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New Netscape Browser Prototype Available

Posted by Hemos on from the joining-us-here-in-the-present dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozillazine.org writes, "AOL has released a new prototype of Netscape Browser. This new version is almost identical to the first prototype but it's based on Mozilla Firefox 1.0 rather than 0.9.3. The browser does not contain the proposed new design concept or any new features, though there are some performance improvements. As before, only registered testers can download the prototype from community.netscape.com/nscpbrowser. MozillaZine ran an in-depth preview of the first prototype.""

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  1. Sacrilege? by Almond+Paste · · Score: 4, Funny

    I still think IE is the best, most reliable and compatible all-round browser, especially since SP2, with pop-up blocking etc. Go ahead, hang me!

  2. One of the oldest computing companies? by rbarreira · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you look at the taskbar in the screenshot, it proves that Netscape was already around in the 30's :)

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  3. Re:... Profit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    On the positive side, if someone ever asks you to name a bad application of the hyperbolic tangent, now you know the answer: as a transition between the title bar and the menu items in a web browser.

  4. In the proposed design concept... by FuturePastNow · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why does Netscape.com look an awful lot like Google?

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  5. Re:... Profit? by bay43270 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me finish:

    1) Color Scheme No one likes
    2) Move the menus from there top left location to the top right...
    3) In fact let's just move completely away from the familiar IE look people are used to, and scare them off
    3) Built in Toolbars most people don't want
    4) Scrap it all and ship Firefox 1.0
    5) Profit?