I don't see that from where I've been sitting. AOL has been talking and stressing that they will continue to support the OS movement in the browser issue, Mozilla has also been stressing that AOL is going to let them be, so to speak, and the browser is still being actively modified by developers.
They have also started a brand new engine which is completely new/rewritten which is faster then the existing engine in Netscapes browers. They are also completely rewritting the browser to be totally complient with the current HTML standards instead of the standards just being added to it causing bloat like some other browser company does. I would keep an eye out for the next major release of Netscape 5.x or what have you, you should see some vast improvements.
I see 1999 being a very good year in the release and progressions of OS software.
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I don't see that from where I've been sitting. AOL has been talking and stressing that they will continue to support the OS movement in the browser issue, Mozilla has also been stressing that AOL is going to let them be, so to speak, and the browser is still being actively modified by developers.
They have also started a brand new engine which is completely new/rewritten which is faster then the existing engine in Netscapes browers. They are also completely rewritting the browser to be totally complient with the current HTML standards instead of the standards just being added to it causing bloat like some other browser company does. I would keep an eye out for the next major release of Netscape 5.x or what have you, you should see some vast improvements.
I see 1999 being a very good year in the release and progressions of OS software.