[Gary16735]

Has anyone downloaded and tried the new Netscape 7.0? The v6.0 is just plain lousy! Using 4.7 email and am very satisfied. Is the new version as fast as 4x? Any comments would be appreciated. Gary

[hewee]

Gary16735,

Here is a Netscape forum.

http://sillydog.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

[Gary16735]

Thanks hewee, I figured if anyone had an answer, you would. Am going to hold off until v7.0 comes out in final form but I have your link bookmarked. Again, thanks. Gary

[hewee]

Your very welcome

[So0o0Confuse]

I have it - I love it... ( the 'tabs' got me, dont know how i ever managed without them.

I had a couple of minor kinks i had to work out but i did and promoted Net 7.0 to my Default Browser.

[hewee]

So0o0Confuse,

Good to hear you love the Netscape 7.x.

What was the kinks you had?

[Brooks]

Yeppers, I really like it (well, actually I really like Mozilla 1.0.1, which is what Netscape 7.0 was built on).

I have been a fan of tabbed browsing for several builds now.


So0o0Confuse,


Go over here to download and install the pop-up stopper for it.

http://www.ufaq.org/ns7/adblocker.html


They tell you where, but not which exact setting.

Uncheck the Allow Websites to Open unrequested windows. Every once in awhile, a flash pop-up window will get through, but everything else just goes nowhere.

[Gary16735]

Brooks and SoOoOConfused - How is v7.0 stacking up in your expections? Have been doing a lot of checking and would like to get your views after a week of having the version. Thanks, Gary

[hewee]

Ramona are Netscape Queen has tested it out and loves it.

http://home.att.net/~cherokee67/index6.html

Does not say that aboue at her web site but in an email I got from her.

[anlore2001]

Gary, I downloaded it yesterday and found it is much better then the previous versions. 2 minor glitches I have found so far... The tab button does not work to go between text fields, you have to maunally click on the field you want to go to. The other thing is that some of the other programs netscape is bundled together with is full of spyware. I ran adaware before I installed and after I installed it I found a spyware registry Key for Net2phone and several cookies which reported back usage... all of there were not there before 7.0. Just a word of caution. Otherwise the application is great.

[hewee]

More if what Ramona said.

Check out my Netscape Forum, as I posted the SillyDog streamline
version yesterday:
Netscape 7.0 Final with Mail & Newsgroups
http://sillydog.org/narchive/sd/70.html 13 MB

Netscape 7.0 Final Stand Alone
http://sillydog.org/narchive/sd/70.html 10.2 MB

[Brooks]

I really like it a lot. I have been using Mozilla for quite awhile now and this latest version of Mozilla and Netscape 7 are really good. A few things I am not crazy about, mainly it wanting you to activate a netscape account, but once you cancel it, it does not come back up (unlike the MSN one in Windows XP).

If all you need for email is basic email capabilities with less security risks, this is a fast easy to use email client.

The browser itself is highly configurable. There are all sorts of addons that will work on it. A lot of them are written for the Mozilla browser, but since Netscape 7 was built upon the Mozilla browser, most of them work.


A few of the better add-ons are bannerblinds
http://bannerblind.mozdev.org/

The User Agent tool bar for changing the id string quickly(be aware that due to the way Sun has developed thier Java client that if you use a IE string, it will crash the browser on the next startup)
http://uabar.mozdev.org/

Themes. Most of these Mozilla themes will also work in NEtscape 7
http://themes.mozdev.org/

[Brooks]

I will second that. I am going to implement the standalone version when we do our upgrading in October of the Public Access Terminals.

The forum that Hewee mentions is at
http://www.windowsbbs.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5 and it is dedicated just to Netscape issues.

[hewee]

Brooks,

Ramona is at both forums.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5

http://sillydog.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1

Plus the Netscape 7.0 Streamline and stand-alone at sillydog there is NO Activation (Registration)
See chart on page below

http://sillydog.org/narchive/sd/70.html

[Brooks]

Never been to the Silly Dog forums(I just use his servers to download Netscape from as he is usually faster), but it does not surprise me that she is over there, since she is very involved with Netscape.

I post over at the Windows BBS Netscape forum some myself.