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NETSCAPE 6: (End User questions)
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Now, on to what you actually asked:
> >Actually... Why hasn't Netscape released a N6.0.1 AKA Mozilla 0.7
> >yet?
> >
> >Netscape 6.0 is only for all intents and purposes an early beta
> >version.
> >
> >One would have thought that another Beta release would have already
> >beenreleased - given the big difference between Mozilla 0.6 and
> >0.7!
>
> Scuse ignorance, but my copy of Netscape (which was on a magazine
> cover disc) gives the following info about itself:
>
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; m18) Gecko/20001108
> Netscape6/6.0
That's Netscape 6.0 alright.
> So - does this mean I haven't even got the latest *beta*?! (It
> doesn't say it's a beta at all - it it did, I'd never have
> installed it.)
Here's where it gets a bit complicated :)
The mozilla project (upon which netscape 6 is based) has not yet
finished version 1.0 of its code (current ETA is summer 2001). The
latest major release (less than a week ago) was version 0.7 (which
should be regarded as beta, see http://www.mozilla.org/releases/)
Netscape 6 is based on an earlier version of the Mozilla codebase.
Many people are of the opinion that Netscape 6 is not finished, but,
officially, it's release code.
There has been much discussion on the wisdom of Netscape releasing
N6.0 when they did.
The mozilla project has advanced considerably since the point at which
Netscape 6.0 separated off. Duke was referring to this progress, and
wondering why there hasn't been a Netscape 6.01 (or whatever) yet,
reflecting this progress.
I have a hunch that there will be such a release, maybe quote soon
(WARNING : Take with a tonne of salt. I know nothing. I'm guessing.)
> What's the best of the previous versions?
Of Netscape? Your mileage will vary considerably. There were no
releases between 4.76 and 6.0, AFAIK. The most _stable_ I remember
would have been 4.6(something), probably 4.61. Whether that's the
"best" is probably up to you.
> I was using 4.7, but it wasn't *terribly* stable.
I remember 4.70. You're being polite, aren't you?
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