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Improved in Netscape 7.1 (over 7.0x)...
The Mail Notification will work even without email window open. (After first checking of email.)
by Antony » Thu 31 Jul, 2003 3:39 am
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by Antony » Tue 30 Sep, 2003 8:52 am
The Sun Java 2 included in Netscape 7.1 (official release build) has following interesting things.DJGM wrote:On closer inspection, it seems that this unofficial test build of Netscape 7.1
actually bundles Sun Java 2 v1.4.0_02, so it's not quite as up to date as I
originally stated.
by DJGM » Tue 30 Sep, 2003 11:24 am
by Fulvio » Wed 26 Nov, 2003 3:33 pm
DJGM wrote:IMHO, Netscape 7.1, as good a browser suite as it is, was a bit rushed. I
think what is now available to download as Netscape 7.1 was originally intended to be Netscape 7.1 Preview Release 1.
If you download the online installer of Netscape 7.1, and use it to download your own choice of components, have a look at the "config.ini" file. There are a number of references to "7.1b1",minus the quotes which is what would've been added to the end of the useragent string, to
denote that it's a preview release (or beta version).
The actual full release of Netscape 7.1 may have been built upon Mozilla 1.4.1.
That way, Netscape 7.1 (final) wouldn't have had the serious GDI resource leak issue on machines running Windows 98, and perhaps the Print Preview feature wouldn't have caused so many problems with the Linux version of the browser suite.
by Wellander » Wed 26 Nov, 2003 4:22 pm
DJGM wrote:IMHO, Netscape 7.1, as good a browser suite as it is, was a bit rushed. Aside from the fact that
the (now unemployed or re-assigned) Netscape employees on the AOL payroll, wanted to get
a new Netscape release out the door, before AOL locked the door and threw away the key, I
think what is now available to download as Netscape 7.1 was originally intended (by the
now former Netscape developers) to be Netscape 7.1 Preview Release 1.
If you download the online installer of Netscape 7.1, and use it to download your own choice of
components, have a look at the "config.ini" file. There are a number of references to "7.1b1",
minus the quotes which is what would've been added to the end of the useragent string, to
denote that it's a preview release (or beta version). Since the decision had more than likely
already been made by AOL, to kill off the Netscape browser, the Netscape devs didn't want
to make it immediately obvious that v7.1, the last ever major Netscape release, was in fact
a beta version, so the UA string was appended with "Netscape/7.1" to make it appear to be
a "gold" release, as opposed to "Netscape/7.1b1", had it been released as a preview release.
Had AOL not decided to disband the Netscape browser division when they did (or at the very
least delayed the cancellation of all future Netscape browser development, until the end of
the year) the actual full release of Netscape 7.1 may have been built upon Mozilla 1.4.1.
That way, Netscape 7.1 (final) wouldn't have had the serious GDI resource leak issue on
machines running Windows 98, and perhaps the Print Preview feature wouldn't have
caused so many problems with the Linux version of the browser suite.
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