Re: Mozilla vs. Communicator
On Thu, Aug 05, 1999 at 11:38:43 -0300, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote:
> I've noticed there's different packages for Netscape Communicator &
> Mozilla... Is the up-to-date Mozilla release as good as Netscape
> Communicator 4.61 (or hopefuilly better, as NS seems to enjoy a lot the
> ¨killing itself for nothing¨ business)?
This may not be netscape's fault; there are indications that there may be a
subtle compiler problem affecting X resulting in these crashes.
> Does it include the e-mail reader/composer and the HTML editor?
We have separate "mozilla-mailnews" and "mozilla-editor" packages for them.
> Which libraries is it based on (is it still Motif/LessTif)?
Gtk (the source still supports using Motif/LessTif as the GUI library, but
Gtk is the default).
> Bottom line, do YOU think it's worth trading my Communicator 4.61 for
> Mozilla 19990716.M8-2?
No. Mozilla looks promising, but still has quite a way to go to get at the
stability level of netscape.
You need not trade in though; mozilla and netscape coexist happily.
HTH,
Ray
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