There are several programs that send help files to
netscape. Some of them do not even allow for
configuration changes to a preferred browser. If ns4
is to be removed then there should still netscape and
netscape-communicator should be linked to mozilla or
some other such browser.
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SI Reason
Bad move removing Netscape. I keep tripping over websites (especially
banking!) that wont accept other than netscape 4.7/8 or ie. In some,
even the menu script in the web page tests for netscape ver 4.?,
refusing galeon (reports itself as ver 5) and mozilla. Wish galeon had
the ability of konqu
I was thinking from a newbies perspective. When a
newbie hits the help button and nothing pops up, they
assume that help is broken, when actually it is
because netscape does not exist. I had this happen to
me today when testing an accounting program on a new
install. I thought that help was broken
This can be done with Mozilla quite easily (see archives for a similar
thread) using some tool from mozdev.org. Galeon can thus also do this,
though you would have to hack the preferences.js.
It's time to start complaining about websites not supporting 3 of the 4
most standards-compliant web b
SI Reasoning wrote:
> I was thinking from a newbies perspective. When a
> newbie hits the help button and nothing pops up, they
> assume that help is broken, when actually it is
> because netscape does not exist. I had this happen to
> me today when testing an accounting program on a new
> install
Does anyone have any more information on this - search of mozdev and
google doesnt turn up anything interesting. The mozilla "prefs.js"
which has a version string gets overwrittem when the browser starts.
BillK
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 18:43, Buchan Milne wrote:
> This can be done with Mozilla qu
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On March 8, 2002 04:31 am, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> Bad move removing Netscape. I keep tripping over websites (especially
> banking!) that wont accept other than netscape 4.7/8 or ie. In some,
> even the menu script in the web page tests for netscape
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On March 8, 2002 07:34 am, Buchan Milne wrote:
> IHMO, yuor statement should be that "At least with KDE there should be
> one browser that is supported by all websites".
Could you explain that?
> Sites not supporting Mozilla, Opera and Konqueror ar
Richard Garand wrote:
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> On March 8, 2002 07:34 am, Buchan Milne wrote:
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>>IHMO, yuor statement should be that "At least with KDE there should be
>>one browser that is supported by all websites".
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> Could you explain that?
>
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Mozilla
Perhaps we need an /etc/alternatives/netscape link. (But too late for
8.2)
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 01:46:43AM -0800, SI Reasoning alleged:
> There are several programs that send help files to
> netscape. Some of them do not even allow for
> configuration changes to a preferred browser. If ns4
>
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http://mozilla-evangelism.bclary.com/sidebars/
has a sidebar that lets you set useragents in mozilla, prolly also in galeon.
Danny
On Friday 08 March 2002 13:52, you wrote:
> Does anyone have any more information on this - search of mozdev and
>
On Fri, 08 Mar, at 13:04:36 +0200, Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> done said:
>
> I agree linking mozilla as netscape, but removing netscape itself (IMHO)
> is not a bad move.
Ditto. Not a good idea at all (IMHO).
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On Fri, 08 Mar, at 17:55:40 -0800, To [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
done said:
> On Fri, 08 Mar, at 13:04:36 +0200, Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> done said:
> >
> > I agree linking mozilla as netscape, but removing netscape itself (IMHO)
> > is not a bad move.
>
> Ditto. Not a good
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On Friday 08 Mar 2002 11:04 am, you wrote:
> I agree linking mozilla as netscape, but removing netscape itself (IMHO)
> is not a bad move.
Personally I disagree. It's better to have more choice than less choice,
IMHO. It may not be your favourite browser, and
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