[plug] Netscape 6

[Len Bird]

Thanks for the tip  Kai, the appendent  6 is the magic symbol! I will give it
another try. Somebody else on the list seemed to think it was just a demo, well
well.

Thanks again,

Len Bird

Kai wrote:

> Hi Len,
> Yeah, I got 6 to work on Linux.
> You just gotta run the execuatble from within the 'package' directory that
> is made when you untar the file
> Like this:
> cd /home/youruserdirectory/package/
> ./netscape &
>
> I actually renamed the 'package' directory and called it 'ns60' so it's
> easier to remember.
> If you wanna see Netscape as it will be when it's finished, go the Mozilla
> website at www.mozilla.org and download version 16. Netscape 6.0 is
> basically a Netscape shell for Mozilla anyway and 16 is the latest stable
> release - looks just like NS 6.0 exept it's got the Mozilla logo in stead of
> NS.
> About 8 megs for both Wincrap and Linux versions.
>
> Have fun !!
>
> Kai
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Len Bird <lenbird at iinet.net.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 8:47 PM
> Subject: [plug] Netscape 6
>
> > Greetings all:
> >
> > I downloaded Netscape 6 the other night, unzipped it, and ran the
> > installation routine, apparently without much difficulty although there
> > are no INSTALL or READMEs  files to follow. The graphics are notably
> > different from the 4.7 version, and problem no 1 seems to be to get rid
> > of the installed 4.7 otherwise the command line brings this up every
> > time. I am using RH6.2 which has an uncanny habit of retaining the files
> > which one has laboriously deleted!  However this done, I find that
> > although I have configured the program (in much the same way as in
> > earlier Netscapes, i.e. via Edit/Preferences, and these seem to be
> > similar to the old version,  if I dial up my ISP the connection is not
> > established.
> >
> > Has anyone out there got Netscape 6 to work, and is so using Netscape6.
> > Obviously something has been overlooked.
> >
> > Cheers   Len Bird.
> >
> >
> >
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