First, a happy new year! I am using Netscape 4.6 on both my G3 and my StarMax currently. I also am trying to look at newer and better and alternative's, yet not Microsoft anything. I have not gotten into the year yet to start changing, but will.
I noticed that some web pages just explained that my version number of Netscape was really no longer 'man' enough to warrant looking at their pages. X seems to be the next ruler, ho hum! I have used 4.6 since it first came out and it has worked fine on the starMax on every upgrade of the OS. However, the next enlightened netscape, which, if I remember, was seven, was utter rubbish. Crashware exclusive rubbish, all looks and no difference, yet not as good by half! I have taken my 'Max to 9.1 and stopped. Running it on its original configuration processor with an addition USB/firwire card now. It is an excellent drawing machine for me still, so it has loads of use left! I am concluding that the days of the internet and web for the 'Max are numbered (without G3 upgrading) in favor of the new dominant OS, which is X whatever! All the best Michael Hermann Ertl wrote: > Paul, you are right, I am on the iCab list. How do you > know? I do not get the mail delivered but, maybe twice > a year, I go to the web and read some messages. The > people there are experts, and much what they talk about > I don't understand. I am afraid to ask a simple question. > > I have been at the Netscape site - it's quite difficult > to find anything else other than v7 - what a mess! I > will try v6.x. The other two you mention, Mozilla and > FireFox, don't work on OS 8.6, do they? > > > From: Paul Wehr > > Date: 12/17/04, 5:23 PM -0500 > > > > Hermann, > > > > You are on the Yahoo iCab list aren't you? Amidst all the chaff, > > there are some details about making iCab work better until version > > 3.0 comes out. (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icab/) > > > > You know that M$ Internet Exploder is at the end of its Mac line. No > > more updates and it will never deal with compliant coding. We know > > that Netscrape is really a memory hog and will eat up the StarMax's > > limited CPU and memory cycles. Otherwise, I think version 6.x will > > work. Check their site. > > > > Mozilla has two browsers that are worth a look. One is (oddly named) > > Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org) and the other is FireFox. On my > > Linux box, they both look quite nice though I haven't stress-tested > > them yet. > > > > My StarMax is running 9.1 quite smoothly. I was really pleased with > > the improvements of 8.6. I think you will too. I didn't really see > > any reason to move to 9.1 other than that I had a usable copy of it. > > Paul > > > > >Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:12:02 -0500 > > >From: Hermann Ertl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Browsers, which ones for OS 8.6? > > > > > >I am currently using OS 8.1 on a StarMax 3240, but I plan > > >to install OS 8.6. > > >Which browsers do work with it? Which ones are recommended? > > > > -- > > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > > --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > iPod Accessories for Less > > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > > www.1800ipod.com > > -- > StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> > --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> 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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
