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Re: Best version of Netscape 4.5

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From: Michel Catudal
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00
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Paul Taylor wrote:
> 
> Michel Catudal wrote:
> > There is two version of the libc5 and one of the glib2
> >
> > For those of us who don't want to share our credit cards with the world there is
> > only one choice, which is the 128 bits version and there is no glib2 version.
> 
> Since the 128-bit version cannot be legally exported/downloaded to
> Australia, that's a moot point.  Fortunately, you can patch the export
> versions of Netscape using Fortify (www.fortify.net) to get 128-bit
> encryption, including the glib2 version.  Works great!
> 

Interesting, downloading the 128 bit version is a pain since it's only available
thru the web. They finally came up with a glib2 version of the 128 bits version.

Is there a version of this Fortify for winblows? My nephew who happen to live in
Australia might be interested.


> > And yes it works with RedHat 5.2, I use the 4.08 version. I find it less buggy
> > than 4.5, it is quite a bit faster too. I'll wait for a less buggy release
> > before I switch again.
> 
> I haven't noticed an significant bugs in 4.5 that weren't present in the
> previous version, and certainly no more than any Windows version.  :)
>

The libc5 was a problem for me, the glib2 works great. My plugins compiled for
glib2 would crash netscape. Somehow I've never been able to get a good setup
with the libc5 version of Netscape 4.5. When I would go in the setup for the
language it would flush netscape. The first time I installed it I couldn't
even change the setup. I had to install another Netscape and use the setup file.
I found out something weird with the version 4.08 libc5 which I used before. The
time was weird, looked like GMT. After I installed the glibc2 Netscape 4.5 the
time was displayed correctly. It even shows the date in French. It'd be nice if
there was a French version of Netscape for Linux but we don't have that luxury.
I have to boot on winblows NT to get that.


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From: Michel Catudal <bbcat@netonecom.net>
Subject: Re: Best version of Netscape 4.5
Date: 1999/02/17
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