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   Andy, 5 Apr 2000 @ 6:37pm

   
   

   Only MS haters don't use IE?

   That's a rather odd statement. I've seen this sentiment in a couple places... but IIRC hit rates for Netscape are still 30%-40%... that's a pretty sizable minority.
   
   As for the Netscape PR... it's more stable/functional then the first 4.0PR was. And for Linux users it means finally having a browser that can do incremental rendering. Personally I can't wait to tank Netscape 4, but as a Linux user I haven't had any other viable choices (all the others were worse for the sorts of things I do).
   

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   Mike (profile), 5 Apr 2000 @ 7:41pm

   
   

   Re: Only MS haters don't use IE?

   I tend to agree with Andy. I still get the feeling that plenty of people still use Netscape 'cause they like it, and not out of any MS hatred. I used to use strictly Netscape simply because my computer didn't have enough disk space for two bloated browsers, and since switching to a computer with more disk space I find that I use the two of them interchangeably for most things. Netscape has a couple of features I prefer to MSIE, but Netscape also tends to crash a hell of a lot more, and to drag down other things with it. I'm certainly not tied to either one, and if I find a new browser that is significantly better and more stable, I'm switching to it...

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   Ryan, 6 Apr 2000 @ 6:59am

   
   

   Re: Only MS haters don't use IE?

   I agree a lot of people do use netscape because they prefer it but I was just talking to some guys that I've known that throughly hate MS (most of them are techies and they refuse to use anything microsoft!). I really don't mind using netscape or IE but the browser wars have in my opinion finished (there's no more money in it).

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