should upgrade my Netscape?

**themacko** · December 10th, 2001, 03:55 PM

I've been mainly using Netscape Communicator 4.75 as my browser. Not because I have something against MS, Internet Explorer just doesn't like espn.com for some reason.

Anyhoo, I hear that Netscape 6.2 is a big improvement, should I look at upgrading? My current Netscape works fine if the new one is faster or something than I wouldn't mind installing it.

Are there any Netscape die-hards that have thoughts on this?

**twyg** · December 11th, 2001, 10:20 AM

I've found that Netscape 6.2 in 9 is a lot faster than it is in X, but it still suffers on redraws.

Mind you redraws of the actual browser window, not the web content. It takes a while to get the window to finish drawing.

That aside, it starts speeding up. I'd say it's considerably faster than IE, by about 1 - 2 seconds per page load.

As you know each machine is different. This is one of those "whatever works for you" kind of situations...

I would recommend using it, but make sure you keep 4.7 around.

**RacerX** · December 12th, 2001, 08:37 PM

I would suggest upgrading to 4.78 if you do an online banking or transactions. These .01 updates are security updates and a new version usually comes out every six months (4.79 should be out soon). As for moving beyond the 4.7x version, my wife and I still use 4.7 in classic mode to view some sites (and all her bookmarks are just the way she wants them

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**edX** · December 17th, 2001, 12:01 PM

well, despite having no desire to promote netscape, i just thought i would let you know that 4.7.9 has beeen out for awhile now. You really should remember to try the smart update every so often. i would advise not installing the real player though. smart update took me from realplayer 8 back to 6 and screwed up my default player settings.