Greetings Lewin!

Saturday September 14 1996 12:38, Lewin Edwards wrote to All:

 LE> A very early possibly-escaped beta of Netscape/2 is available for FREQ
 LE> from my BBS. The filename is NS_0908.ZIP. (If you prefer to get it
 LE> over the Internet, it's also on my web server,
 LE> ftp://ftp.zws.com/pub/ns_0908.zip>).

I found it in hobbes as netscape.zip..it's also at Walnut Creek, with
a slightly smaller (?) file size.

 LE> Be sure to read the READ.ME file 8-) (when you read it you'll
 LE> understand why I put that smiley on).

hehe..I'd like to report some (sic) bugs, I wonder who ???{at}???.???? is?

 LE> Note : Do NOT elect to migrate your WebExplorer bookmark list during
 LE> the installation process.

I did this during my first attempt to install, too..

 LE>  There are also some other problems,

Some? How 'bout..

- crashes with SYS3175 when you try to save a boomark,

- sometimes gives an 'exception error'  if you try
  to start it without a TCP/IP session or dragging a *.html file to it,

- sometimes messes up HTML into completely unreadable Web pages, then
  fixes them at random,

- sometimes just crashes (not SIQ fix fixable) for no observable reason
(just  like the Win95 version!) and completely disrupts the WPS (like big
grey windows that *must* stay in front - other windows and folders to the
back, thank you!)

 LE>  and not
 LE> all features are implemented yet.

Yes..and some of the settings can't (or can't seem to be) changed.
Things like animated GIFs are not very well implemented.

*But* You get all the features of Netscape for Windoze, like multithreading
(Yahoo!), Frames, animation etc etc.

The multi-threading was the thing I was most interested in..It's much better
to be able to click on a file and download it in the background without
having to start a new copy of the browser (ala WebExplorer) to carry on
browsing, or be able to click on a link before the page has finished
loading.

 LE>  I have ONLY tested this version on
 LE> Warp Connect w/TCP/IP 4.0 beta and FP22. Some people have reported
 LE> problems running it on FP17.

I'm running Warp v3.0 (fullpack) with FP22 and the usual TCP/IP fixes.

 LE> Keep an eye on the filebase, as I will continue to post newer
 LE> versions
 LE> of the beta as they become available (and I think there are already at
 LE> least 2 'other' versions, not sure if they're newer).

I'd like to know when the 'newer' versions are released!

Cheers,
Mark
[Team OS/2]

... After we pull the pin, Mr Grenade is *NOT* our friend!

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