on Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 01:09:46PM +0200, Alexander Mikhailian (mikhailian@mova.org) wrote:
> I recently upgraded to testing and found out that netscape 4 is missing
> in the list of packages. Where can I get a working version of netscape 4
> for testing?
Noteing without repeating that NS 4 is non-free, proprietary,
unmaintained, and never part of Debian aside from an installer.
There are numerous vastly better browser alternatives available today, a
review of many is at:
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/NixBrowsers
Netscape provides an archive of versions of its browsers back to 2.x at:
http://wp.netscape.com/download/archive.html
If you're interested in a set of ancient product for compatibility
purposes, go there. Install these under /usr/local or /opt (I symlink
the latter to /usr/local/opt on my systems).
If the issue is browser compatibility with broken web transaction sites:
- Inform the site maintainer that NS 4.x is three generations and four
years old. I tcontains numerous compliance issues with web
standards (see http://w3c.org/) and unaddressed security holes.
- You can often get around user-agent string tests by changing the
user-agent string sent by your browser, or if using a sitewide
proxy, all users on your site. My own preferred user-agent string
is "W3C standards are important. Stop fucking obsessing over
user-agent already." You can find instructions on how to set
user-agent string (and why you might want to do so) at
http://twiki.iwethey.org/Main/UserAgentString
Some browsers (Konqueror, Opera) allow specifying an arbitrary
user-agent string, including several preconfigured strings to
impersonate other browsers. This works for the vast majority of
sites whose designers are stupid enough to perform user-agent string
discrimination.
- Go ahead and install an ancient browser, but realize that you are
compromising the security and integrity of your system by doing so.
Peace.
--
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
Defeat EU Software Patents! http://swpat.ffii.org/
Attachment:
pgpkfhZOuIj6h.pgp
Description: PGP signature