[WEB4LIB] Is Netscape dead? I asked Jeeves

[Thomas Edelblute]

Had to install IE because Netscape would not work for the online E-rate
appliation process.  Don't know why, it just didn't.

Alicia Abramson wrote:

> And Jeeves said:
>
> You asked:   Is Netscape dead?
> I know the answer to the following questions. Click the Ask! button
next to
> the best one.
>
> Where can I find the Web site for Netscape Communications?
>
> Where can I find a listing of celebrity gravesites?
>
> Is there a way to make Netscape Communicator the default browser on my
PC?
>
> Where can I learn about the "Deadhead" subculture?
>
> Where can I find recent celebrity obituaries?
> *****
>
> But, seriously, are most others in agreement with Dan Lester's post
> (portions below) and is there really no other choice but IE?  I for
one am
> not willing to let go of Netscape that easily...yet.  I find some of
the
> reasoning in why it is a done deal that IE is *it* akin to the idea
that we
> should all just shop at Amazon and admit that independent bookstores
are a
> thing of the past.  Not trying to start a war, but interested in
hearing
> why or why not people are ditching Netscape.
>
> Alicia
>
> <SNIP>
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:26:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dan Lester <dan at 84.com>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: MS Site not visible with NS 4.61?
>
> ..[del}
>
> We're switching gradually from NS to IE for these reasons and others.
No
> matter what one thinks of MS and their business practices (which I
have no
> objection to), NS is on the way out, and we might as well accept it
and get
> on with our jobs.  Our users like IE because of the fact that it opens
much
> faster.  And, though IE doesn't have Print Preview, that is because it

> doesn't need it, as it has a better solution.   Just block the section
you
> want to print and Print Selection.   No squinting at Print Preview and

> trying to figure out which pages the content you want is spread over.
>
> And, NO, I do not want to debate business practices on list, as I
don't
> believe it is appropriate.  Off list, sure......though it is like much

> religious debate....much heat, little light, no minds changed.
>
> cheers
>
> dan
>
> --
> Good, Fast, and Cheap: Which two of the three would you like?
> Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716 USA 208-383-0165
> dan at 84.com   http://www.84.com/  http://www.postcard.org/
>
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> Alicia Abramson
> Director, Library Information Systems
> University Library
> California State University, Sacramento
> abramson at csus.edu
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Thomas Edelblute
Anaheim Public Library