Chuck Simmons wrote: > > "Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote: > > > > Asa Dotzler wrote: > > > > > > Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > As I've been chided here often. Don't make broad brush assumptions. > > > > while on 'nix and windows you can do this Netscape 6 and Communicator up > > > > to 4.7.8 do conflict with each other. > > > > > > > Please stop stating that is if it was the case for everyone. You have a usage >pattern which differs from most other users that causes you some problem that no one >else can reproduce. I test Mozilla on Mac OS 8.5 (currently busted, no keyboard >input) 8.6, 9.1, 9.2.1, 10.0 and 10.1. I also use Communicator 4.x on those machines >for compatability testing and bug confirming. There are no problems with running 4.x >and Mozilla/6.x on the same machine. > > > > > > --Asa > > > > > > > > > > Look you better frequent some of the netscape newsgroups. > > > > I can not believe that I am the only one having the problem if the > > Netscape Champions program recommends not puting both on the same > > partition on the same hard drive. > > > > Its recommended by the Netscape Champions program. NOT to have N6 and > > Communicator installed on the same Hard drive if using one partition (as > > i do) or on the same Partition if the drive is paritioned. > > I'm sorry but Asa can find out all about the Netscape Champions from > some other folks who he works with. Dan Vedits (sorry if I misspelled > that) for one. How we came about is history. That we still help with > Netscape problems is habit or whatever though we still get some good > help from some very good Netscape engineers. > > The actual recommendation is not to share profiles because of some > changes in preferences that can cause surprises and worse. There is > nothing special about having Netscape and Mozilla in the same partition. > They don't do battle with thermonuclear weapons on you disk drive > leaving craters and land mines. It is just that there are occasional > problems with preferences when profiles are shared. > > Asa is right. You are making a mountain out of a mole hill. The > exageration is insulting to developers. Dragging in the Netscape > Champions is not fair to us because we are always working with the > balance that fits the user who asks a question. I am not going to tell a > completely green user to fix his problem by writing a Perl script. I > will give him guidelines that I consider safe for his level of > expertise. > > Don't be so confrontational. I know Asa's tone is very different when he > thinks he can say words that will help. Look for other posts from > Netscape and Mozilla developers when they are confronted with a real > problem with a real solution or even no solution. They tell you a lot. > After all, this is an open source project. We can all know as much or as > little as we wish. > > Chuck > -- > ... The times have been, > That, when the brains were out, > the man would die. ... Macbeth > Chuck Simmons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Okay please explain for admonition by the Champs "Not to place Communicator and netscape 6 on the same partion on your hard Drive". I realize that Mozilla and netscape 6 can actaully use one anothers preferences because the path to preferences is Name (name of Hard Drive) > Documents > Mozilla > User Profile. But i am refering to Communicator and netscape 6. Communicator's preferences are located in System File > preferences File > Netscape User Folder, Profile Folder. There is no way they can share Preferences. However, The Mac uses both Internet Config and and File Exchange. Both depend upon Type and creator codes. If for example say I want to update Interarchy from with Interarchy and and both Netscape 6 and Communicator are present on same Partition Internet Config /Internet Contol panel will call up netscape 6 instead Communicator as i have set. Throwing away Internet Control panel's preferences make no difference becaus it does a poll of all the applications it finds Communicator with Type APPL Creator MOSS, and it finds Netscape 6 with Type APPL, and Creator MOSS. So guess what happens. Both try to open. But Netscape 6 has code to kill off any other application with the same Type and Creator. SO even though I plainly have set Communicator as the browser to use to go to website to update application (I used Interarchy in this example but it could be anything) netscape 6 comes up. I can repeat this for a thousand years if necessary. It will come up the same. So please explain why I get this problem is its not a conflict between the type and creator code. And Finally I was not trying to "Drag" the Champions program in to this, other than to state that memebers of the Champs program on the Communicator Mac groups have suggested "Not to place N6 and Communicator either on same partition if your drive is partitioned or on the same hard drive because of this problem. No other reason was intended. The Champs program has helped out me a lot with Communicator. And I suppose will continue to do as long as Communicator is Viable. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
