[plug] upgrading to netscape6

[Adam Ashley]

Ive been using Mozilla as my primary browser since M17 (had it installed
from M14) and have found it easily more stable then netscape, especially the
latest 0.8 (0.81 should be out soon, may already be out). Netscape 6 isnt
worth the disk space.

Adam Ashley

> -----Original Message-----
> From: alan howard [mailto:alanh at wn.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2001 4:34 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] upgrading to netscape6
>
>
> On Sunday 25 March 2001 05:12, Jon Miller wrote:
> > I would like to know where to install netscape6 if i'm updating from
> > netscape4.7.  I can see files from netscape in various places
> > (/home/username/.netscape; /root/.netscape; /usr/lib/netscape).
>  IS there a
> > way to upgrade the application using the script installer?  Or
> do I have to
> > remove netscape first.  Also I noticed there are a lot of language
> > components can they be deleted?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jon
>
> hi jon,
> as far as i know both netscapes can be on your system at the same
> time. there
> is no upgrade method, but you could install netscape 6, import
> your mail and
> address book from netscape 4.7? and then delete it. also , having tried
> netscape 6.01 (and various mozzillas), i wouldnt recomend it. it is still
> very buggy and tends to crash a lot ( also tends to be a bit slower).
> netscape 6 , installs by default to /usr/local/netscape
>
> regards
> alan howard
>