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General Questions
  1. Why has Sun moved to the Mozilla browser from the old Netscape browser?
  2. What is the interface Mozilla uses to obtain the system proxy settings?
  3. Which plugins does Mozilla support?
  4. What are the major components of Mozilla 1.7 for the Solaris OS?
  5. What is Gecko?
  6. What documentation is available for the browser? Where can I get more
  7. How do I run Mozilla in my language? (Even if my OS is set to a
  8. What are the command line options for Mozilla?
  9. How do I get support for Mozilla 1.7 Browser for the Solaris OS?
  10. Will my bookmarks and other preferences be copied to Mozilla 1.4 for the
  11. Can I still get support for Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris OS?
 
 

General Questions

1.
Q:
Why has Sun moved to the Mozilla browser from the old Netscape browser?
A:
  1. Open source - enterprise customers gain added value, no licensing fees, and continued leveraging of Mozilla's technologies such as the Gecko rendering engine.
  2. Cross-platform - Mozilla is available on the Solaris OS, Linux, and, from the community, HP-UX, Windows, Mac OS X and IBM AIX.
  3. Continuity - Sun has provided the Netscape browser to customers for many years. Netscape 6.x and 7.x are based on the Mozilla open source code base. By maintaining continuity of the underlying technology for our installed base - Java browser-based applications will continue to run, minimizing any disruption to enterprise customers.

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2.
Q:
What is the interface Mozilla uses to obtain the system proxy settings?
A:
By default, Mozilla uses gConf to read the system proxy settings. Gconf is a standard core component of the GNOME desktop. The user also has the option to override the default settings and explicity set the system proxies.

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3.
Q:
Which plugins does Mozilla support?
A:
Java, RealPlayer, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Acrobat and all plugins that conform to Mozilla's plugin interface (NPAPI).

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4.
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What are the major components of Mozilla 1.7 for the Solaris OS?
A:
Mozilla 1.7 includes a Browser, E-Mail client, Address Book, ChatZilla, and HTML Composer.

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5.
Q:
What is Gecko?
A:
Mozilla 1.7, as well as Netscape 6.x and higher, are based on Gecko, a fully standards-compliant layout engine. The layout engine is at the heart of a browser -- it is the software that controls how a Web page appears on your screen. Using Mozilla 1.7 means that Web pages look better because you can view all the latest standards-based eye-pleasing special effects, graphics, and styles that Web developers often include in their sites.

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6.
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What documentation is available for the browser? Where can I get more
A:
The best user documentation is available using the Mozilla Help system, accessed through the Help menu. Another important document is the Read Me.

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7.
Q:
How do I run Mozilla in my language? (Even if my OS is set to a
A:
The best way to do this is to login with the locale set to the one you need. Otherwise, run Mozilla with the -UILocale switch in the format:

mozilla -UILocale

example: mozilla -UILocale it-IT

es-ES for Spanish
fr-FR for French
de-DE for German
it-IT for Italian
pt-BR for Portuguese
sv-SE for Swedish
ko-KR for Korean
zh-CN for Simplified Chinese
zh-TW for Traditional Chinese
ja-JP for Japanese


Note: Some characters will not display correctly in the Chinese versions if running from a non Chinese locale.

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8.
Q:
What are the command line options for Mozilla?
A:
The command line options can be found at: http://www.mozilla.org/docs/command-line-args.html

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9.
Q:
How do I get support for Mozilla 1.7 Browser for the Solaris OS?
A:
The Mozilla 1.7 Browser is covered by Sun Services' support offerings for the Solaris OS. If you already have a support contract for Solaris OS, you are entitled to support. Please see http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/ for more information about Sun Services and its support offerings.

You can send us your feedback using our online feedback form.

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10.
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Will my bookmarks and other preferences be copied to Mozilla 1.4 for the
A:
Yes.

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11.
Q:
Can I still get support for Mozilla 1.4 for Solaris OS?
A:
Mozilla 1.7 is basically a bug fix update of Mozilla 1.4 and is the code base that Sun is currently maintaining. You should update to 1.7 now to get the benefit of these fixes as well as future fixes that Sun may release. Patches to 1.4 will no longer be provided.

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