You can download/install the newest netscape and still retain the old 4.xx version. It's worth checking out. Mine's setup that way.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xviper
[B]I have the older Netscape 4.xx and I find it to be probematic.

 

I tried that on my last computer and it did some goofy stuff to my netscape email. When I get a link in my email and click it, it uses Netscape as the browser. I just haven't found the nerve to try this with my latest computer.

 

I work as an intern for the IT dept. in a local township's public school system. Netscape's browser ( I don't know or care which version) is universally problematical and most teachers that complain about problems surfing the web or accessing their email are attempting to do so with Netscape. Its coding sucks, plain and simple. IE may have more security flaws (and patches), but it works most of the time.

 

IE development certainly improved its code over the years. And Netscape 4.x has some real issues (although, no more than IE 4.x). But, I don't think I would say Mozilla-based Netscape sucks. What sucks is the poor adherence to standard html at many sites. Many (most?) were developed using - guess what? - MS tools... So, guess which platform is the only one which renders those sites "correctly"???

Tony

 

Netscape stinks. Too many extras tossed into that package. Mozilla is ok, but again, compatibility is an issue. IE is fine. Mail clients are another story.

 

If you don't want to use IE, try Opera. Significantly fewer code imcompatibilities than NS, uses a tiny amount of memory, and draws sites nearly as fast as IE5.5 does. At one time, I had IE5.5, NS6.x, and Opera (3?) installed and used all 3. NS6 was total garbage - slow, buggy, and took forever to draw pages. Mozilla may be better, but it was a far cry from being useful.

 

I played with Opera several years ago and even then, it was pretty cool. NS7 / Mozilla 1.x apparently "borrowed" the Opera-style tabs for web pages.

Tony

 

allowing webguys that claim to be coders write sites that only support IE is a bad idea. use mozilla and help break bad programming habits by complaining to websites that don't render correctly. IE does not follow browser HTML decoding standards as specified in the w3c DOM specs. do a search for those terms if you want more info...but in laymans terms it means microsoft breeds bad internet development and production habits, ultimately resulting in poor QoS.

usually the problem is with the code on a webpage, not mozilla/nutscrape being a bad browser.

 

I'm using the beta version of Safari for Mac. It is warp-speed fast, and so far is working pretty well. There are a few things that I find quirky about the interface, but I'm sure that will all be sorted out before the release.

 

i hear good things about safari too...mozilla

btw i had that sig last week