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Netscape.com Loses Its Identity
wh0pper writes "Digital Trends has a great opinion piece about how Netscape has lost its identity again in regards to their wanna-be Digg portal. One interesting fact I was not aware of is that Jason Calacanis is the person behind the new beta Netscape portal. A choice quote: 'If this business model sees the light-day and it looks like it will, Netscape readers will change from the baby-boomers of yester-year to a younger audience more interested in Jessica Alba's Bikini or Britney Spears than real intellectual news.' I've tried using the new beta Netscape site, and personally hate it. The little link to the external site and the frame to keep you on Netscape's site are deal killers for me. Does the general audience think it can compete?"
yz, congrats to the beer goggles that allowed me enter bizarro world and read the word "more" where there was, in fact, the word "less". Christ.
So, it seems that it's them who are that unnamed business that's being exploited with a zero-day flaw, and the attack is a form of identitty theft!
Now I'm beginning to get the big picture!
...I think the last time I tried to take it seriously was in ...97? when I first got on the web?
/.land really cares? or is this Yet Another Slashvertisement?
Netscape.com has never been any kind of geek destination as far as I'm aware of. I usually hate "how is this news for nerds" comments, but this time around...I dont' see the geek angle here.
Yes, it was the first dot-com IPO -debuting in 1995. And yes netscape was the major web browser for the mid and late 90's but...the portal hasn't been relevent for like 10 years.
So, tell me, who in