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O.P. Huh?  Is the old good Netscape still alive?
It used to be a great browser! Is it discontinued??
07-06-2006 05:10 AM
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Yes, but the last time i used it it had a memory leak :P
so i switched to Firefox, great browser btw
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07-06-2006 05:13 AM
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O.P. RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Memory leak?
07-06-2006 05:20 AM
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Yes, it used too much ram sometimes...
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07-06-2006 05:26 AM
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Firefox is a derivative of the original netscape (mozilla) code.

http://www.getfirefox.com/

Give it a shot, It is the other white meat... I mean.... Web Browser.
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07-06-2006 05:28 AM
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Technically, firefox is a fork of a derivative of a modification of an alpha of the original netscape code. :p
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07-06-2006 05:56 AM
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O.P. RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
Has anyone tested both Firefox and IE7 Beta? Which one is better?
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
You have to consider that it depends on what you like to have they are both different and do different things.
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
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It used to be a great browser! Is it discontinued??
No... it is still (slowly) being developped. Currently the latest version is 8.1

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
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RE: Is the old good Netscape still alive?
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Has anyone tested both Firefox and IE7 Beta? Which one is better?
I prefer Firefox, but as of which is better? Dunno, it's still the subject of alot of argument.
07-06-2006 10:16 AM
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