Netscape Navigator Gold
Topic 7 · 19 responses · archived october 2000
~terry
Wed, Jul 10, 1996 (16:22)
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http://www.netscape.com
ftp://ftp12.netscape.com/pub/navigator/gold/3.0/3.0b6/g3230b6s.exe
Netscape Gold 32-bit Version 3.0 Beta 6s (Size 6184 Kb)
Description Netscape Navigator 3.0 Beta 5a with inline WYSIWYG editing
capabilities Status Expires September 17, 1996. Commercial Gold v3.0
Price $87.77
Also Available 16-bit version and 32-bit Minimum version (3719 Kb -
lacks plug-ins)
Netscape Navigator Gold -- The Gold release of Netscape
Navigator offers all the same great features found in the standard
version plus the added capability of inline WYSIWYG web editing.
While the initial release of the Gold client is limited to primarily
HTML 2 editing, it is still quite powerful and offers a glimpse into
what is likely to become a very impressive editor. Additionally, the
Newly released Atlas Gold client (the heir apparent to Netscape
Gold 2.0) incorporates HTML 3 features as well, including inline
editing of tables. Inline editing gives webmasters the ability to
create, edit, and view web documents all from within one central
interface.
The Netscape Gold editor offers full support for most
Netscape 1.x tags, but it does currently have problems handling
forms, frames, plug-ins, and more. In addition, as of yet there are
no tools for creating attractive backgrounds and there is no UNDO
button for quickly backstepping mistakes. What could perhaps be
Netscape Gold's most impressive feature, a one-click button to
automatically upload and save HTML documents to a remote
location, is also noticeably absent in this release.
Netscape Gold already has the built-in power and excellent functionality
of the best web browser on the market and the potential to feature a
comparable web editor, but for now, a standalone editor like
HotDog or Kenn Nesbitt's WebEdit coupled with Netscape
Navigator standard is likely to be your best bet. Improved support
for frames and tables capitalize on one of the few weaknesses in the
3.0 release. Netscape 3.0 also integrates several of the best
available plug-in modules into the client, including a basic audio
module for playing files of AIFF, MIDI, WAV, and AU sound
formats; Live 3D for viewing VRML realms and experiencing
distributed, interactive 3D spaces complete with text, images,
animation, video, sound, and music; a video module for playing
inline AVI videos; and a helper application called CoolTalk that
allows for real-time full-duplex audio conferencing. The
Newest version also brings support for Java to PowerMac and Unix
users for the first time.
Pros: Same great features as found in the standard Netscape release
plus web editing capabilities
Cons: Lacks many important web editing features, including
support for Netscape 2.0 extensions
New: Table editing has been added,
New shortcut keys, more
Version Reviewed: 3.0 Beta 5
Date of Review: 6/29/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud
~suellen
Fri, Aug 9, 1996 (09:52)
#1
Today's "What's New" list says there is a Navigator Gold 3.0 beta 7 available, but the link takes you to beta 6. Is there a beta 7?
~netman
Sat, Aug 10, 1996 (00:23)
#2
In response to Suellen's question, I have only seen Navigator 3.0 beta 7 in
the whats new list not Navigator Gold.
~buzz
Sat, Aug 10, 1996 (01:45)
#3
Also in response to Suellen's question, the 3.0 Beta 7
has been released for the standard version of Netscape
Navigator (Win 3.x, Win 95, and Mac) but not yet for
the Gold release...hopefully it will be released within
the next several days...
~Justme
Sat, Aug 10, 1996 (08:24)
#4
I had been pleased with the speed increases of the Beta 5 version I had downloaded for my daughter's Win 3.1 computer so I jumped right from Ver2.02
to Ver 3 Beta 6 but somehow ended up with all kinds of problems including not configuing correctly to load the homepage I requested and I have had all kinds of messages about incorrect URLs even after having just used the same URL on previous searches. I noticed that the update to version 3.0 Beta 7 only took a few days so maybe there were more bugs created than fixed! I hope it is worth the download time to update to Beta 7 - Why can't programs like Netscape just allow the upgrade patches from one Beta
ersion to the next to be downloaded instead of the entire program having to be downloaded each time. - What a waste of online time and it must create enormous problems on bandwidth for all the ISP's every time a revision of Netscape is issued - which is very often!
~flyboy
Sat, Aug 10, 1996 (22:47)
#5
Netscape is a great program and one of the best browsers I have seen.
There are some bugs that even Netscape can`t seem to solve such as downloads
not completing and error messages for url`s which are known to be good url`s.
If anyone is having download problems please email me (flyboy@telplus.net)
and let me know if you have found a cure. I will pass this information
along to various users groups and help as many people out as possible.
Please make sure to report any bugs no matter how insignificant you may
think they are to Netscape so they can work them out and make life easier
for all of us.
~Neptune
Sun, Aug 11, 1996 (06:52)
#6
I have very few problems with it. The only persistant problem I have seen is that over a few months time, under Win95, the startup of the program would create a "ghost" of the program in the Start Menu. This "ghost" is just that, a blank menu icon would be on the start bar but nothing would actually be there.
As for peformance. Super!
As for their many updates... Why NOT? I would rather have a company sriving to to give you their latest and greatest, instead of one that would sit on its laurels and bill you.
As for patches... They originally started off doing that. But the way I see it... the BETA versions are "free". WHY complain?
~mars
Sun, Aug 11, 1996 (13:03)
#7
I've given up trying nongold netscape because everytime I installed one,
it trashed my mail client. Answer: Netscape Gold. Ever since Netscape started
playing around with MAPI, there's been hell to pay for us lowly users.
Maybe someday they'll wake up......
Jacques P.
~mars
Sun, Aug 11, 1996 (13:04)
#8
I've given up trying nongold netscape because everytime I installed one,
it trashed my mail client. Answer: Netscape Gold. Ever since Netscape started
playing around with MAPI, there's been hell to pay for us lowly users.
Maybe someday they'll wake up......
Jacques P.
~theKAT
Mon, Aug 12, 1996 (19:54)
#9
I've found NetScape's limited newsreader to be adequate for the limited news browsing that I do, and it decodes single file UUE files just fine.
Is there a way to make it combine and decode multiple part files? If so, I haven't been able to find it.
~MrAC3
Sun, Aug 25, 1996 (16:24)
#10
I'm a very happy user of Netscape Navigator Gold Edition and I'm very careful about its new releases so you can download the latest version (currently BETA 8) in my Home Page
http://dante.enter.it/maranghi/mauita.html
~tessera
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 (02:30)
#11
I was looking to comment about the "commercial" release of the 16-bit version for Win 3.1 in its own topic but since I saw this I'll comment here.
from Gordon Wick:
"I had been pleased with the speed increases of the Beta 5 version I had downloaded for my daughter's Win 3.1 computer so I jumped right from Ver2.02
to Ver 3 Beta 6 but somehow ended up with all kinds of problems including not configuing correctly to load the homepage I requested and I have had all kinds of messages about incorrect URLs even after having just used the same URL on previous searches. I noticed that the update to version 3.0 Beta 7 only took a few days so maybe there were more bugs created than fixed! I hope it is worth the download time to update to Beta 7"
My software appears to work completely but the decrease in speed from NN2.0 to NN3.0 is incredible! (This may be irrelevant for 32 bit version users, since the above comment was clearly by a fellow Win 3.1 user) Using 33.6 bps modem on a 486DX-33 with 12 MB RAM, it went from 5 seconds to download my home page to over six minutes - I don't bother loading the home page any more (if I can jump past it) My notebook [14.4 bps modem on a 486DX-66 with 8 MB RAM] is the same as always, so mostly I'm just using it
now. By the way, that means normal transfer rates of 1.1-2.0 kbps for the 14.4 using NN3.0 versus 0-1.2 kbps for the 33.6 using NN3.0, whereas I used to get 1.2-3.6 kbps for the 33.6 using NN2.0
After two weeks I'm considering whether I should keep looking for the source of the problem, reload my old NN2.0 or now if maybe the Gold version will work better. I downloaded a PPP Diagnostic program this evening to see if I can find the problem. So far, the suggestions have been "get at least 16MB RAM (spend more money)" or "change the TCP/IP PPP settings" that last sounded interesting but I can't find them in the TCP/IP PPP bundled with Netscape personal edition dialer.
~theKAT
Fri, Sep 6, 1996 (17:10)
#12
I just got the full version of NSG3.0 and discovered that it won't play .au format sound files for me. I get some kind of "format not supported" message. Others claim it works for them, so it must be something in my setup. Anyone have any ideas where I should look?
The plugins page under HELP reports that .AU support is active. A real head scratcher.
~gilcarvr
Fri, Jan 24, 1997 (17:43)
#13
sorry we can't help anyone here...but anyone else been fighting the remember my password option?...
We apparently have o streaming video support and can't view JPE files...no not JGEG, but JPE...who can help?
~terry
Fri, Jan 24, 1997 (22:37)
#14
Did you know that Netcape 4.0 is out?
~gilcarvr
Sat, Jan 25, 1997 (09:47)
#15
yes Terry,
but I'm loathe to have to start at the beginning until I figure out how to get the old one to work first...we aren't interested in html or vrml as of yet and I can't see why I need the new version yet...does it make mail retrieval easier?...ftp easier?...news?...and whats with all the names...collabra... messenger...et all?....does this mean I just takes parts of the release?...can you tell I'm frustrated?
Jonathan
~terry
Sat, Jan 25, 1997 (19:28)
#16
Mial is much improved, especially the sorting mechanism. I haven't
played with the newsgroups much. Overall, it's an improvement over the
previous version. I did see an article in the Austin paper yesterday
where Netscape has endorsed ichat and is getting out of the chat game.
~Neptune
Wed, Jan 29, 1997 (21:46)
#17
1) Tom, what was that about password option? If your referring to your Email setup, it is a block that gets checked under Email Options or Network Options.
2) In 4.0 Beta, the news and mail software is greatly improved. I have had occasional problems with the beta version crashing about once a week but the new features make it well worth it. There is still many more features that will be further added to the program making it even better.
I miss the 3.0 version for it reliability, but 4.0 kicks butt now and will be
many times more powerful when completed.
~bernie
Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (09:09)
#18
bbs j austentest
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~terry
Fri, Jan 31, 1997 (09:15)
#19
Good morning Bernie.