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Netscape 4.78 Released to MIT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lee Ridgway)
Wed Dec 12 16:04:21 2001
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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 16:04:11 -0500
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From: Lee Ridgway <ridgway@MIT.EDU>
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Date: Tuesday, December 11, 2001
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From: Software Release Team
Subj: Netscape 4.78 Released to MIT
Greetings!
Information Systems and the Netscape Release Team announce the
availability and support of Netscape 4.78 with MIT customizations.
Netscape is the supported and recommended browser and IMAP mail
client for MIT.
About Netscape 4.78 for MIT
------------------------------------
The MIT Netscape installers for both Macintosh and Windows platforms
incorporate settings pre-configured for MIT use, and include the MIT
CA certificate. Also included are customized Bookmarks which you may
incorporate into your current Netscape Bookmarks.
For more information about 4.78, see Netscape Communicator for MIT,
at http://web.mit.edu/is/help/netscape.
For details on incorporating Bookmarks, see Importing MIT Bookmarks,
at http://web.mit.edu/is/help/netscape/bkmkfiles.html.
Who Should Upgrade
--------------------------
Anyone at MIT using Netscape 4.77 or earlier
Why Upgrade
-----------------
Netscape 4.78 comes with several new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
-- Windows 2000 Restricted User Support
-- Fixes Windows 2000 file and registry permission problems
-- Various bug fixes (including security ones)
-- On Windows systems, improved Mousewheel support
-- Improved support for Sun Java plug-in
-- Support for Solaris 2.8 (Athena)
System Requirements
--------------------------
-- Macintosh: Mac OS 7.6.1 on PowerPC (MIT supported minimum -- Mac OS 8.1)
-- Windows: Windows 95/98/NT/2000 (MIT supported minimum - Windows 98)
Where to Get MIT Netscape Installers
---------------------------------------------
Download the MIT Netscape 4.78 installers by going to the MIT
Software Distribution page at http://web.mit.edu/software
(certificates are not needed to download Netscape).
Support
----------
If you have questions or need assistance, contact the Computing Help Desk:
-- computing-help@mit.edu
-- Macintosh: x3-1101
-- Windows: x3-1102
Lee Ridgway
Netscape Release Coordinator
