Re: Netscape 6 bashing

by "Justin H." <justinh(at)whidbey.net>

 Date:  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 13:57:21 -0800
 To:  "HWG Basics" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
 References:  bramhan
  todo: View Thread, Original
Minor bug fixes, for the most part.  This is just to stabilize the current
release a little while they work on the next major release.  Also, you might
notice that Flash now works. :-)

Justin H.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sathish C. Bramhan" <sathish(at)bramhan.net>
To: "Raj Bhaskar" <raj(at)lordofthemoon.com>
Cc: <hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 1:14 PM
Subject: RE: Netscape 6 bashing


>
> The trick is while installing NN6, it asks whether you want it to be your
> default browser. Say "NO"
>
> Then everything works fine.
>
> I learnt this the hard way. For almost, two weeks in the beginning every
> file in my computer was Mozilla!
>
> And, Netscape has come up with version 6.01. Does anyone know or felt the
> difference? I tried it. I don't see or feel a difference.
>
> ... SATHISH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-basics(at)hwg.org]On Behalf
Of
> Raj Bhaskar
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 10:37 AM
> To: hwg-basics(at)mail.hwg.org
> Subject: Netscape 6 bashing
>
> Hi all,
>
> > Be sure EVERYTHING you want is backed up before you turn AOL-6
> > loose.  Though not a dangerous as Netscape 6,
>
> Why is there all this negativity over Netscape 6?  I've had it running
quite
> happily for a couple of months now on a Windows NT4 Server (don't ask!)
> without any real problems at all.  Okay, so it's quite slow to start up
> (which is the main reason that I haven't installed it on my P166 at home)
> but I've found it at least as stable (if not more so) than NN4.x.  Have I
> just
> been lucky?
>
> Raj.
> --
> __        __
> |   |   |   |   Rajnish Bhaskar, University of Glasgow
> |_ /    |_ /    E-Mail: raj(at)lordofthemoon.com
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> |    \  |__/
> We're women.  We have double standards to live up to.
>        -- Ally McBeal
>

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