[WEB4LIB] RE: Netscape plug-ins and helpers

[Charles F. Bearden]

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Hagen Amen wrote:

> Why can't you just remove the actual plug-in from the plug-ins
> directory? I do this all the time. I keep an archive of common plug-ins,
> and just drag and drop. Most common ones seem to handle it just fine.
> Every time Netscape loads, it scans that directory and builds the list.
> 
> 
> Hagen Amen
> MCL Automation Services
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jan 1999, Kucera, Ann wrote:
> 
> > According to our PC help desk, the only way to get rid of the plug ins is to
> > uninstall Netscape and reinstall it without the plug ins.
> 
> 
> > > Jane Neale[SMTP:nealej at libmail.sysadm.suny.edu] asked:
> 
> > > Is there a way to change from these Netscape plug-ins
> > > to another application or a competing plug-in?

Sometimes the problem is in the associations between the file 
extensions and the plugins, e.g. the Real Player plugin has claimed 
the .rpm extension, which makes it impossible to download Red Hat 
(or, I suspect, Caldera or SUSE) Linux packages.

It seems to me a case of bad design, and I resent having to 
compensate for it by stopping and starting Netscape every time I want 
to move from one of these tasks to the other.

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