Help for Netscape 4 users

Get an up-to-date browser for Windows 95 or later for just £3/$5

The following information is given in good faith, but the University cannot accept responsibility for any software you may install on your computer.

The problem with Netscape 4

At the end of the last century, Netscape and Microsoft were fighting to see who would provide the world's dominant browser (Microsoft won!). In their rush to get their browser out first Netscape introduced some very serious bugs. Many web-sites have serious problems when viewed with Netscape4 (even the World-Wide Web Consortium's own pages) and most of those sites that do look OK have resorted to turning their headers into giant images which dramatically increase download times.

The solution (1)

Mozilla Firefox is a first-class browser that runs on Windows 98 or later (or linux) and can be downloaded free from their web-site. Alternatively, for US $10 including shipping they will send you a CD anywhere in the world. It's worth it for tabbed browsing alone, and of course you can install it on as many PCs as you like.

The solution for Windows 95

The predecessor to Mozilla Firefox was, rather confusingly, just called 'Mozilla'. Mozilla runs under Windows 95 and is almost as up-to-date as Firefox.

The solution (2)

The Open CD is a collection of free software for Windows. The disk is even cheaper than mozilla ($5 / £3 including shipping) and includes both Mozilla Firefox and mozilla. Trust us, it'll be the best £3 you'll ever spend on your PC.

The solution (3)

If you prefer to stick with Netscape4 we apologise that our site may not always look its best but we hope that all the pages will still be readable.

Whichever browser you choose to use, welcome to the School of Physics.