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Has anyone tried Netscape Navigator 9? Netscape was in my opinion the best browser when it was introduced. Does the current version follow suit?
http://browser.netscape.com/

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Originally posted by alegator
Has anyone tried Netscape Navigator 9? Netscape was in my opinion the best browser when it was introduced. Does the current version follow suit?
http://browser.netscape.com/

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Its crap, it's based on Mozilla Firefox 2.x in whole.  Use a real browser like .

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Originally posted by Dane
Its crap, it's based on Mozilla Firefox 2.x in whole.  Use a real browser like .

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ok, that may be a "real" browser...but its nothing compaier to the way that FireFox is better in everything compared to it ;o

and i would just use FireFox anyway (maybe move to Opera, or have both =p)

oh and Dane, would be nice if you used words because i kinda have that image Adblocked

The feature list seems interesting:

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Cross-platform

    * Run Navigator 9 on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux!

URL Correction
URL correction

    * Navigator will automatically correct common typos made in Web addresses.
    * Examples: .cmo => .com, htp:// => http://, netscape,com => netscape.com

Link Pad
Link Pad

    * Use the Link Pad as a holding area for interesting links that don’t merit bookmarking.

FF2 Extensions
FF2 Extensions

    * Install any Firefox ® 2-compatible extension.
    * Browse through thousands of extensions at Mozilla Add-ons.

Sidebar
Sidebar

    * Use the sidebar as a "mini browser" to keep a page in plain sight while you surf through other pages.
    * Drag and drop links on the sidebar or right-click and choose "Open in Sidebar" to use the sidebar browser.

Notice to Suite Users

Netscape Navigator 9 is a browser-only release. It does not contain an e-mail client, newsgroup reader, or HTML composer.

Users of the Netscape 7.x suite may choose not to install Netscape Navigator 9 to avoid the loss of these features.

You can have the best of both worlds by keeping Netscape 7.x installed for mail and news and installing Navigator 9 for browsing the Web.

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Netscape has always been my favorite (even over FireFox)....

Firefox has nice features and all, but it crashes all the time. According to this page, I'm not the only one of this opinion.
Opera seems to be incompatible with many websites I visit on a regular basis. I'm very pleased with Opera Mini, though.
Don't know about Netscape; haven't had it installed for the past 10 years. Maybe it's like Firefox, only without the crashing? So unfortunately, I'm currently using IE - a browser I don't even like very much.

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Originally posted by ZrednaZ
Maybe it's like Firefox, only without the crashing?

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I always have defended Netscape exactly because of this reason, at least from my own experience (see old browser war threads )....

I rarely got crashes, while others reported this site or that site would crash firefox...

I dunno if it still is true, but the difference between Netscape and Firefox was (is?) mostly that Firefox is open-source and worked upon by many people and communities. Netscape is closed-source and made by a dedicated set of people. I always thought of Netscape as the example of how open-source software isn't  always automatically good. Netscape often had (has?) fixes for stuff which is still buggy in FireFox. With Netscape they first make sure no (known) bugs exist, before adding a feature. With Firefox it was (is?) often the other way around. The only thing I see people who actually have used Netscape (instead of hearsay) comlaining about is that it looks old-fashion. I could care less; better old-fashion than buggy with all flashy skins.

Camino ftw ;D

Cookie is old school and only likes the ones who started everything.  If he could mod an atari to play DVDs I'm sure he would be there

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Originally posted by Dane

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Originally posted by alegator
Has anyone tried Netscape Navigator 9? Netscape was in my opinion the best browser when it was introduced. Does the current version follow suit?
http://browser.netscape.com/

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Its crap, it's based on Mozilla Firefox 2.x in whole.  Use a real browser like .

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Well...not technically. So it's based on Firefox? mmm...that would be wrong. It runs on the same engine that firefox runs on to render the web, which is Gecko/20071127 or there abouts...so its not really THAT similar to Firefox.

I used to love netscape till they got bought out...

Now...firefox is the best browser which I will continue to use, just because of the security,speed and stability.

IE? Gahh! Quick!! Everyone run!!! It's a giant security flaw!!
Just kidding...IE7 isnt actually half bad now..

I've used FF since before the 0.9PR Beta, and I've only ever once seen a crash...this is on Windows Even...maybe your system is a little unstable...