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---- Netscape 8.0 Browser release appears imminent

encyclo - 1:08 pm on May 19, 2005 (gmt 0)


It has now been launched:

[browser.netscape.com...]

Important points:

  • Windows only
  • the integrated mail client is gone
  • Ugly interface
  • Based on Firefox 1.03, not 1.04 so does it already have known security failings?
  • Has a "Trust Rating System: "The Netscape Browser is equipped with a web site rating system called "Trust Ratings" which is driven by lists of sites provided by our trusted security partners." Who these "trusted security partners" are is not clear, but they are trusted by AOL, not by me.
  • Comes bundled with various media players including the uninstallable RealPlayer

    Netscape brought me to the web, and I used it all the way until Mozilla became stable. However, it peaked at version 3.04 (the early 4.x versions were horrendous). They've decided to dump the Unix versions too, now.

    The one good point: as it uses the same Gecko rendering engine as Mozilla/Firefox et al, at least we don't need to download it even for testing.

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