As far as the web browser goes N6 is standards compatible. Communicator 4.X isn't.
OTOH: with the exception of allowing for muliple mailboxes and Mail accounts. The Communicator still works much better. The biggest fault is lack of the Location bar in Mail and news in two pane mode. (You can't get rid of that %^&*@# IE like side bar so you can have much more reading room. IN MOz/N6 in order to switch servers (for mail) is to click on sidebar to open select the server then close the sidebar. Next on the Mac platform plugins are broken. The applications menu in preferences doesn't work on the Mac Platform. Moz/N6 doesn't allow for uses of embedded sounds (at least the Mac platform). If you run across a newsgroup that uses old style layer tags which are not allowed in MOZ/N6 the image flash on and off at a rapid rate and the only way to get out of the post is to do a restart of the computer (again the Mac platform). If someone has embedded the sound the console appears but instead of the sound a window appears with raw code. (Mac Platform) Setting of threading and showing unread messages in email (at least for Mac platform) still doesn't work right) They do have it working correctly in newsgroups. They don't stick in email though. Even on a G4-500 with 1.5gb of system RAM its still about 3 times or more slower to open up at start even with Communicator having tons of Bookmarks, and system having tons of Fonts. If and when they get all the above fixed then it will truely be a replacement to Communicator. But until then i will continue to test Moz and N6. And I will continue to use Communicator until verstion 5.9.9.9.9 or until such time as the above issues are addressed. Jonathan Wilson wrote: > > What in particular makes 4.x better than 6 for the users? > Also, given that netscape is focused on netscape 6, why do they still > even bother to support 4.x? -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:275-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm
