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Re: Netscape Communicator for Linux



On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, Yaron wrote:

> > I've digged a little the Netscape site and have found 2 versions of NCb5 
> > for linux. for 1.2 kernels and 2.0. They don't announce that so, there 
> > are I think most of the Unices there too. I don't know how buggy it is.
> > But I'm going to try... 
> 
> I've had it since a few days ago - switched back to Netscape3 real fast.
> The thing is still totally full of bugs. Also, read the Release Notes.
> The Knoiwn-Bugs are something like:
> 
> o Marking text may halt the system
> o Following a link may crash the filesystem
> o Clicking a pulldown menu may launch nuclear missiles at your house

Very interesting. I'm using Communicator 4.0b3 since it was out, and I can
say it's as stable as rock. I can open a dozen Netscape windows, load Java
applets, animations - Netscape stands as a hero. It's more stable than
3.01 (which crashed when loading Java applets). Have you used b3? Try it.


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