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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. Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why don't they make a linux version? Might help bring linux closer to the desktop - netscape still has more recognition that FireFox.

    1. Re:Linux by QCompson · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Why exactly would this bring Linux closer to the desktop? Would people say, "Gee, I'd like to try a new internet browser, and the name Netscape sounds familiar... maybe I'll install a whole new operating system so that I can try out the new Netscape!"

  2. Isnt..... by Bumjubeo · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Isnt Netscape and Mozilla the same company?

  3. Wow. by JanusFury · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does Netscape know anything about user interface design? That has to be one of the most horrible interfaces I have ever seen, especially coming from such a big company.

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    1. Re:Wow. by AnonymousCowheart · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Exactly - they're also breaking consistancy in Windows. They have the file menu on the upper right corner instead of the left, like almost every windows app out there.

  4. Re:Switch beteen MSHTML and Geeko by bhtooefr · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It starts in Gecko mode by default. I THINK new tabs start in Gecko mode, EVEN IF the current tab is in IE mode.

    However, it will automatically switch a tab to IE mode if you go to certain sites, for example, microsoft.com (which means that Windows Update SHOULD work (on the older beta, it just crashed it).

  5. Netscape as I see it by Orion+Blastar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Netscape to me, is like Firefox, only with spyware and bloated AOL bundled applications.

    One of my Nieces visited our house recently for a party we had. She wanted to see one of her pop singers, and in order to see the video from AOL, some AOL software needed to be installed in Firefox, after that my system went crazy, locked up a lot, lost the network connection, and the software seems to want to phone home. I am told that the software installed is part of the Netscape browser bundle. I'll be sure to stick with Firefox sans the AOL software, after I get done reformatting my system to get their Spyware off my computer.

    Thanks, but no thanks. Netscape was cool before AOL bought them out. Now Firefox is cool.

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  6. Menus in the top right corner by dumky · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Although these menus do look weird at first, the idea seems interesting. Only some real life testing would tell if it's a good choice, but moving the menus is a good way to save some screen room.
    On the flip side, it's harder to "grab" the window to move it, but do people really do that a lot, now that tabbed browsing is going mainstream?

  7. Red headed stepchild by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why does AOL keep revving up Netscape, while continuing to use the Spyglass/IE browser as the core of the AOL browser? It's confusing, and of course their browser itself is a travesty, as always.

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