Netscape may RIP but what about me?

Yahoo, FireFox, Safari

I stumbled over Seamonkey and installed it. It certainly has the touch and feel of Netscape 7.2, enough so that I see little difference on the screen. and all of the things that I was worried about loosing seem to be there without any effort on my part.

I came across it at about the same time that one of the kind people on CR4 suggested that I try it Whether this can be attributed to dumb luck luck or serendipity I don't know, but I do know that I am grateful.

There are just enough differences that I know that something has changed. I will have to investigate further to see if I have retained all of the same functionality.

Thanx - Paul

Seamonkey seems to be working for me.

Thanx for the guidance

Uh... I installed that piece of shit and after 2 weeks un-installed it. It opened me up to every fly by night virus, every piece of malware ever dreamed of. I will never use it again. IE is pretty good but IE7 seems to cause conflicts with some older software packages. I haven't tried Opera but may try that next> I am sorry to see Netscape go, it was my pick.

Your experience appears to be contrary to many millions of other users.

Perhaps you could tell us what Anti virus and Malware software you had running at the time please?

Windows software isn't designed to run with older software (or hardware for that matter)

Hello Guest,

Further to the Post by Andy Germany could you also advise your Operating System and Firewall, along with your Router Brand and Model.

This would enable us to help you with your problems.

You do use a proper Software Firewall and also close off all unused Router Ports, don't you?

You say IE is good, but IE has been found to have many security issues

I have made a speciality of Computer Security, and your statement flies both in the face of reason, as well as contrary to the combined experience of hundreds of millions of satisfied Firefox Users.

Kind Regards....

But also rings true for the many Windows users that haven't tasted life outside of windows ;o(

I have had Linux and Suns SolarisOS, I used them both for many years, but I still feel that Windows is for the most people the most acceptable acceptable and good.Warts and all!!

I do not want to use any other OS for what my PC and Laptop do for me daily.....

Well said (as usual!!)

It was worth a GA too....

I agree with Sparkstatiob that Firefox is very good choice as well as other Mozilla project products. Firefox is smart and its applets are very useful and IE compatible.

Nevertheless Opera more suitable for old Netscape browser functions and features like inline email client and other plugins. At least Opera is regarded as Netscape browser by OS.

Wasn't the Browser life, beginning with NCSA? and its name Mozilla? argh, too many years ago to remember now.. nup, now I remember NCSA Mosaic (around '88/89 era or later)

Then along came Netscape, and not to be left behind Microsoft, then with their "hidden enhancements" the browser war started?

Mozilla was the OpenSource version of Netscape's Communicator browser.

Oh, sorry, what was the question again?

I run Firefox (and addins) for my Browser and Mozilla for E-mail in both windoze and Linux

Mozillas FireFox... Works great.

Definitely Firefox is recommended. You might also want to look at Opera.

I use Firefox as a browser and outlook for mail. Works fine for me....many years.

I recently hads to change from my reliable and trusty Destop (XP) running Netscape 7.(how the bleep do I know) to a new mobile workstation (running Vista)

I tried for 5 days with Outlook before it got the boot. I'm now running Thunderbird for mail. It is (almost) as good as Netscape.

The conversion from Netscape 7 to Thunderbird was awful.

Step 1) find and install Nescape Communicator 4.xxx

Step 2) move your profile over from 7 to 4

Step 3) open in 4 and open every folder such than a new index is built

Step 4) Open Outlook Express and import (folder by folder) the email from Netscape 4

Step 5) Make sure every folder hs been opened in Outlook Express then close

Step 6) Open Outlook and import the emails from Outlook Express

Step 7) Open every folder and then close Outlook

Step 8) Open Thunderbird and import the emails from Outlook

Step 9) open every folder to rebuild the index.

You are now running in Thunderbird. I know its a lot of work but for me it was worth it. My email records go back several years (now over 5GB) I use them all the time. Its much faster than trying to save the emails into some sort of folder systems that you need to remember 3 years from now when searching for a particular email.

Good luck.

As for the Address book, and bookmarks. I know they can be transfered but I goofed and had to recreate those. Oh well maybe next time.

M

I tried for 5 days with Outlook before it got the boot.

Are ya sure ya don't mean Outlook Express?

Step 4) Open Outlook Express and import (folder by folder) the email from Netscape 4

Never, I repeat with impunity; never never never open Outlook Express.

Outlook or Outlook Express? There is a WORLD of difference!!!

One is free and the costs a fair amount of money, but it is worth the difference in price...

I have used outlook ever since it first saw the light of day.....its a longtime ago that I started....

I use Open office on my Laptop and Microsoft Office on my PC. For a free program Open Office is pretty good, but sometimes when making something in Impress, I just cannot get it right, then I go into Powerpoint and fix it.....the same goes for the calc program...

Nobody has given the correct answer yet so I will. "Firefox" replaces the browser functionality of the "Netscape" intergrated package while "Thunderbird" replaces the email functionality. Firefox alone does not solve your problem. You must install both of these. "Firefox" and "Thunderbird" are open source discrete (no longer integrated) successor packages to the Netscape (aka Mozilla) suite package. Seamonkey is the current suite product successor to the Netscape package.

Curious one -

I suppose that since AOL is sticking a knife in the back of Netscape users I am going to have to go to Thunderbird and change my e-mail address. I deal with the federal government and they will take Netscape, but they refuse AIM.com e-mails.

The problem is that I don't speak "computer" and the setup asks me for things that I don't know about. The directions for moving addresses and such don't seem to work. I would like to find a source for information on this too.

Hello

If you use a single Computer for Emails, you are better to use a Computer-based Email, rather than a Web-based one.

If you set up a gmail email address, for anonymity, it can auto-send emails back to your ISP/Computer-based Email address.

However, the Federal Government, like most Governments everywhere, do not want people to use anonymous Email addresses, like Hotmail and gmail.

The finest Computer-based Email Utility is Pegasus, developed in New Zealand, and totally free.

You can check it out here: http://www.pmail.com/

Totally free and adware plus bugfree, it has many facilities, including Selectable Downloading, which you may select at any time.

Hope that assists you.

Kind Regards....

Thunderbird is not hard to set up. It is the same as Netscape, but that one required some setup whereas AOL did everything for you. I am referring to non-AOL Netscape. I have never had AOL.

There is a Tools menu where you enter your settings such as the incoming server and Port. Your ISP will give you these. Just ask. But you should pretend that you are using M$ stuff. Some providers will say they don't support Thunderbird, Firefox, only M$, but this is a lie.

For example, I use Comcast as ISP. The server is "mail.comcast.net". A DNS (domain name server) at the ISP will translate this "name" into an I.P. address that the server can understand. You don't have to worry about anything.

One tricky part is that now sometimes the default Port won't work. When I lost email, I called Comcast and they gave me the correct Port for the Outgoing server. None of this would have been necessary with M$ "Outlook" as the program would reset it for you without your knowledge.

Try it. Those that do never go back. Of course I am forced to use "Outlook" at work and it is horrible.

I am forced to use "Outlook" at work and it is horrible.

Please expand comment so I may be forewarned of the characteristics unknown of the program I prefer, thanks.

Start here

Why TBird is Better

and get back to us with questions. If you don't need features stay with "Outlook'.

My favorite feature is cross-platform as "Outlook" works only for his master while the open source software is indeed "open".

I assume you have never tried anything not M$ and it is not my duty here to try to convert people. I must caution you though that since this thread is centered on a non-M$ approach (Netscape) those who try to turn it into a thread about why we must be obedient to Master Gates will be marked "off-topic" straight away.

Is there any similarity why he called it "Windows" and Windows are usually made from a pane (pain) of glass?

And of housing windows, you have to completely clean them every few months to a year.

Interesting.