Newsgroup: it.comp.aiuto
Titolo: disponibile Netscape 6.0 (inglese)

Da Internet:
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Dec 4 (AP)
      Netscape has unleashed Version 6.0, the Web browser that looks like a
fashion show.
      Available for the PC, Mac and Linux platforms, Netscape 6.0 has taken
Version 4.7, the dependable browser in a Wall Street business suit, and
moved it to the East Village, complete with nose ring and dyed orange hair.
      The default interface is consciously hip-looking. Like those tall
platform shoes, it's stylish, but not right for everyone. In this case, the
look is a ``theme.''
      You can revert to the ``classic'' theme in which the stop button looks
like a stoplight instead of an ``X.'' And there are other themes available
for download on the Web site (
http://www.netscape.com
).
      Those of us who associate ``hip'' only with ``replacement'' will
grumble that if you're worried about which theme your browser is wearing
today, you need to get a life. But if you can get past that and some other
annoyances, you'll find a solid technical underpinning.
      The main toolbar URL field of Netscape 6.0 does double duty as a
search field, so you don't have to hop to a search page first to start
looking for something. (The browser uses - surprise! - Netscape search as
the default.)
      The ``sidebar,'' a window at the left of the page that can display
real-time information (or just about anything else you want), can be
distracting, but you can make it disappear. In, fact, you can customize a
bundle of things, which is OK if that's how you want to spend your time.
      Both 6.0 and 4.7 versions can run simultaneously, good if you've
download the newer version and are ambivalent about it. After some time
running both, 4.7 still gets the nod if you're in a hurry to see all your
bookmarks, which it displays in multiple columns while 6.0 shows them in a
single column that scrolls. But 6.0 is better at handling multiple e-mail
accounts, if you're into using aliases.
      Netscape claims the later version is faster, but it wasn't all that
noticeable in side-by-side tests on the same PC. The password and cookie
manager functions are good, if privacy is a concern. The browser also has
links to plenty of Internet content, making it an information source of
sorts, perhaps the ruboff from corporate parent America Online.
      If you must have the latest (and won't bow to Microsoft's Internet
Explorer), the price is right: The download is free, or you can get a CD-ROM
by mail for $5.95.
      Even on a fast Ethernet connection at the office, downloading the PC
version took about 14 minutes. Depending on the speed of your Internet
connection and any toll charges that might be involved, the ``free''
download might not be so free.
      For most users, it's a question of style and taste, and the only way
to decide is to try it. Beforehand, note the system requirements for
Netscape 6.0 as given on the Web site:
      -Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT 4.0: Pentium, 133 MHz, 64 MB of RAM.
      -Mac OS 8.5, OS 8.6 or OS 9 with PowerPC: 200 MHz PowerPC 604 or G3,
64 MB of RAM, with virtual memory turned on (or 48 MB of dynamic RAM).
      -Red Hat Linux 6.1: Pentium, 133 MHz, 64 MB of RAM.
      The site also cautions, ``If you are running Netscape 6.0 on SuSe
Linux 6.2, you must install the file ``libjpeg.so.62,'' which it has
available for download.
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Saluti.

      Netscape has unleashed Version 6.0.....
E' disponibile da diversi giorni, ma chi lo ha scaricato (e usato) se
ne e' pentito........:-)))
Scarpantibus