24-3-1999
Release#4

              "M3ish" -- A Mozilla Alpha release from Warpzilla

              news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2


This file contains:

   0. Caveat
   1. License
   2. Installation
   3. What works, what doesn't
   4. Reporting bugs, other feedback
   5. Java


0. Caveat

   This is not production-quality software.  This is not a beta of production
quality software.  This is (barely!) an alpha -- that is, development --
snapshot of the project.  Please don't run it on your production server.
Or if you do, don't blame us if wackiness ensues.


1. License

   This is free software.  The OS/2 specific code is distributed under the
Mozilla Public License, the rest under the Netscape Public License.  See
http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/ for more information.


2. Installation

   You will need: OS/2 Warp 3 or 4 at a recent fixpak level
                  EMX runtime 0.9c or higher.
                  An HPFS partition.

                  Probably at least a 256 colour display.  Please let us
                  know if the programs work on lower depths.

                  JDK 1.1x if you want to run Java applets.

   Unzip the mozm3ish.zip file
   (the fact that you're reading these instructions means you've done
    this already...)
   
   Change to the mozilla directory.

   There are two programs here, viewer and apprunner.  The viewer is a thin
wrapper around the layout engine; apprunner provides a much more attractive
user interface and more browser-like functionality.  However, the apprunner
is currently much slower and resource-intensive than viewer.
We suggest you start with the viewer.

   NOTE: The first time you run either program, there will be a delay while
Mozilla creates its registry file.  Subsequent runs will take a little less
time to start up.

   To deinstall, remove the mozilla directory.


3. What works, what doesn't

   First off, see the official release notes at:

   http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/release-notes/m3.html

   (You may find the Unix, Win32 & Mac sections interesting).

   OS/2 sits uncomfortably between Win32 & Linux where mail is concerned:
   it seems to work intermittently.  You'll need to set up your prefs.js
   as described in the release notes to experiment.  Reading local mail
   directories and popping mail from the server should work.  "New message"
   doesn't work.

   Comboboxes (drop-down menus) in html forms cause corruption of the area
   of content vertically beneath them.

   The display of non-Latin encodings is not supported.

   Cookie Management (cookperm.txt and friends) and Single Sign-on (other
   weird files you may read about, all the Wallet stuff) are not included
   with this release.

   You may notice the odd style leakage -- text appearing in the colour of
   an adjoining frame.

   Existing Netscape 4.04 plugins should work with Mozilla.  We'd like to
   build up a list of those that do and those that don't -- please feedback
   with your experiences.  We don't know if Win16 plugins will work.


4. Reporting bugs, other feedback

   Please send feedback to the Warpzilla newsgroup,
netscape.public.mozilla.os2.  If you don't do news for whatever reason, you
may subscribe to it as a mailing list -- see
http://www.mozilla.org/community.html for more information.

   Bug-reporting is hard to call: a large proportion of the code is cross-
platform.  The Mozilla bug-tracking system, Bugzilla, can be found at
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org.  If the thing always traps when you choose
menuitem X, then it's a fair bet we know about it!

   If you can verify that a feature which works on Linux, Mac or Win32
doesn't work on OS/2, definitely let us know.

   Warpzilla has some web-pages at http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/ -- at
some point in the future a list of bugs and things will appear there.


5. Java   

   Included with this release is a file called wzjvm110.zip.  This contains
a beta version of the Warpzilla Java plugin -- used to display applets in web
pages.  It does not yet support Liveconnect, signing, serialised applets
or beans, but normal applets should work.  Unzip the file from the mozilla
directory to install it.  To deactivate the plugin, rename the npjvm110.dll
file.

   PLEASE NOTE: This is, again, not a final release.  I believe the security
manager is correct, but this is by no means certain.  Unzip this archive at
your own risk: if you regularly use certain applets, that would be a great
test, go ahead -- we are very interested in feedback (what works, what
doesn't: please give a URL) on this component.

   We STRONGLY ADVISE that you DO NOT randomly browse the 'net with this
release of the Warpzilla Java plugin!


John Fairhurst <john_fairhurst@iname.com>
