IP-TEC - Infopeople Technical Service Archive: Re: Vanishing Netscape 2.01

Re: Vanishing Netscape 2.01

Cary Gordon (cgordon@CERF.NET)
Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:08:12 -0800

Julia,

FYI, the commercial release of Chameleon does include a full suite of
internet services including a web browser. At Sherman Oaks, we have found
Netscape 2.01 to be the browser of choice and we have had remarkably few
problems with it under Windows 3.11. It does sound like you might be on to
something, however, as far as Dean's Netscape possibly being set to
minimize on open.

>We're using Netscape 1.22 on Windows 3.11, and after much uproar at first,
>it is now fairly stable. Any problems we have had since December have to
>do with the printer, Windows, and so forth. The disappearing Netscape
>sounds like a Windows glich. Perhaps the problem is that the program is
>set to minimize on startup. You said you looked at the taskbar; does that
>show all tasks that are running (we use Direct Access, so we get a task
>menu, not a bar...)? Alternatively, does anyone know of any
>initialization file that might give an Exit command on startup? Finally,
>what happens if you start the computer, and run the program without using
>the shortcut, perhaps with the File Manager?
>
>(And as I am sure others have noted, Chameleon is not a browser and so is
>not a substitute for Netscape...) ;-}
>
>---Julia E. Schult
>
>
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Cary Gordon cgordon@cerf.net
Community Partner 72477.62@compuserve.com
Sherman Oaks Branch
Los Angeles Public Library