At 19:46 -0700 28/12/2002, Art Sable wrote:
>Lately I have been unable to access certain web sites. For instance,
>I get a message saying, "Andante.com is no longer compatible with
>Netscape versions lower than 6.0."
>
>I use Netscape 4.78 with OS 8.6 on my 7300>G3-400, which seems quite
>good enough for me and seldom crashes or causes other trouble. The
>Netscape version currently available for free download is 7.0. I am
>hesitant to download and use it if it will cause the sort of problems
>I have often experienced with similar upgrades. (I don't mean to
>appear as though I'm purposely sabotaging the industry's carefully
>crafted marketing strategy.) I will appreciate any advice offered,
>particularly if it's based on experience with Netscape 4.78 vs 7.0.
I'm using Netscape 4.8 AND 7.01 (downloaded about a month ago), the
latter of which the jury is still out, on my 7300/G3-400 (OS 8.6,
368mb RAM). 7.01 has some very positive features, not the least of
which is its history capability and its ability to open websites
previously available only to IE, but it also has some bugs (e.g.
delay to open menu bar after clicking, frequent annoying download of
a site with only a blank page showing) on which I'm still working.
I'm still playing with it. Potential solutions to 7.01's problems
obtained from this list are primarily: (1) upgrade to OS 9x and (2)
dump 4.8, neither of which I can/want to do at this time (I'll
probably dump 4.8 later this month, keeping the bookmarks, when I
have time). Most I can state about a potential upgrade is that 7.01
doesn't interfere with my 4.8.
I've also found a few sites which are only for Netscape 6x or higher,
but I haven't been inconvenienced enough to think about it, at least
not yet. Until that point, 7.01 sits in the background waiting to be
worked on. Art, if you decide to take the plunge, let me know how it
comes out.
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