SillyDog701

[Fulvio]

I got some info. at the Champions forum, which puzzles me. This deals with the new Netscape in Canada.
It was said that it was not based on the gecko engine, and it was a way to get subscribers which loath AOL.
I am puzzled by the requirements.

Included in a Netscape Online membership are:

* Fast dial-up speeds for web browsing and mail acceleration
* Value priced with national coverage @ $18.95/mo. (plus applicable taxes)
* Standards based email with 2 email boxes per subscription and 3 aliases per mailbox
* Unlimited Internet and email usage
* 5 MB of personal web space
* 7 x 24 customer and technical support
* No activation fee

Minimum Requirements are:

*Microsoft® Windows® 95 with Windows Socket 2 Update, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP operating system or later. (Apple® Macintosh® computers are not supported)

*133 MHz Pentium® processor or faster
*Minimum 64 MB of RAM
*An Internet browser: Internet Explorer 5.0+ or Netscape® 5.0+

Does this mean that someone like DJGM could use it?

http://join.netscape.ca/index.php

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

[Wellander]

Hi,
It is in beta testing here in the US.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

[wde]

Hi,
It is in beta testing here in the US.

Yep, here is the link:
http://isp.netscape.com/software/index.jsp

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)

[DJGM]

Does this mean that someone like DJGM could use it?

Not exactly.

My PC has no dialup modem installed in it (but my iMac does) And as I don't live in Canada, or
anywhere near Canada, it is not geographically possible for me to use it, even if I wanted to!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031210 Firebird/0.7+

[Antony]

The Netscape ISP looks pretty, and it costs only $1 per month until March next year.


but...

(not for Mac)

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/85.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/85.5

[wde]

Macintosh? We don't need no stinking macintosh. j/k

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)

[Mandrake]

Since AOL's goal is to cut costs and boost revenue, it wouldn't suprise me if no version is released for Mac OS.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

[Josh]

:lol: Since AOL's goal is to cut costs and boost revenue, it wouldn't suprise me if no version is released for Mac OS.

Or they could take the shortcut of putting the "netscape" ISP, put it on CD, and bundle Virtual PC with it. I've seen many software companies do.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031208

[Andrew T.]

Looking at Antony's "Macintosh Users" screen shot, I wonder what happened to the "Windows 95 with Windows Socket 2 Update" formerly listed in the system requirements.
I'd wish that AOL/Netscape would seriously think of developing a Mac OS version of the ISP, though. Or if it isn't, at least make no pretenses instead of encouraging people to "check back in the future" for that non-existant version for the Macintosh!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02

[DJGM]

Hmmph, now AOL are just taking the **** !



It's bad enough they're giving precedence to the abysmal "Microshaft Lookout Distress" in their email FAQ for
the Netscape branded "AOL Lite" service, but Netscape Communicator 7.x?!? Don't AOL realise there is tec-
hnically no such thing as Netscape Communicator 7.x? If they want to correctly refer to the e-mail client
built into v7.x of the Netscape internet application suite, then surely it would be better and more
accurate to put "Netscape Mail & Newsgroups 7.x" or just simply "Netscape 7.x" ?

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)

[Fulvio]

That is why I was asking what it meant. I did not get that page, but it confirms that they are oversimplifying, or are total incompetents.
You know what I lean to.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) (CK-SillyDog)

[Antony]

As an ISP, they should not discriminate users based on their preference of internet software.

Clearly, the ISP or marketing department does not really know about its very own branded Netscape software.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) (CK-SillyDog)

[DJGM]

. . . or are total incompetents . . .

Well, that is AOL we're referring to, so you're absolutely correct there!

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)