Re: Mozilla beta (1.3) and MacOS 8-9 release

In article <[email protected]>,
 [email protected] (Michael Graubart) wrote:

> [email protected] (Michael Graubart) wrote in message 
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > [email protected] wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> > > Nephilim wrote:
> > > 
> > > >I think there are more 9.x users now (as a percentage of the mac
> > > >community) than there were Win16 users in 98.
> > > >
> > > >The junk mail filter seems like a fantastic feature.  I'd fall on
> > > >my knees and beg and kiss someone's feet if 1.3 would make it over
> > > >to MacOs 9.x.
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > Markus, Torben, Phillip, Steve, Ladd, Jeff,
> > > 
> > > Would you be amenable to helping us test an unofficial build we have 
> > > recently put together? We'd like to get a sing-off from mozilla.org and 
> > > have it looked at and tested a little bit before releasing it 
> > > officially. Please understand that the build is currently unsupported 
> > > and we might need to rebrand it to avoid any confusion on the issue.
> > > 
> > > Please email me for more information.
> > > 
> > > Best wishes,
> > > J.
> > 
> > 
> > I should be happy to help test a Mozilla 1.3 for Mac OS 9.x insofar as
> > I can. I am currently using Mozilla 1.3b, Build 20030115, which was
> > one of the last to be made available for Mac OS 9.x, but there have, I
> > imagine, been many bug-fixes since then.
> > 
> > Please tell me from where I can download your version of 1.3 for Mac
> > 9.x.
> 
> 
> I have had no response to the above message. I have also e-mailed
> MozillaCafe (whom I take to be the builders of the experimental Mac OS
> 9.x version of the final Mozilla 1.3 – but find it difficult to sort
> out who wrote what in this string of messages and may have e-mail;ed
> the wrong people) and had no response.
> 
> Please would someone tell me how and where I can obtain the 9.x
> version of Mozilla 1.3 – or, indeed, by now 1.4?

I got 1.3 to try; it has some significant bugs that previous versions 
don't, as well as the same old set. I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

New windows open above (higher on the screen), often up under the 
menubar.

Dragging text to another app's window (unreliable even with earlier 
versions) sometimes just doesn't work at all.

Dragged text (or copied with "Copy" "Paste") still comes across in the 
wrong font and text size, just like other recent (but not older) 
versions.

It's stable enough, but sites that use JavaScript can still wedge it 
completely (just like earlier versions).

I only use the browser, and have never tried the mail or news functions.

Isaac