Aarune J. Oracle on Thu, 6 Apr 2000 11:28:55 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Netscape 6 PR1


On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Michael Leone wrote:

:Saw this on my Lockergnome mailing list. One writer's opinion of the Windows
:version:
:
:If you hadn't already heard, Netscape 6.0 (preview release 1) is out. So
:what do I think about it? The UI has taken a giant leap backwards, and you
:know how I feel about cruddy UI's. I know we're taught to like someone for
:who they are and not for what they look like. Still, I don't know what those
:folks were smoking when they put this puppy together. White in windows was
:great in the days of Windows 3.1, but Netscape 6.0 looks like an old 16-bit
:app. Sure, it's a cosmetic thing, but wouldn't you rather use something more
:visually appealing? You may disagree with my assessment, and that's fine.
:Give it a shot, draw your own conclusions. Beauty is in the eye of the
:downloader.
:
:I haven't tried it, so I'm not qualified to say.

Yes slow and ugly, kfm is better looking then netscape 6


-- 
-Rune

Operating-system software is the program that orchestrates all the basic
functions of a computer.

		-- The Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, September 15, 1987, page 40


Windows 2000 can be called a parasite because it keeps growing, consuming
its host's resources and spreading across networks


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