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Re: more problems with Netscrape 6.2
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 10 Nov 2001 04:41:58 GMT
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Have you tried Mozilla? It's basically Netscape; still in beta (0.9.5) but
very stable, highly configurable, has excellent ad- and popup-blocking
capabilities, and a better mascot than anything going. Definitely worth
checking out. I don't use it for mail, though, so I can't tell you about that.
www.mozilla.org.
Seth.
In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jennifer L. Boger writes:
> I'm using 6.1 and don't have any such problems... in 6.01 was terrible,
> i can't believe NS put their name on such a thing! both versions
> however are terrible at mail handling - i frequently lose everything in
> all folders, it's a blast, let me tell ya. I miss pine.
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> Dan says he's using 6.2 on linux and it works fine.
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> Ps: IE, how sad :/
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> Mark Sandlin wrote:
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> > For some reason, Netscape has decided to hang when I close a browser
> > window. At first it was a mildly annoying 3 second hang, but then it
> > grew to be 20 seconds and then a whole minute.
> >
> > I got sick of the thing and am now using IE.
> >
> > Blah.
> >
> > ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
> >
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 | | Re: more problems with Netscrape 6.2
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| (...) but (...) that. (...) I actually use galeon at work now - it's based on mozilla, but trimmed down. It's not the unix way to include a mail client, news client and irc client with your web browser. galeon takes the mozilla rendering engine and (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: more problems with Netscrape 6.2
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| (...) I tried it, and promptly deleted it. At first I was pleasantly surprised that it automatically imported my Netscape prefs so I didn't have to set it all up. Then I was unpleasantly surprised that it imported the "hang for 30 seconds when (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: more problems with Netscrape 6.2
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| I'm using 6.1 and don't have any such problems... in 6.01 was terrible, i can't believe NS put their name on such a thing! both versions however are terrible at mail handling - i frequently lose everything in all folders, it's a blast, let me tell (...) (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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