upgrading from netscape 2x to 3x

[Earl Young]

     A major advantage of 3 over 2 is the email portion.  Email is poorly 
     implemented by most sites, but once you start using Web mail instead 
     of older things like cc:mail (without POP3 or IMAP, which are 
     protocols that allow HTML MAIL AMONG OTHER THINGS) you'll never want 
     to go back.
     
     3 is more stable than 2.  It does a better job of handling plug-ins 
     and helpers.  The editor is a little better (that's a function of the 
     Gold edition - not a feature of the vanilla browser)
     
     You might consider waiting for 4 (which is called Communicator) 
     because it introduces a wide variety of serious enhancements, of which 
     style sheets are perhaps the most important.  The current betas are 
     too rough for civilian use, but absent a major reason to run a rollout 
     to 3 - awaiting 4 is something you should consider.
     
     Earl Young


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Subject: upgrading from netscape 2x to 3x
Author:  masudj at lafvax.lafayette.edu at INTERNET
Date:    1/28/97 7:38 PM


Hello,
     
I'm doing a presentation on tips, advantages, pitfalls etc. of upgrading 
from Netscape
2.0 to 3.0.  This seemed to be an easy topic but most information I can 
find
compares Explorer to Navigator not Navigator versions.  I'm using 
version 3.0,
but have little need for the newer features such as CoolTalk.  I would 
appreciate
it if any of you could tell me what you have found to be a useful 
improvement or
a disadvantage when you switched from Netscape 2x to 3x.  Thanks in 
advance. -Janice