From: "Jonas Bülow" Date: 2002-02-16T00:08:29+09:00 Subject: Re: OT Netscape 4.x? was Re: "Powered by Ruby" banner Hi, Chris Gehlker wrote: > > On 2/15/02 5:54 AM, "yet another bill smith" > wrote: > > > Kent Dahl wrote: > >> > >> Jack Dempsey wrote: > >>> http://cs.georgetown.edu/~dempsejn/powered_by.jpg > >> > >> Nice. > >> > >> It fails to appear in Netscape 4.77, though. (Or perhaps only on my > >> machine?) > > > Mine also. Seems to be getting ever closer to upgrade time, sigh > > Why is anybody still using Netscape 4.x? Does it have some, well hidden, > technical virtue or is it a political thing? I am one of those netscape 4.x users. :-) Talking for myself, I found Netscape 4.x to be the best working browser on platforms other than Windows where Internet Explorer is the definitive choice IMHO. Two other reasons for me beeing a user of netscape: I found the email client in Netscape 4.x to be very solid and the javascript support is working good. I have the latest version of opera, mozilla (and galeon) installed too. The major shorcoming I have found is the buggy SSL support and the, by web site creators, not very well supported DHTML and Javascript implementation found in mozilla and opera. For instance, I can not use my Internet Bank service with browsers other than Netscape 4.x (or Internet Explorer). When I can do all my every-day-things with mozilla or opera, I will definitely change to that one. When it comes to email clients I'm looking into the Evolution project which looks promising. But until then, Netscape 4.x is my prefered choice of browser. :-) > -- > We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, > which when worn with use we throw away. -Plutarch, biographer (c. 46-120)