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Adrian wrote:
> spodosaurus <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>The imac is running OS 8.6 and a lot of webpages are not displaying 
>>properly on the old web browsers that are installed. I'm wanting to 
>>install Netscape 7.0 and (hopefully) a more recent version of internet
>>explorer for mac (along with outlook express).
>>
>>My questions are: how does one go about installing software on a mac?
>>How do I remove the old software on a mac? Should I even bother removing
>>the old software? If I remove the old software first, will the user's
>>email/address books and bookmarks/favourites be lost when I go to 
>>install the new software?
> 
> 
> It would be worth knowing what version browsers are currently being
> used. IE for Mac has not been updated for quite a while and Microsoft
> have said that they have now stopped its development, even for the new
> Mac OS X. It remains at version 5.1.7. Personally, I found it to be an
> OK browser on Mac OS8.6.
> 
> Go to:
> http://www.versiontracker.com/macos/
> type *web browser* in the search box and you will get a list of suitable
> software.
> 
> Installing and uninstalling is one area where there are generally fewer
> problems than on the systems you are familiar with. Basically you can
> just drag stuff to the trash without doing any harm. There may be some
> value in doing this after downloading the new software if you want to
> transfer bookmarks and suchlike.
> 

Thanks. I'm going to update her netscape to 7.02, as just about anything 
is better with modern sites than netscape 4.x. I think I'll *try* to 
import her mail and address book from the old outlook express into 
netscape so she doesn't have to keep fiddling with multiple programs, 
but then again, I might just leave well enough alone. The old outlook 
express she's using seems to suit her well enough. It's the browsers 
that are VERY problematic.

Cheers,

Ari

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