Well a quick look at the NS 7 DL page says NS 7 needs OS X .
*COUGH* Ahem. Are you looking for ... this?
<http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive/client_archive70x.html>
NS 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.0.2 for Mac OS 8/9.
All reports to the contrary must have omitted a crucial element. ( A silly little detail like an installation of OS X perhaps ! 8*} ) ( Just having fun here folks )
Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean it doesn't exist... One could equally say that you may have omitted a crucial element - research. 5 minutes of surfing found me the NS 7 dl for OS 8/9. I should know one exists, by the way, I run it every day.
But the question arises again. Even if NS 7 worked with OS 9 given the processor speed range that most of us on this list probably use ( say
75 - 450 MHz ) wouldn't we still perceive it as slower than the browser we are used to? Again because of the code bloat .
No, not really. I've found that NS7 is pretty slick. It really isn't that much slower than NS 4. But that's ok. If you like running crappy, bug ridden, memory leaking, non-compliant to standards code, go ahead and keep running NS 4.x.
something with a better balance and fit to our old machines would probably serve us better for general surfing.
Overmatching of OS and other software has been well discussed here previously. And that's why some here still prefer 8.1 or 8.6 etc. .
Isn't that argument essentially just a self-reinforcing handicap? There's nothing wrong with arguing personal preference, and I'll be the first to join in for some things (like never ever EVER running virtual memory). But applying your personal preference to someone else isn't that smart - there are still PLENTY of people out there surfing the web on broadband connections with 68ks (Quadras, LCs, Performas, etc). Should they give it up because the rendering crawls on a 68k?
Just food for thought.
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