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AOL Releases Netscape Beta, Based on Firefox

Posted by michael on from the browser-wars-still-over dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Netscape has released their new prototype browser for Windows based on Firefox 0.9.3. The prototype's development was outsourced to Mercurial Communications and includes several Netscape specific extensions. The biggest difference from Firefox, however, is the ability to switch to the Internet Explorer rendering engine from within the browser using an IE ActiveX control. The browser is currently available for a limited download."

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  1. why another browser. by blanks · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It seems like Netscape really dosent care to try staying in the browser market, so why do they keep trying, will this just be another project that will be killed again in a few months/years.

    Im just conserned because im a web developer, and really would perfer not to need to worry about another browser that might not follow standards.

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  2. Re:Also by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Okay, was it truly necessary to mod this guy down to redundant ? Are we penalized now for showing appreciation? How ridiculous. If mods have nothing better to do than mod a show of appreciation down, they need a life.