IE and Netscape

Mark Schisler (mschisler@bereskinparr.com)
17 Sep 99 16:27:18 -0400

Although this may be a waste of bandwidth, I agree with Damian. I use a number of machines with various operating systems. Wherever possible I have both IE and Netscape, if one doesn't meet my needs I go to the other. It's a hell of a lot easier and faster than trying to fix plugins. Quite often the next release of either fixes the problem I would have spent hours on.

I hope Netscape survives so that we have an alternative.

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Date: 9/17/99 3:48 PM
To: Mark Schisler
From: Damian Hayden
You should simply install Netscape

I think it's quite useful to have both IE and Netscape installed on one machine
if doing a lot of web research. Both browsers have unique benefits and
drawbacks. Netscape doesn't require Active X plugins, for example, the problem
you are having with the EspaceNet PDF files. But Netscape doesn't provide clean
copy-and-pasting, a great need when transferring tables and graphics from web
pages.

I just tried viewing an Espacenet PDF file from my NT 4.0 workstation in
California, using both Netscape 4.61 and MS Internet Explorer 5, both of which
launch AAR 3.0. Both browsers launched the file OK. I suspect I may have the
ActiveX control required for IE5. Since AAR3 is no longer available for
download, you may solve the problem by installing Netscape. You will also have
Netscape to use if any future problem with IE5 arises.

hope this helps,

- Damian