Netscape 6.1

[Larry Scritchfield]

Thomas Dowling wrote:

> Netscape 6.1 Final is up on the Netscape ftp sites--I assume it will be
> going up on their download page today or tomorrow. Whereas Netscape 6 and
> 6.01 were built on very early alpha versions of Mozilla, this is built on
> version 0.9.2, which is quite stable and a better performer all around
> (though a Mozilla-based browser is never going to be as snappy as Opera).
<snip>
> Speaking only for the browser (not mail, news, messaging, etc.) this one
> looks like it might be ready for prime time.

It still has the problem of the screen not repainting when using Dynix
WebPAC (Java version). Version 6.0 had the same problem. The workaround
is to minimize the browser, then re-maximize it.

Larry Scritchfield
Internet Services Librarian
Washoe County Library System, Reno NV



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