there's no best browser I reckon. I use IE fine mostly but have to *manage* it. (You need to look at the details of your wife's use, how much memory is given for it, how the prefs are set up, how much ram you have and how clean and clear is some space on the HD... I use icab where I can (not for ebay or banking or some sites. And I use Mozilla or NS 6x for where others don't do the job...
David Elmo PS. the one thing I look forward to in X if I move is Safari, I have heard good things... > Subject: [PCI] Best Web Browser for 8500 on 9.1? > From: Joshua Yeidel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > PCI folks, > > My wife is doing a lot of web browsing these days on her stock 8500 running > OS 9.1. She is getting sick and tired of instability with both Netscape > 4.79 and Internet Explorer 5.1.6. > > I have discovered Netscape's "Product Archive": > > Archived Client Products > <http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive/client_archive70x.html> > > and there appears to be a Netscape 7.02 for "Mac PowerPC" > <http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape7/english/7.02/mac/macos8/sea/Netscape- > mac-full.bin>. The implication in the filename is that it is compatible > with Mac OS 8 (and presumably later), but there is no Systems Requirements > info at the Netscape website. > > Does anyone have experience with NS 7.02 with 9.1 on a pre-G3? Is it > reasonable stable? I'm not too worried about memory (we have 200MB in the > box), but how well does it perform? > > Thanks for sharing (really!)... > > -- Joshua -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
