The browser wars were lost because Microsoft engaged in illegal abuse of its monopoly powers. It was because of this illegal activity that Netscape did not have the funds to continue developing Netscape Communicator. At that time Netscape got to be bad, compared to Explorer (which continued to be improved.) AOL purchased Netscape, and 7.02 is (for me) absolutely the best and fastest browser.
I do not know why others have had bad results with 7.0.2. Perhaps they have not increased the allocated RAM (this is absolutely necessary, IMHO). For me, the utilization of Explorer 5 (latest version) is painfully slow. And Tabs are an improvement that is truly great for web browsing. I give Netscape 100,000K of RAM. I use RAM disk for the Cache. I have 7.0.2 on 4 computers. My computers: 8600/G3 450, about 800MB RAM system 8.6 7300/G3 275, about 500MB RAM system 8.6 iMac Summer 2001 500MHz about 600MB RAM system 9.1 Beige G3 MiniTower 430MHz, about 600RAM system 9.2.2 Netscape 7.0.2 runs terrifically well and FAST (dialup modem) on all 4. I do go into the Netscape preferences and change a lot of things (for instance i select Geneva for ALL my fonts, except Sans Serif.) For some reason, Netscape works very well for me. It does load slowly, very slowly, and it does shut down very slowly. But it downloads pages very very very fast. I have not encountered any web pages that it cannot see. I hope the URL for ziff-davis will be posted, so that i can try to go there with 7.0.2. I hope this info helps some folks enjoy faster web browsing. >>I've just installed 7.0.2 on a Beige G3/9.2.2 machine. I couldn't believe >>how un-Mac-like it is, and it renders a lot (eg. Ziff-Davis) of pages as >>blanks. Also clicking URLs in (Eudora) eMails pops the up into a _new_ >>browser window. I've gone back to 4.79, but has anyone any idea how I can >>sort the problems?? Or a better (non=m$) solution?? > NS 7 sucks. Netscape lost the browser war by being crappy, not > because of anything MS did. > Try an alternative, like iCab. http://www.icab.de/ > I use Netscape 4.8 as a backup for the few pages iCab barfs at. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
