S�ren Kuklau wrote:
> "JS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >> I just thought I'd add my 2c, and this is not a flame, the question >>was eloquently put and I am in the same category - I consider myself an >>avid enthusiast;I absolutley admire this technology and those that have >>the where-with-all to put all of this together for the rest of us to use >>in our everyday work and recreation. One really interesting aspect of >>all of this is that everyone can have completely different experiences >>using the exact same software but on different OS's or machines. I, for >>one, have had a very different experience using the Mozilla builds, I've >>actually rid my system of of Netscape 4.x and 6.x, 6.x seems to be about >>8 steps behind Mozilla on any given day, I now find that I use Mozilla >>about 99% of the time now; I have a very good browsing experience and >>the email/newsgroups works perfectly on my machine. This was simply my >>2c re: this post and my high compliments to those capable contributors >>to this project. >> > > I can literally fully second this. > > >> Perhaps I should insert this in a separate post; there have been a lot >>of responses to Geoff's post and this may get lost in the shuffle but >>here goes: I update my builds fairly frequently, just wanted to check if >>I'm doing this correctly: I go to the www.mozilla.org page and then go >>to the box 'nightly builds' and then I click on my OS (Win) and download >>begins. It seems I am downloading a complete new program each time. Does >>this download actually build on my previous installation or does it >>completely install a whole new installation of the Mozilla 0.9.7+ build? >>In other words, am I downloading more than I should each time? As I >>stated, I am an enthusiast. >> > > No, you're doing everything right (though I use a slightly different method: > I go to http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk/?M=D to have > it sorted by newest chronologically so I usually see immediately whether > there _is_ a newer build for my platform [win32]). Each nightly is a > complete package of the Mozilla "Seamonkey" browser suite, and not an > _update_ or _patch_ to the earlier one. But you won't be losing any personal > config or mail or whatever data as that's stored in the profiles which don't > get overwritten (unless the nightly you're downloading is slightly broken > and overwriting stuff). > > Regards, > S�ren Kuklau > > >
