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Netscape 8.0 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-case-you-missed-him dept.

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."

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  1. No thanks... by halivar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll stick with the Real Thing (tm). Now in version 1.04, and corporate ad-ware free!

  2. Trusting trust by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    includes Trust Rating
    Well... and why exactly should I trust AOL Time Warner?

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  3. Corporate Crapware(tm) by c0ldfusi0n · · Score: 5, Informative

    ..."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.

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  4. Recent security vulnerabilities by bmw · · Score: 5, Informative

    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?

  5. Re:Why do you need a switch for Render Engine? by c0ldfusi0n · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or better yet, just use IE View & Firefox View. Context menus in both IE and FF to view current page in the other browser.

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  6. Re:Based off of firefox by Timesprout · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I love comemnts like these. One of the values of Open Source is choice but as soon as a decent Open Source version of something comes along suddenly theres no need for anything else. Choice is still good which is why I want to to see Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Konq, Safari and even IE compete to build something better.

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  7. A million web developers just cried out in horror by Matrix9180 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the flash tour:
    "If a site is considered trustworthy, Netscape automatically renders it using the Internet Explorer method, for maximum compatability."

    WHY?!

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  8. Outdated by CastrTroy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When visiting Netscape.com, I got a nice message saying that my current browser, Firefox 1.04, is out of date. They said I should download Netscape 8. Which is based on Firefox 1.03. Does anybody else see a problem with this?

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