Brian Clark wrote:
>>>If you have ever shared your Mozilla profile with a Netscape application
>>>you are likely to run into this and in some cases worse bugs.
>>>
>
> This is the first time I have heard this! If this is a serious issue,
> why is it not publicized more?
>
> Also, how do I manage more than one profile with Mozilla? I see
> something in my Mozilla folder called "Mozilla Profile Manager", but I
> don't know how to make it work (it is not a program, but a component
> of Mozilla). I don't see a menu option for Profile Manager anywhere
> in Mozilla either. FYI: I am running Mozilla on a MacOS 9.1 system.
>
> Just as a side note, I would much rather not have to do this. It is
> much easier to maintain one profile and switch back and forth between
> Mozilla and Netscape 6.1 as needed. There are a few things Netscape
> 6.1 has that Mozilla does not have. The biggest one I have seen on the
> Mac is stability. The Mozilla 0.9.3 milestone release was not stable
> at all for me. Netscape 6.1 is. I hope that 0.9.4 is better. The
> interim builds seem to be improved. Also, there is no spell checker
> in Mozilla, and Netscape has one. That is important to me.
>
> Brian!
>
There are some subtle bugs attributed to running both apps sharing the
same profile, such as selecting how you post replies (bottom/top) for
instance.
Other than a select 'few' anomalies I run both 6.1 and Mozilla here
without any great annoyances. The biggest problem is loading a 3rd party
"skin" that is not compatible between apps.
--
Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion
Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI
UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
