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For the past month or so, I’ve been quite smitten by Netscape’s 7.0 preview release, which I’ve found to be the consistently fastest browser in OS X, and quite solidly stable on that platform as well. I’ve also been using Netscape 7.0 in OS 9.1 on my WallStreet PowerBook production machine, but I’ve found that the Classic OS version does not enjoy any speed advantage over Mozilla or iCab, although the built-in Flash support and some of the other Netscape bells and whistles are very convenient. Unfortunately, I’ve also discovered that Netscape 7.0 is inclined to break when the Mac crashes. My WallStreet is pretty stable. I had a seven or eight day run without a restart of a week or two ago, in which I got up to “Untitled 160” or so in Tex Edit Plus documents. However, this IS the Classic Mac OS, and running with 20-odd programs open all the time, with only 192 MB of RAM, does mean occasional crashes. None of these have been caused by Netscape 7.0, but too often it gets damaged badly enough to require a reinstall of the program. Very tedious. Consequently, I have reverted to Mozilla as my second browser, since it has proved robust enough to survive crashing without damage. Last week, I downloaded and installed the latest milestone beta build of Mozilla 1.1, and so far I’m very favorably impressed. While start-up speed is still sluggish, new browser windows now open noticeably quicker than in previous Mozilla builds, and page download speed is also significantly faster. I haven’t tried the OS X version of Mozilla 1.1 yet, but the Classic OS version is the fastest browser I’ve tried on that platform. Great stuff! The Mozilla application suite integrates New in Mozilla 1.1: New Since Mozilla 1.1 Alpha: According to Mozilla.org, the ten most interesting features of Mozilla are: • Pipelining - improves browser performance on both dial-up and broadband connections. System requirements: For more information, visit: Note: Letters to Moore's Mailbag may or may not be published at the editor's discretion. Correspondents' email addresses will NOT be published unless the correspondent specifically requests publication. Letters may be edited for length and/or context. Opinions expressed in postings to Moore's MailBag are those of the respective correspondents and not necessarily shared or endorsed by the Editor and/or Applelinks management. If you would prefer that your message not appear in Moore's Mailbag, we would still like to hear from you. Just clearly mark your message "NOT FOR PUBLICATION," and it will not be published. CM
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