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On using MSIE vs. Netscape...
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09/01/1997 21:16:12
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Visual FoxPro
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>>>Bruce,
>>>Let everyone know the results. I'm having same trouble with MSIE and message colors, but gave up on Netscape 3.01 due to crashes.
>>
>>Okay, I'll test it out for a couple weeks just as I did with MSIE and report back on the crash frequency.
>
>I like MSIE much more than Netscape
>(althoug there are some nifty features in NS4 beta (s))
>and there are several reasons for that
>1. MSIE is more stable
>2. MSIE works better with win95 and looks better
>3. the fact that you have support for JSCRIPT,JAVA and ActiveX increases your options - ActiveX is way cool
>4. as I like VFP very much - I want to support the option that will help make sure it will stay, NS aspirations are really different from those of MS (as we all know) and ActiveX along with VFP falls on MS side
>5. MSIE is free

All good points. I know there are some proponents of each app here in the UT and elsewhere. I'm still on the fence, but at the moment, aside from more NS testing, I use them both. If I want to look up/print a KB doc, IE is better. If I want to participate in a CNN quiz, I must use NS, IE will not work. Sending E-mail, NS opens much faster, but IE has the Exchange Word editor, so is better for some things. Printing, IE is always more reliable. Reading UT messages, NS has smoother windows interfacing and better right mouse functionality...etc.

The best hope is that competition will drive them both to be better products...:~)
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.
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