[wplug] Netscape 6 (was Netscape and RH7.0)

[Scott Kiesling]

I've also started using Netscape 6, which seems to work better than 4.7x
on my machine (Dell Laptop, Debian). There are some features missing from
the old version that I miss ("File bookmark") and key binding for "back".

This biggest frustration I've had is that, while it transferred my
bookmark and other settings, it didn't transfer the plug-in info, so for
example Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't start automatically anymore. In fact,
I've looked and there are no plug-ins listed at all. Any idea how to get
those from the old preferences?

Scott

Scott Kiesling
Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Pittsburgh
2816 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260  USA
Phone: 412-624-5916
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Email: kiesling at pitt.edu

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, David Tessitor wrote:

> Have you tried Netscape 6?  It's out and has some advantages, such as being able to adjust the viewing size of fonts with <cntrl -> and <cntrl +> or the menu under "view"  (it's disabled under 4.7x).
> 
> I did notice that 6 runs a little slower though.
> 
> Installation of 6 is also different, as one downloads an installer that installs directly off the internet (it is, however, possible to download the files and locally install if the primary method fails).
> 
> Dave
> 
> AtHome wrote:
> 
> > With Netscape, you only have two choices: bus error or segmentation fault.
> >
> > I just installed RH 7 and Netscape runs normally (for Netscape). (The only thing flakier than Netscape is Netscape Composer!)
> >
> > Have you upgraded from 4.75 to 4.76? Maybe it would help.
> >
> > Rick Bilonick
> 
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