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Re: [PLUG] Plugins and Mozilla
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> On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 06:27:04AM -0500, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> Well, it lacks https support, for one thing. (Er, maybe only until
> 0.7... I think they may link against OpenSSL if you've got it these
> days. But I haven't tried. I just use Netscape 4.foo when I must
> have an SSL-enabled browser.)
No; the latest release 0.7 comes with SSL support enabled and installed by
default.
> In general Mozilla (as released) is more bloated than NS, or at
> least it was the last time I checked, but it's nice in that you can
> roll your own version (and strip out the crap).
That part is true. It is slower than Netscape.
>
> > Where does the Mxx version numbers come from (below M6 is supposed to be
> > later than M18?).
>
> Huh? M6 is hopefully pre-M18...
>
> The Ms are "milestone" numbers... they're stable versions of the
> source, or at least were when mozilla.org was more popular than it
> seems to be these days. I'm not sure when they switched to 0.x
> numbers, or if they even have.
No; there are nighlty builds that are the "latest".
However, a milestone release may (or may not) be later than a numbered
release. Example - M18 is later than 0.6, but less than 0.7.
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