While there's still no word from Netscape about a Communicator port, the enterprising authors of Opera are taking pre-orders for a BeOS version of this incredibly sophisticated browser. Why Opera isn't already more popular than it is probably has more to do with a lack of marketing muscle than anything, but if you haven't seen it, you should definitely take a look. It takes up a whole 2MB installed. It's configuration options put Microsoft's and Netscape's offerings to shame. Opera was doing style sheets a year ago, when the big boys were still squabbling over who had the fastest table-rendering engine.
Opera is seemingly unbeatable.
Final things I've started up an online datatabase of user-contributed Tips and Tricks for BeOS . It's pretty small right now since it's just been born, but I'd like to grow it into something substantial. The BeOS wishlist has been updated. Talk with other BeOS users on BeBuzz, the Be message board. Network OSs Items below are available at NetBuyer.