Re: Netscape 6 -- slightly off topic

Yes,
Netscape take a long time to launch and it's boring !
But don't forget why IE is faster, because DLL's are the same launched by 
Win so ...
Cordially,

At 01:09 10/04/00 -0500, you wrote:
>23:29 9 Apr 00,
>On a morning from a Bogart movie, Lead wrote:
>
> > Anyone know if I can run Netscape from the primary machine over my
> > network if it's installed to a secondary machine? Anyone had troubles
> > with this? I can't really install it on my primary machine, since it's
> > hard drive is full. The install seemed to go very well, but when I go
> > to start the program, I get nothing after the smallish box saying
> > Netscape 6.
>
>How long did you wait? On my machine, you wait about 30 seconds after
>you decided Netscape 6 is hopelessly locked up on the splash screen
>and then the program begins. Granted I have a prejudice against NS,
>but this annoyed me so much I don't care what the rest of the program
>can do.
>
><begin rant>
>
>It does seem to handle style sheets a little better but the e-mail
>and newsreader is still the worst on the market. And it appears from
>my brief testing you still have to used clunky coding to make tables
>and frames appear properly.
>
>Wonder who they'll sue when they find out only the 25% of pc users
>who are fantatical Bill Gates haters will use this piece of junk? I
>honestly wonder sometimes if the people who design Netscape have
>actually sat down and tried to use within the last few years. If they
>aren't careful WebTV and I-Opener are going to pass them.
>
><end rant>
>
>Seriously, though, I honestly thought my pc had frozen waiting for
>the splash screen to go away but it turns out Netscape is apparenty
>designed to have it stay onscreen an unreasonably long time. Next
>time you try to start netscape 6, go make a sandwich and see if it's
>running when you come back.
>
>Take care,
>Darryl
>
>
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