Retro Browser War: IE6 Vs. Netscape In 2011

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday February 24, 2011 @06:00AM from the gotta-wonder-why dept.

jbrodkin writes "What if you took the raw, pre-patched, 10-year-old versions of Internet Explorer 6 and Netscape 6.1 and tried to surf the modern Web? What would happen? You might think firing up IE6 or Netscape would lead to an immediate onslaught of viruses, but just for fun, I decided to spend some time using these two ancient browsers. It turns out IE6 is still capable of surfing much of the modern Internet, and can play Flash and Java content, but Netscape's troubles show it probably died a justified death."

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Just got done surfing with IE6 :) by bl8n8r · 2011-02-24 06:10 · Score: 5, Funny

No viri or malware here! I was.... uh,popup... *click* ..I was just say... what the?..*click*...*click*... I was just going to sa... *click*..*click*... +++ ath0

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Re:Or possibly... by sodul · 2011-02-24 07:25 · Score: 3, Funny

allow editing for 15 minutes, and in those 15 minutes, no moderation is allowed.
And we should call it 'Preview', what a great concept ... oh wait