This document outlines the topics that you need to consider when you adopt Netscape 7.0 for the Solaris Operating Environment.
Netscape includes powerful tools that let you surf the Web, communicate with your colleagues, participate in discussion groups, and create dynamic Web pages in one integrated package.
You can find more detailed information about Netscape 7.0 on the following
site:
http://sun.com/solaris/netscape
The feature highlights of Netscape 7.0 are as follows:
More stable.
Faster performance.
Industry standards includes XML, DOM 1 and 2, CSS level 1 support.
New convenient and eaiser-to-use features.
Instant messaging - integrated throughout the browser and mail.
Personalization and customization features.
Password and Cookie security management.
Java integrated support - comes with the latest Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) v 1.4 version.
MEMORY AND DISK SPACE:
OPERATING ENVIRONMENT:
PLATFORM:
INTEROPERABILITY:
The feature differences between Netscape 7.0 and Netscape 4.7x are as follows:
Netscape 7.0 supports the following application standards:
J2SE 1.4
Tools information in Netscape 7.0 for verifying web-based applications is written to the following standards:
Netscape 7.0 is compatible with J2SE 1.4, and with Java applications developed with previous versions of J2SE. You can upgrade your Java applications for Netscape to JS2E 1.4, however you need to be aware of the following compatibility issues.
For compatibility issues when you upgrade your Java applications for Netscape from J2SE 1.1 to J2SE 1.2, see the following website:
http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/compatibility.html
For compatibility issues when you upgrade your Java applications for Netscape from J2SE 1.2 to J2SE 1.3, see the following website:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/compatibility.html
For compatibility issues when you upgrade your Java applications for Netscape from J2SE 1.3 to J2SE 1.4, see the following website:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/compatibility.html