Re: Netscape 2.0 for Mac problems

William J. Brown (brownw@ibm.cl.msu.edu)
Mon, 4 Dec 1995 23:53:14 EST

>I am wondering if anyone else out there has had problems with Netscape
>2.0b2 and 2.0b3? I am running on a Mac IIci with 32 megs of RAM and system
>7.1.
>
>Whenever I try to manually enter a URL I get the following error message:
>
>Sorry, a system error occured
>"Netscape 2.0b3"
>unimplemented trap
>
>I also get the same error messages when I try to use the mailto: command or
>use the bookmark window. This was a problem Netscape 2.0b2 as well.
>
>The product looks flashier, but the functionality is still rather pathetic.
>
>Is there anyone with Netscape who is out there listening to us?
>

I've not had the same problem but I have had a variety of others. I think
the important thing to keep in mind here is that we've chosen to use a
*beta* version of the product. Beta versions are frequently error prone and
bug laden; that's one of the things we have to accept when we choose to use
a beta.

One of the main reasons for the public release of beta versions is to find
problems the developer would not find with in-house testing. Most
developers who release public beta version also offer fairly direct ways to
give them feedback when you find problems. Netscape's Navigator Bug Report
page is:

http://cgi.netscape.com/cgi-bin/auto_bug.cgi

Standard disclaimer of non-association with Netscape.

Now is a never-beginning, never-ending duration.

William J. Brown Jr.
Computer Laboratory
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
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