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Netscape 6.1

Posted by michael on from the netscape's-still-around? dept.

max2010 writes: "Netscape Browser Version 6.1 is released. Give it a try, grab the 25MByte junk of code for MAC, Unix and Windows at ftp.netscape.com." MSNBC has a brief story about the release.

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  1. Mozilla ... Netscape ... what't the difference? by KidSock · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    ... based on the Mozilla.org open-source development effort, ..

    I have submitted bug reports for Mozilla and besides the obvious hanger-ons it's very clear that all of Mozilla's developers work for Netscape. Mozilla is not an Open-Source project like everyone's been preaching. Sure people have submitted their own little gizmo to add but thankfully the've abandoned all that crap and are getting down to the metal now. The Open-Sourcing of Netscape was a failure and it's time we fess up and wrote it off as a necessary experiment.

    Don't bash Netscape because you'll be bashing Mozilla in the process. The're one and the same.

  2. One word. by supabeast! · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Opera.

    Explanation: Netscape and Mozilla are just too big, bloated, and annoying. Honestly, I don't give a damn if the source is open or not, I just want a web broswer with a small footprint that doesn't crash, and doesn't churn out pages in some ugly little courier looking font I can't read when I am in Linux (Yes, I know that there are simple fixes for that problem, I just don't even want to be bothered.). Konquerer kicks ass, but alas, it is tied to KDE, so Opera is my Linux browser of choice.

    Of course, what really makes me feel bad is that I would LOVE to see a good IE for Linux...

  3. Re:great features, too late by geekoid · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    so what you mean to say is: "Netscape, the Apple of browsers"

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  4. How much deeper does this hole get? by shr3k · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    The more Netscape keeps releasing beta code, the more users it's alienating. I know it's tough not having the latest and greatest 5.x (err 6.x) browser to market, but come on. By the time we get to 6.2 (i.e. Mozilla 1.0 stable), there will be five Netscape users left.

  5. Re:Why? by sacherjj · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Netscrape hasn't been an alternative to IE since version 4.