HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes

Other Functionality
Netscape Communicator
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Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communicator 4.7x includes Netscape’s popular web browser, Navigator, as
well as Messenger and Composer. Communicator includes tools for browsing and
composing dynamic web content plus email and News clients. The Navigator web
browser allows you to find and view information on the World Wide Web. Messenger is
used to send, receive, and work with electronic mail messages. Messenger supports
reading and posting email messages to Internet newsgroups. Composer allows the
creation, editing, and publishing of web pages.
Summary of Change
Performance enhancements and specific bug fixes have been implemented. Netscape
4.79 is faster, more reliable, and able to access more web pages than any earlier version
of Netscape 4.x. The HP-UX 11i v1.5 release used Netscape 4.77. The differences from
4.77 to 4.78 and from 4.78 to 4.79 are described herein.
We are encouraging our users to move to Netscape 6, which is available Natively on IPF
and is distributed online at:
http://www.hp.com/go/netscape
Details of Change
Changes since Netscape 4.78:
• Improvements accessing sub-folders under the Inbox on certain mail servers.
• Performance improvements when accessing pages with nested tables and style
sheets.
• Unix Only: You can now add multiple personal address books.
• Improved support for dual processor machines.
• Fixed incompatibilities which caused Communicator to quit unexpectedly while
viewing certain web sites.
• Other minor bug fixes specific to HP-UX
Changes since Netscape 4.77:
• Link failure during long browsing sessions has been fixed.
• Ghost processes present after shutdown problem has been greatly reduced.
• Performance problem with “Mark As Read” option in Newsgroups has been fixed.
• Entered URL in Netsite is no longer wiped out during auto completion.
• Improved support for Sun Java plug-in.
• Other minor bug fixes specific to HP-UX