Subj : Mozilla vs IBM web browser
To   : Stephen Haffly
From : Bat Lang
Date : Fri Apr 22 2005 07:54 pm

 -=> Quoting Stephen Haffly to Bat Lang, [19 Apr 05  05:33:47] <=-

 SH> On (18 Apr 05) Bat Lang wrote to All...

 BL> Since eCS 1.2 comes with IBM Web browser, I have that loaded and it
 BL> works to my satisfaction...but...I keep hearing good things about
 <SNIP>
 BL> BTW, the last two downloaded versions I have tried are:
 BL> mozilla-os2-1.7.6-installer-unoff.exe (from Mikey's friend)
 BL> mozilla-os2-1_8a4-installer.exe (from the Moz site?)


 SH> In addition to ensuring that you have the correct GCC libraries, one
 SH> thing that I do is to have a separate profiles directory configured.
 SH> It makes updating the Firefox (and Mozilla) browsers just a bit simpler
 SH> since it eliminates the danger of overwriting something when unzipping
 SH> an updated version.  For that, use the MOZILLA_HOME= line in your
 SH> config.sys to set this up. By doing this, I have the IWB, Mozilla,
 SH> Firefox, and Thunderbird able to run and play together.

I wish I could get mine to coexist. Herbert says to uninstall IBS, and
since I'm at the final point in it's life, I'm going to try that first.

 SH> My line, for example reads:  SET MOZILLA_HOME=D:\MOZPROFILES

Mine reads: SET MOZILLA_HOME=D:\HOME\DEFAULT

 SH> One other thing:  Sometimes, especially when something changes in the
 SH> GCC runtime, the various browsers and Firebird will no longer run
 SH> concurrently.  They will still run individually.  Eventually, all are
 SH> built for the same runtime, and then all is well again.

 SH> Regards,

 SH> Stephen

Thanks for the comeback, Stephen. Long time no hear, tho I have been
aware of your presence. {^;  Good Modeming!  /\oo/\

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