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First Peek at Netscape Navigator 9

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the check-out-them-peepers dept.

lisah writes "Netscape released a beta version of Navigator 9 (Linux.com shares corporate overlordship with Slashdot) today that includes several new components while giving some old ones the boot. This release will no longer ship with mail or composer but does have URL correction, a pre-populated RSS feed menu, and a neat clipboard in the browser's sidebar that will hold links to websites you want to visit again but not necessarily bookmark."

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  1. Netscape is dead by Celt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I used to be a big fan of Netscape back in the day but to be honest its dead, AOL screwed it and now its as good as dead and buried. On the plus side AOL/TW did donate alot of money to the Mozilla Org and that allowed it to get behind Firefox big time and get it where it is today.

    I have to say Netscape was a good browser and I can't fault it back in the 3.x and 4.x days but since the 4.x tree ended and they've released 6.x, 7.x etc its always felt buggy as hell and bloated, its a sad sad end for one of the first real Dot Coms.

    I think we need to lay Netscape to rest now....

    --
    "WebTV: bringing the Internet into the shallow end of the gene pool since 1995" - Martin Bishop
  2. Wow! by CrazyTalk · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They still make Netscape?

  3. Wow! by jav1231 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How happy those 5 people who still use it are going to be!