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Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML

Posted by Zonk on from the thats-an-oops dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has alerted users that Netscape's latest browser appears to break the XML rendering capabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Dave Massy, a senior programme manager for IE, warned users in a blog posting that after installing Netscape 8, IE will render XML files as a blank page, including XML files that have an XSLT transformation. What a week for Netscape 8.0; first the browser needed several fixes hours after its release, then it was discovered that without IE installed, Netscape 8.0 will not install, and now IE needs Netscape uninstalled to work."

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  1. Does anyone use it? by coop0030 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I haven't tried out Netscape 8.0 (Firefox is fine with me for now), but what are some reasons people are switching to Netscape 8.0?

    Does anyone have any stats on how many people are even using it? What are the website statistics showing?

    To me this sounds like Netscape ran into a "too little, too late" situation with their newest iteration of their browser.

  2. You're outta here! by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Interesting
    1. Netscape browser needed several fixes hours after its release.
    2. Netscape browser will not install unless IE is installed.
    3. Installation of Netscape breaks IE.

    Back in the day, I was a big Netscape fan, and I waas really hoping that this new release would bring them back as a player, but enough is enough, guys. Three strikes, and you are OUT.

    One more thing...
    <zealot>
    Firefox rules...IE sucks...let's fight!
    </zealot>

    ^_^

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