[ale] Netscape/Mozilla (was: Re: Browser compatibility? (was: Wachovia web banking seems to be fixed with Mozilla))

[Joseph A Knapka]

Bill Sirinek wrote:
> 
> Try Mozilla, Joseph, you'll like it. :)

I did, several months ago. It seemed exactly like
NS6 to me. Similarly bloated, similarly (un)stable.
Has it improved significantly since then?

-- Joe

> Now this question isnt directed towards you specifically, but rather, to all
> Netscape users. I had asked this on Slashdot and the only response I got was
> someone mentioning netscape.net email. But,
> 
> ....*Why* would anyone choose to use Netscape 6.x over Mozilla?
> 
> Bill
> 
> On Friday 09 August 2002 04:41 pm, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> 
> > I use NS 4.7x, because:
> >
> > (1) IE is a Micro$haft product, and
> >
> > (2) NS 6 is even more hideously bloated then 4.7, and is in
> >     my experience far less stable.
> >
> > (3) None of the other browsers I've tried (Konqueror,
> >     Opera, BrowseX) have done much for me - they are either
> >     less stable or less functional than NS4.
> >
> > I don't know how many others use NS4.7, but IMO maintaining
> > compatibility that far back shouldn't be too much to ask.
> 
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