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AOL to Release Netscape 7.2 Based on Mozilla 1.7

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the aging-young-rebels dept.

securitas writes "ZDNet's Evan Hansen reports that AOL will release Netscape Navigator 7.2 based on Mozilla 1.7 code this summer. The update comes a year after version 7.1 and after Microsoft stopped standalone development in Internet Explorer. eWEEK's Matt Hicks offers analysis of the new Netscape release, citing studies that say while Microsoft has a 93.9% browser market share and 87% of business users use IE, 25% still use Netscape and 11% use Opera -- the math works because people use multiple browsers. Hicks asks the question 'Is the Netscape Browser Being Reborn or Just Stabilized?' Hicks interviews several people in the know including a former Netscape engineer, an industry analyst, and Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner."

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  1. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Dude, your URL says your from Russia.
    In Soviet Russia, the Bad PR gets YOU!

  2. Tabbed browsing with IE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Avant Browser

    Crazy Browser

    My IE2

    Those are just a few off the top of my head. IE can be hosted as a control inside any other application. You don't like IE? Fine, use the rendering engine in any application you want. Hey, make it open source if you want...

  3. Real Browsers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Avant Browser

    Crazy Browser

    My IE2

    Those are just a few off the top of my head. IE can be hosted as a control inside any other application. You don't like IE? Fine, use the rendering engine in any application you want. Hey, make it open source if you want!

  4. AOL CD? by Brush+Master · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hurrah! More AOL CDs in my letter box! AOL 17 is coming! B