Re: [school-discuss] The Windows/Linux equivalency table

[Jeff Nelson <jtnelson@emirates.net.ae>]

An anecdote about Windows and IE:  I just finished managing a computer 
  lab for English teachers at a major international conference 
(TESOL).  We had 9 Windows machines and 9 iMacs.  On both platforms, 
Internet Explorer consistently had problems (crashing when popup 
windows were used).  Imagine people's disbelief when I told them to 
use Netscape 6.2 instead, and it actually worked better!

N/S 6.2 is a very fine piece of software.  IE 6 is junk.

Jeff

On Saturday 20 April 2002 01:50, you wrote:
 > Of course, Netscape could be put on the list, but I think that 
Konqueror
 > and Galeon are much better, and they have virtually no learning curve
 > for IE users.  Besides, last time I checked, Netscape looked and felt
 > exactly like Mozilla!  However, I'll take another look and see if
 > Netscape is worth adding to the list.
 >
 > It may be worth noting that when I built a computer for my school 
out of
 > donated parts, the first time anyone had problems was when a student
 > tried to run Netscape (version 4.7, I think), despite the presence 
of an
 > instruction sheet that said to use Konqueror for web browsing.  After
 > that, I put a note on the computer that read, "DON'T USE NETSCAPE!!!"



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