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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. "Available" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    As in... to beta testers, not the average Slashdot reader.

  2. Re:Isnt..... by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 4, Informative

    Netscape = AOL
    Mozilla = Mozilla & contributors

  3. Re:Isnt..... by msim · · Score: 2, Informative

    Netscape = a company
    Mozilla = community project that had resources donated to it from Netscape.

    netscape are just pulling code from GPL'd software and making their own branded product.
    The matter of Mozilla or Netscape making the better product is another topic altogether. ;-)

    --

    Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know when your gonna get food poisoning.
  4. Re:... Profit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I believe server software, like Microsoft with IIS.

  5. Re:... Profit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    They also made some money from their enterprise software products like their mail server, directory server, application server, etc.

  6. Re:Why? stealing Mozillas thunder or what by Wordsmith · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mozilla's thunder IS their thunder. Mozilla is based on the old Netscape code, and Netscape/AOL have played a tremendous part in developing Mozilla.

    What's more its the mostly BSD-ish MPL in this case, not the GPL -- and the MPL is designed explicitly so that the code can be used in projects this way. If the Mozilla powers that be wanted to avoid it, they would have used a difference license.

  7. Re:Wow. by ShadeARG · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's better than the older preview

  8. Re:Why? stealing Mozillas thunder or what by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Hey, if the AOL browser comes up with anything cool, it goes straight back into Firefox, right?

    I don't think so. IIRC, the MPL allows them to keep changes to themselves.

    Any files they change, they have to release the changes. Any totally new files can be kept proprietary.

  9. Re:Why? stealing Mozillas thunder or what by magefile · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hey, if the AOL browser comes up with anything cool, it goes straight back into Firefox, right?

    Not necessarily. Moz is licensed under the MPL, which is very BSD-like.

  10. Re:Isnt..... by Compenguin · · Score: 2, Informative

    Mozilla is under an MPL/LGPL/GPL tri-license. The only parts of it that aren't are the firefox logos (see my sig), I recommend using scragz public domain logos instead.

  11. I am a beta tester by superyooser · · Score: 2, Informative
    Netscape has a Site Controls section in the Options, which is something like IE's security zones. Settings/security profiles included are Default, Local Files, and specific sites, such as netscape.com and microsoft.com (needed for Windows Update). You can add as many profiles as you want.

    For each profile, you can set the Display Engine (Display like Internet Explorer/Display like Netscape, i.e. Gecko) and configure popup, image, ActiveX, Java, JavaScript, and cookie controls. If IE is selected as the display engine for that profile, the advanced JavaScript settings are unavailable. If Netscape is selected, the ActiveX checkbox is unavailable. Yes, you can easily disable ActiveX even when using the IE engine, and using the IE engine in the first place can be restricted to certain sites.

    By default, the Default profile is set to use Netscape/Gecko. The Local Files profile is set to display like IE.

    The Site Controls UI displays a security rating for each profile according to its settings. Using Gecko or IE with ActiveX disabled is considered Medium level of security. IE with ActiveX enabled is rated Low. Disabling both Java and JavaScript using either engine is rated High.