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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. I think I speak for everyone here when I say by commodoresloat · · Score: 5, Funny

    NetWho? Is that some sort of Mozilla knockoff?

  2. Re:Netscape is dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is AOL?

    It's the company that makes Winamp. They used to make free backup diskettes that you had to reformat before using. They sent hundreds of millions of them around for free by attaching them to anything that moved. I used to have to peel them off my car each night when I got home from work. Later, they got into the landfill business by making and distributing hundreds of millions of non re-writeable CD's.

  3. I realize it's a joke, but... by Kelson · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can simplify things a lot by focusing your testing on engines, rather than browsers.

    For instance, Firefox 2, SeaMonkey, 1.2, Camino 1.5 and Netscape 9 all use the same major version of Gecko. Unless you're dealing with something controlled by the UI -- extensions, for instance, or the search box on the toolbar -- they're going to treat your code more or less the same. You'll start seeing bigger differences in screen size and platform.