Hey Chris,
How's life up here in the land of infinite damp?
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From: "Chris Wiles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [netconnect] Re: NC3- Worth it?
> > NC3 components rarely crash. V3 can go down at certain points (as any
> > browser on /any/ platform will)
>
> Believe me, IE 4.5 and MacOS 9 == nothing but hassle :-/
Yip. I've got IE4.5 running on OS8.1 and 7.5.5, and it's a pile of mince.
Font handling, stability, handling of tables, stability and basic layout
problem hamper what should be as good as IE5 on the PC. OE on the Mac is so
bloody nice, so why did they cock up IE by such a huge margin.
> IE 4.5 freezes the entire machine every 1 in 3 connections - Netscape is
> fine. So, V (as well as being faster btw!) is incredibly stable compared
to
> some of the rival browsers.
I always 'blamed' the relative high speed of Amiga browsers on their
simplicity, but V3 can pretty much do the works now, and it's /still/ small
and fast. cf IE5 (x86) with its 18.6Mb download size, and Windows-sized
install requirements. It's a dog.
> V3 on a PPC machine, running PPC natively would absolutely fly. Try
Netscape
> on realdreams.cz/amiga, even on a G3 Mac, and you think you are running a
> browser on a C64 :P
Netscape's huge too. Porting and reporting a browser is never good for exe
sizes anyway. IE4.5 on the Mac is at least neat in size, and its memory
requirements (check your Finder Info) put PC apps to shame. Once IE5 hits
the Mac, all should be well. I seem to remember IE4.0 being OK, so you
might want to give it a bash.
Take care of yourself, and stay in touch. The reality is that none of us
would be here, and this list and community wouldn't exist without you.
Hope your studies are going well,
Totty <8^)
