Posted by Emme on July 17, 2004, at 22:50:38
In reply to Technical question for the computer literate, posted by Dinah on July 17, 2004, at 21:49:07
You can have as many different web browsers installed as you like. That would be one solution. The current Netscape version is 7.1., which will be compatible with Windows 98. Here's the link. It tells you what the system requirements are and enables you to start the download:
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/sysreq.jsp
If you have a dial-up connection, it'll take eons to download, so plan accordingly. Broadband only takes a few minutes.
If your computer can support Windows NT, that would be nice. Then each user logs on to the computer itself and each person has all their own settings (including things like wallpapers, etc.). Taht would keep everything private, including browser settings. But if that's not doable or something you're interested in tackling, then loading up a second browser should get the job done.
Emme
> My son is getting to the age where he'll soon be able to read Babble. I *don't* want him to know about my problems or to see me as "Dinah". But Babble is on my favorites list as is several other things that are none of his business - internet research, etc. In other words, I really don't want him to have easy access to my favorites list or even my history. He's not a bad kid, and he won't deliberately go somewhere he's been told not to go, but I see no reason to make it easier for him to stumble across this place.
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> I want to set him up with a different browser, and was thinking of downloading Netscape. I use Internet Explorer. Is it possible to use both concurrently? Not at the same time, of course. But so that he could click on Netscape when he uses the internet, and I could use Explorer. Or vice versa.
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> I use Windows 98.
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