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I use Netscape because...
.. of vendor lock-in!

I have a Netscape webmail account and I run the mail client on my system to download my e-mail from their mail servers so I don't have to surf to the site and look at the mail there.

Why do I call this vendor lock-in? Netscape uses a proprietary version of imapd to connect to their mail servers to download the mail to my machine. This imapd version is built into Netscape and isn't available as a standalone that I know of.

I don't mind paying the [behavioral] price for the convenience. Sometimes I even click on links in my e-mail and open up a Navigator window. But normally I browse with Firefox, Opera or Konqueror. Once in a while I use Galeon but I have stopped using Epiphany since it no longer has the features that made it my favorite.
Posted by: Still Lynn   Posted on: 10/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Strange title  rick752 | 10/19/05
re: Strange Title  yyuko@... | 10/19/05
Why is Netscape even still around?  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/05
Yes - Everytime I use a browser that isn't Firefox  Hugh Jass | 10/19/05
yup  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/05
dangit, I forgot one thing..  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/05
I just can't get into gestures  Real World | 10/20/05
Can't live without Adblock and Mouse Gestures!  rick752 | 10/19/05
how many times have you foolishly gestured IE?  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/05
I use Netscape because...  Still Lynn | 10/19/05
dude, you're scaring me  Jeff Spicoli | 10/19/05
Takes TOO long to start-up  DarbyOhara | 10/20/05
Firefox starts faster...  Seymour6669_z | 10/20/05
Well, your computer is one of a kind then  DarbyOhara | 10/20/05
More than one  CobraA1 | 10/20/05
Is 5 seconds really so long?  Jeff Spicoli | 10/20/05
that is completely untrue  doh123 | 10/20/05
Introduce them to tabs  CobraA1 | 10/20/05
Now is that Netscape the browser or Netscape the ISP  Boot_Agnostic | 10/20/05
Netscape update fixes Firefox bugs  ntaylor | 10/20/05
True but...  pfiffpferd@... | 11/15/05

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