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Originally posted by serpico
I thought it was also slow loading and slow to respond with webpages.
fyi, it is as fast as Firefox...
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Originally posted by Anubis
From the look of it, yes, it does look decent, unfortunately for them Firefox has quite quickly become the browser that people seem to use and have become used to.
Although it is true that FireFox is used in many places, it is not true that "people seem to use and have become used to"; People who use Netscape will often not switch to Firefox for a very simple reason: people who use netscape use it because they know what Netscape is and how it was build and what it contains. Netscape is not open-source but is build by a company, it is based upon the same engine(s) as FireFox with one very big difference: A build of netscape will NOT be released unless all the bugs of the engine (which exist in Firefox) are fixed. In essence, Netscape is a bugfree FireFox. Also, the hard rumor/story about Netscape being bloated is false; you can choose what to install and you can (just as with firefox) clean/adjust/tweak many other things in the browser.
All in all, Netscape can not be compared with Firefox just like that. They are totaly different browsers (although based upon the same engine(s) and have equal functionality). Firefox is open-source, Netscape is not; this should say enough...
And thus:
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Originally posted by Anubis
As the saying goes "that boat has already sailed" Netscape and IE, are to late. I think Netscape died about 5 years ago for most users, and that's how it will stay.
you are wrong in that. Netscape has never died, despide all the rumors. And where FireFox had/has many troubles and bugs, Netscape continues to be running smoothly, even today!!! (don't let me look up all the threads in this forum where bugs/strange things are reported with Firefox, while on the same time Netscape has exactly the same functionality but without those bugs/strange things)
The reason why it took so long for a new Netscape browser version is not only because the development "halted" a bit on the browser (not realy halted but the team working on it changed), but most importantly because it didn't needed to be updated... Also, note that the company Netscape was never dead and in fact has always been very well alive...
However, it is true that the market share of Netscape has dropped in favor of FireFox and Mozilla, simply because most people prefer common updates, the thought of open-source and the ability to skin their programs (although Netscape is easly skinned also)... even despite the fact that updates and open-source doesn't always mean good stable updates.
Note: I have yet to discover the first site/html code where Netscape screws up and FireFox doesn't. On the other hand, I came across many reports where FireFox screws up and after testing with Netscape it doesn't...
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