[ale] problems with ncd explora 701 thin client "X-terminal" and netscape and mozilla

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Mon Jul 7 14:42:32 EDT 2003


Your device probably does not have the flash space to store
konqueror and related libraries.

If you run it remotely, then it is possible to just use the
thin client as a display.

Is netscape running on the terminal or a Linux box?

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:34:48PM -0400, Van L. Loggins wrote:
> We are having problems with netscape (anything newer than version 4.7) 
> and mozilla and how they work with the built-in video cards of our NCD 
> Explora 701 thinclient terminals. I thought it was a memory issue 
> because they have 16 megs of ram in them out of the box, but I have been 
> working with a upgraded terminal that has 96 megs of ram in it. This 
> doesn't make a difference. It still takes the program window for mozilla 
> or netscape more than a minute to refresh when accessed from the thin 
> client terminals. I've heard firebird with be pretty light on the system 
> resources, so that is a possibility, and having had a lot of problems 
> with opera that is out of the question. How about Konqueror is it pretty 
> stable and compatible with most websites? the video cards on these thin 
> clients are set to 8 bit color.
> 
> We need a mail client and a web browser that is graphical enough for the 
> average user to be able to use, and relatively trouble free.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> 
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