Re: [tlug] mozilla: really ready?

[Jim Breen <jwb@example.com>]

[B0Ti ([tlug] mozilla: really ready?) writes:]
>> Just curious what tluggers think of the mozilla 1.0 release. 

I'm using 1.0 RC2 on RH 7.1 and 7.2.
I'm very happy with it. It crashes less than Netscape 4.7x, and handles
Japanese, Unicode etc. much better. I have one gripe (below).

>> 1.0 hasn't made it to debian yet so I'm running rc3 but if you 
>> look at this screenshot (http://mephisto.homelinux.net/moz_shot.png) you'll know what I mean. 

What was the real URL? I'd like to try this myself.

My gripe is with plugins. When I try to use Mozilla with my Internet
banking system, which is a Java app., it pops a window saying I need a
Java plugin and gives me the option of downloading it. If I say Go, it
downloads something then tells me the installation fails. 

The message is:

"Java 2 Plug-in for Linux: Download was unsuccessful. Please try again. 
The Java Plug-in is 7.6Mb and will take you 37 minutes to fully download 
with a 28.8 modem or 19 minutes with a 56K modem. Alternatively, you can 
download this plug-in directly from our FTP site at 
ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape6/english/6.2.2/windows/win32/plugins/jre131_02i.xpi 
for Windows. Please e-mail ftp-plugins@example.com if you continue to have 
problems.  Error encountered -- -202"

Note: (a) where they tell you to get the plugin. It in a Windows part of
their tree. (b) No instructions whatsoever on what to do with a .xpi
file. (There is another .xpi file in the ftp tree labelled Linux, which
I have downloaded, but I have no idea what to do with it.)

Emailing ftp-plugins@example.com gets no response.

And the Internet banking app works anyway, probably because I have a
suitable jre installed from an RPM on Sun's site.

Jim

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