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Netscape 8.0 Released
Mr. Christmas Lights writes "CNet is reporting that Netscape Navigator Version 8 has been released. The 8.0 Beta debuted back in March, with the final version being based on Firefox 1.03, and includes Trust Rating, a feature which identifies sites as safe or unsafe. Netscape 8.0 also includes a toggle which allows switching between Mozilla and Microsoft's rendering engines as needed. The Main Netscape 8 page has more info, and the 'Download Now' page is already serving up the new browser."
Ever heard of UserAgentSwitcher extension?
..."AOL INSTANT MESSENGER ("AIM") AND AN AOL MEDIA PLAYER ENGINE ("MEDIA PLAYER") ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THE NETSCAPE 8 BROWSER. THE EXECUTABLE VERSIONS OF THE NETSCAPE 8 BROWSER, AIM, AND THE MEDIA PLAYER ARE REFERRED TO COLLECTIVELY HEREIN AS THE "BROWSER."
Thanks, but no thanks.
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
The linked article and the official Netscape 8 page are pretty light on technical details but the submitter mentions it is based on firefox 1.0.3. What I'm wondering is whether or not this includes the recent security fixes that brought about the release of 1.0.4. Would be pretty foolish of AOL to not include these since they are considered critical.
:-)
I also found the following line from the CNET review pretty amusing.
Netscape 8 is based on Mozilla.org's successful and mostly secure Firefox browser
Certainly not a false statement or anything but I thought the use of the phrase "mostly secure" was pretty funny.
Anyone else get a 404 on the Trust Rating page?
Nope, no click tracking here.. no spyware.. I'm monitoring the data packets sent out, none of them go to Netscape once you set your homepage to google.com.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Or better yet, just use IE View & Firefox View. Context menus in both IE and FF to view current page in the other browser.
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
1) single set of bookmarks
2) tabs
3) better UI
4) plugins like adblock (presuming IE's renderer sees the final version of the DOM... that'd be an interesting test)
5) less clutter
6) one set of proxy information for IE, one for Firefox (again, presuming the IE renderer gets the data from Firefox, not its own HTTP stack)
Oh and while at it, use Comparator.
I feel like i'm repeating myself over and over.
A computer makes it possible to do, in half an hour, tasks which were completely unnecessary to do before.
Just glancing at their page, it looks like they've come up with some nice paradigms too eliminate browser clutter. 1)You can choose toolbars using a dropdown box. 2)Shortcuts can include multiple websites. For example, you can set "Home" to open multiple websites in a single click.
You can install two Mozilla browsers on the same computer (even two versions of Firefox), as long as they use separate profiles.
I have yet to try the final build of NS8, but I did try the beta and it co-existed peacefully with Firefox. If I remember correctly, NS8 stores its profile in \Application Data\Netscape\, and Firefox stores its profile in \Application Data\Mozilla.
Just download the IEView extension for Firefox if you really must use that other browser..
Verisign, truste, paretologic, and maybe more (the page isn't clear).
The shareholder is always right.
Tried slapping it on the computer at work . Only uses a stub installer and no option for a full installer. When you try to run it, it pops a dialog saying Internet connectivity trouble and prompts you for your proxy information. No problem with that. I enter the info, and then I get a dialog saying Configuration Error, Your installer has an invalid configuration.
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
The previous comment is purposely vague and generalized, but all of the facts are completely true.
Exactly. It's interesting how all of these companies try to convince people to use a centralized censorship system by using the words "trust" and "rights" and "security" in contexts opposing reality.
Like "trustworthy computing." And "digital rights management." Systems that are designed to put ultimate control of what you see and don't see, do and don't do, in the hands of a small group of companies.
Most people seem to implicitly trust anything that has an expensive-looking ad, so maybe it's not so surprising.
That's because M$ ended production of IE for the Mac, also here.
And if you weere designing pages on the Mac, and testing them in IE Mac and expecting them to look the same on a Windows box, I have some prime realestate under Manhattan for you.
~Donald / Just RTFM
Now my only question is, can I run Windows Update through this browser? So if someone else who decided to get it, let me know.
Yes, yes it does.
Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
Status update: After spending my Thursday morning fiddling with Netscape and deactivating shit left and right and getting things set up in a semi-usable way, I'm going to give it a pass. It doesn't seem to want to load the Acrobat plugin, the multibar is horrendous (how the fuck do you remove some of those things from the default toolbar?), it keeps asking me to save passwords after I've told it not to ask in 3 or 4 different places in the prefs (KISS!), and on and on. Nice idea in theory, horrible execution. Not that I would expect anything different from AOL...
I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
Build a site correctly and it won't be necessary to have code forks or multiple versions -- even to support mobile devices, screen readers, text browsers, etc. This has been true for years, it's unfortunate there are still those stuck in a 1997 world of nested tables, image slices, and browser-specific code.
Full installer:
/ windows/win32/nsb-install-8-0.exe
http://ftp.netscape.com/pub/netscape8/english/8.0
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Earlier rumours said that 8.0 was going to be based on Internet Explorer.
It sounds like you're thinking of the AOL Browser, which is based on IE.
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