Re: NS upgrade, more

At 11:56 AM 2/24/00 , you wrote:
>The Mozilla browser (not yet out in beta, current version M13 is alpha) does
>support fixed backgrounds. It is supposedly standards compliant, to such an
>extent that a lot of sites using DHTML will break in it due to the
>non-standard way they currently do things.
>... snip ...
>Brian
>comharsa(at)clara.net

Ohhhh, nooooo! Don't tell me!

Can anyone get word to the testers/makers? Netscape is going to loose *at 
least* one more loyal, die-hard supporter IF it can't get the new version 
to QUIT DYING when it encounters code that it doesn't like! If they can't 
correct Netscape's *shudder of death* and subsequent lock up when 
encountering something it cannot understand - they will push MORE *getting 
tired of it* loyalists over to the other side permanently.

When viewing pages with tables, and the coding has problems (i.e. not 
complete with all closing tags, etc.) it just doesn't display the page! 
Fine! I know there's a code problem, so I have to fire up MSIE for visiting 
that page/site.

Now, when Netscape encounters other bad code or some *current standard* it 
doesn't understand, it locks up! It doesn't do any good to close the 
browser and then reopen it again. Links won't work, bookmarks won't work - 
other things won't work right again until I REBOOT. Sometimes I can't even 
close the browser, nothing will work except ctrl-alt-delete (maybe!). I 
have to shut down Eudora Pro, push the button, let the computer reboot, + 
since it was *improperly shut down*, it runs scandisk, then I have to fire 
everything back up again, go BACK to where I was before following the link 
that caused browser death (therefore system death) and I am SICK AND TIRED 
of it!

Currently using 4.7, I upgrade with newer versions when I've learned about 
them, so we're not talking antique 2.0 user. Yes, I update and install all 
needed browser plugins! System has: AMD K6-2 333, 192 mb sdram, Matrox G200 
3D video w/8 mb ram, 1 mb cache on FIC 2013 motherboard. I have to have 
enough computer to handle viewing the Internet, right?

Roxy
frustrated Netscape user
http://autumnweb.com/Roxys/

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