The Null Device
I've installed (most of) Netscape 6, and it seems to be working quite well.
(And this is under Linux too; looks like I won't need to use VMWare all the
time.) A few annoyances: (a) it spews garbage all over stdout (presumably
because in this everyone-wants-to-be-like-Windows age, they reasoned that users
will be running it from KDE/GNOME, and not using legacy UNIX crud such as
xterms); (b) it insists on registering you with AOL/Netscape (anyone know how
to make the "Activation" window stop coming up without filling it in), (c)
if you turn off loading images, you can't load them later, and (d) what's with
that "Print Plus" menu, right under "Print", with links to printer supplies
retailers and such? (Mixing advertising and functionality just doesn't sit
right; any more than, say, digitally superimposing ads in TV news footage.)
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