Max Timchenko wrote:
>
> Hello Hal,
>
> Friday, December 01, 2000, 11:32:29 AM, you wrote:
>
> >> Was hoping to get some opinions on Netscape 6. I have installed and
> >> uninstalled it 3 times now... never successfully.... so was
> >> wondering what kind of luck the rest of the world was having. After
> >> it installs, many of my bookmarks no longer work.. and it cant seem
> >> to ever get to my home page...
>
> HT> ... So, I have uninstalled Netscape and will never go near it
> HT> again. All I can say is that if this was supposed to be the
> HT> "great" browser that we waited so long to see, and if it was,
> HT> according to what I read, supposed to be the "make-it or break-it"
> HT> browser for Netscape, The Netscape staff better start filling out
> HT> job applications at MacDonald's.
>
> The NS6 is a work-in-progress snapshot of Mozilla -- kind of a
> "Preview Release 1" for it. The problems you are experiencing are
> typical for any beta... lots of bugs, slow debug code, incompa-
> tibilities, etc. I had my share of them, too.
>
> Netscape tried to stick a "Released" label on beta-quality code. But
> things don't work this way. The only reason I kept the 6th is that I
> have to check that the pages I make look acceptable there. Others
> simply delete it, like you did.
>
> I'm waiting for Mozilla -- and in the meantime, the 4.76 serves me well.
>
> Yours,
>
> +=-.
> | Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
A few comments...
NS6 has some obvious problems, especially in mail and news. The browser
seems to work pretty well. I would suggest that anyone who wants to try
it, use the http://beonex.com/ version. It's the same code, but it
doesn't require Netcenter registration and removes a few buttons that
steer you toward AOL shopping sites.
There is a FAQ site for NS6 at
http://www.computeralt.com/~scott/ns6faq.html, that was put together by
a Netscape enthusiast.
Also, there is the secure server newsgroup hosted by Netscape at
snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.netscape6.windows. This group,
since it is a secure server, is accessible only with Outlook or
Netscape. Many problems can be solved there.
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