Re: Netscape crashing - Why do we have to rely on Netscape?
Mosaic is in non free. Seems to me a nice browser. Am I missing something ?
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> On 31 Jul, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> > I have been following the threads about the instability of Netscape with
> > great interest. I too suffer the same symptoms - the ones where Netscape
> > disappears when a certain page is requested, or where it closes/crashes
> > when one window of two/several is closed.
> >
> > What I cannot understand is why we have only Netscape as a *viable*
> > graphical web browser. I am no programmer so maybe someone could point
> > out why there aren't several to choose from. I am aware of old ports of
> > Mosaic and the 'test-bed' Amayana? (sorry, can't remember the exact
> > name). I am also aware of Mozilla. is that usable yet?
> >
> > Thinking about it, there are not that many choices available for Windows
> > either - I was investigating some for use by my students and it appeared
> > most 'alternatives' were based on IE and just provided a different front
> > end.
> >
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> > Phillip Deackes
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> Opera will be ready for Linux soon. But Opera is not free. I work for
> Opera Software and seen that the Linux version will be just as stable
> and lightweight under Linux as it is under Windows. You don't get all
> the bells a whistles you do from Netscape, but you will get a lightning
> fast, rock solid, browser.
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> And you will have to pay...sorry! :)
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