Thanks for being a great writer
From Yarone Levy
Hi Charles,
Just wanted to drop a quick note and let you know that I like your
work and have been a long time reader of yours. Thanks for that
Mozilla 0.9.8 article. It's been my main browser since just about
the day it came out, after A/B'ing it with iCab
myself. Your writing keeps me reading - looking forward to more of
your articles.
Regards,
Yarone Levy
- Hi Yarone,
What can I say but a big thanks! Getting letters like yours makes
it all worthwhile.
Kindest regards,
Charles
Mozilla 0.9.8 reaction
From Bob Friede
Charles,
I agree, it's the best build yet. The only problem with it I've
had so far is when it locks up the whole computer (9.1, Wallstreet),
forcing a restart every time I try to access my substantial bookmark
list from the Mac menubar. So I don't try that anymore.
I'm delighted to get a step closer to saying so long to iCab. I
mean, iCab works really well, mostly - but it looks/acts too much
like IE for me to feel entirely copmfortable with it. That old M$
phobia, y'know...
- Hi Bob,
I still like iCab a lot, too, and OmniWeb in OS X.
I must be lucky. I've been using Mozilla every day since ) 0.9.2
came out last May, and I just don't get crashes. I may have had
two or three unexpected quits in that time. I'm also using a
WallStreet and OS 9.1.
Charles
Mozilla 0.9.8 and SpellChecking
From Roger
You're right; Mozilla 0.9.8 rules!
I have been using Mozilla 0.9.7 and Nescape 6.2 for awhile. I only
use Netscape because I can't spell, and it has a built-in spell
checker. Can, or how can, Excalibur and or Spell Tools work within
Mozilla?
Roger Harris
- Hi Roger,
I tried creating a Mozilla plugin for SpellTools, which seemed to
work (just drag the Mozilla application icon to the SpellTools
application icon). The SpellTools floater now appears when Mozilla
is active, but I can't get it to address the composition pane in
Messenger.
I think Excalibur would open Mozilla mailbox files (I'm not
certain), but this would be extremely cumbersome.
:-(
Charles
Mozilla
From: Joe Gutierrez
Hi Charles,
Enjoyed your article on Mozilla. I also downloaded it a couple of
days ago, and I too like it alot. I just wish there was a way to send
links to Outlook Express (sorry) instead of Mozilla's mail. Is there
a way? Also why does one Realplayer plugin work on some sites but
won't come up on others? (Dave Letterman's) If these would work I
would leave IE behind.
Thanks,
Joe Gutierrez
- Hi Joe,
Re: the links - not that I know of.
Can't help with the plugin issue either. Is there a later version
of the plugin that you could download and try?
Charles
Comments on your "Mozilla 0.9.8" review
From Aaron Zelcer
Dear Charles,
As always, I enjoyed reading your "down-to-earth" informative
piece on Mozilla.
I would like to offer 2 short comments:
- Indeed, Hebrew support in Mozilla 0.9.8 is superb, far better
than in any other Mac browser. This is the general consensus here
in Israel. At some stage, the iCab team commited some work to
provide better Hebrew support in their wonderfull browser, but
further progress seems to have stopped in recent versions.
- iCab is still my choice browser for the many reasons that you
mentioned in some of your previous articles, and for one more
reason that is often underestimated: saving an entire page in iCab
results in ONE SINGLE compressed file. IMHO, no other browser
adopted this elegant approach. This situation is particularly
important for me, since my wife has developed a strong addiction
to save every web page she finds interesting.
Keep up the good writing!
Aaron Zelcer
- Thanks Aaron,
I love iCab's Web archive saving feature. One bone I have to pick
with Mozilla is that it can't save in any format but html.
Shalom
Charles
Mozilla Installer Crashing
From: Ken Watanabe
Charles,
I enjoy your articles on LEM. Thanks.
FYI, regarding Mozilla 0.9.8 installer crashing (as you reported
from a user with a G3-accelerated 7100),
it's not an isolated problem. I have an 8100
with a NewerTech G3 card and get the same error. I looked on the "Bug
Reporting" section of the Mozilla.org web site and found this problem
already reported; in that case, it was from a user with a
non-accelerated 6100. I added my
incident details as a follow-on comment to that bug report.
The pattern seems to be with NuBus Power Macs, based on the three
examples I know about. I like Mozilla, so I hope the next release has
this problem fixed.
- Ken
- Thanks for the report, Ken.
Charles
Mozilla 0.9.8 speed
From Maurice Schumann
Hello Charles,
Your response answered a lot of questions! And I thought I lived
out in the boonies and had a slow connection. It is nice being "out
in the country," but it does impose a sacrifice or two. One is speed:
and that's what a lot of people go out to the country for - to slow
down the pace of life. It slows down the Internet too.
Maurice Schumann
- Sure does!
Charles
Mozilla - Can't Paste, etc.
From George Mogiljansky
Hello CWMoore,
You only have a 26,400 connection, pity. I find paste doesn't work
if going from OS X's built-in Explorer to Netscape 4.7 in
Classic mode. The latter is by far the fastest ever combo I've used
- Classic OS on an HDD separate from OS X, Beige desktop @ 333 MHz,
768 MB Ram and a 56k external USR using Sympatico and Nav. 4.7.
I've used cable at work for Internet, but reading Yahoo mail is
awesomely fast from home and seems just as fast.
George
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- Hi George,
And that's on a good day.
Charles
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