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Originally posted by crackhbob

Is it possible to disable the splash screen that displays every time Netscape 6 is started?

Applies To: Netscape 6.1; All Windows platforms

Yes. Right click on your desktop shortcut and choose properties. In the 'Target' box, add a space and then "-quiet" (minus the quotes) to the END of the path. When done, it should look similar to this:

"C:Program FilesNetscapeNscp61netscp6.exe" -quiet

You can combine this with other options such as the profile switch. In that case, it may look like this:

"C:Program FilesNetscapeNscp61netscp6.exe" -P "jdoe" -quiet

Obviously, your path and profile names may differ.

Thanks! I didn't know that you can disable the splash in Netscape 6.1! And also, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who chose Netscape 6.x/Mozilla as their favorite browser! :D

LOL, you said MB! If it was MB then I would really be in trouble, DOS would take up most of that space! :D

But yes I have 17.5GB and most of it is used up. I have a Windows 2000 and a Windows XP partition and both take up a lot of space because I have many of the same apps installed such as Visual Studio.

Pab, different computers will provide different results! Also, does IE have language packs? No, they just have Localized versions, which require the entire program to be re-downloaded again. Netscape 6.1 allows you to install region and language packs without having to re-download the entire web browser! I think those language packs should work in Mozilla as well.

Bonjour! j'habite le republique de Manitobah LMAO :D:D:D

talk about bilingual.....

Oh Canada!

I know lotsa bilingual ppl up here in Canada, my grandparents, my cousins....

if its true that IE6 is slower than Mozilla, i'm stayin with mozilla lol *plays around with the irc proggie on mozilla*

Well, Silvorgold! That's good if you find Mozilla faster than IE 6! Since when I use either Netscape 6.1 or Mozilla Build 2001082403, it takes only 2-3 seconds to load Neowin or download.cnet.com ! But when I use IE 6, it takes like a minute! :confused: So that proves my point about different browsers workign better on different computers! :D

One thing you are unfortunately doing that screws up your test is going to a remote site on the internet. The only way you can assure that it is not a difference in bandwidth served at the time, etc is to load a decently large site on over a local 10baseT or 100baseTX connection. Don't for get that one browser may be faster at loading DHTML, displaying flash, etc etc. Also it sounds like a cache issue as well.

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