On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 18:04:30, Ben Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> opined:
> > > Stan Goodman wrote: > > > > On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 05:28:56, Alan Beagley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > opined: > > > > > The browser is faster in 0.9.7 than in NS 4.61, but news and mail are > > > slower. > > > > If so, that's a good tradeoff. Mozilla is a *browser*, and it is > > important that it be a good one; there are programs devoted to reading > > newsgroups and to managing mail, that do a better job of both for > > serious users. > > > > -- > > Stan Goodman > > Qiryat Tiv'on > > Israel > > > > To send me email, please note that email addressed to "SPAM-FOILER" > > will not reach me, and will not be read. Please replace "SPAM-FOILER" > > with "stan". > > If speeding up the Browser necessarily forces the mail/news to be slower > then I would agree that it's a good trade off :-) > > However, I see no reason for this. Why does slowing down mail/news result > in a speedier browser? I don't know that it does. In a second posting in this thread I phrased it a little better: the chief effort is going, as it should, into developing the browser as a browser; the other facilities in the application are of secondary importance, and don't get the same investment of time and work. That is as it should be. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel To send me email, please note that email addressed to "SPAM-FOILER" will not reach me, and will not be read. Please replace "SPAM-FOILER" with "stan".
