll ask people at work... These are
regular people who use PCs and surf the 'net now.
> I don't think that a lot of people will say " Mmh, a 1.x version....
> must be a bad program". Netscape 6 wasn't recieved with applause also
> and it has a "high" versionnumber.
Maybe you don't. I certainly don't (I use linux... my window manager is
v0.16.5; I don't know how many of the apps I use are even greater than
1.0). But ask someone who isn't real computer literate or technical. I'm
talking about the average user here, not people who belong to a mailing
list dealing with the development of a web browser !!
Regarding Netscape 6.x (and mozilla even if it's version number does get
changed): Considering the market share that Microsoft has with IE, I
honestly don't think it matters.
Hall
