"Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 1. The release is now available for download from browser.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some of Navigator 9's new features are listed here; for a complete list, see What's New in Netscape Navigator 9? at browser.netscape.com."
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Member since:2005-07-06
Netscape, meet Dead Horse. Dead Horse, meet Netscape.
Do they even have a browser presence anymore? I don't have any of the numbers (and nor do I feel like tracking any down), but I would assume they are somewhere behind Opera in the market penetration segment.
All companies I've done outward facing website programming work for have tested against the following platforms/browsers:
IE (Windows and Mac)
FF (Windows and Mac)
Opera (Windows and Mac)
Safari
I'm not kidding when I say I forgot Netscape existed for maybe a year or so until I saw this headline. And I build websites for a living.
I think if I was an engineer on the Navigator team, I'd lie to all my programmer friends and just say I worked on Real Player. It's that bad.
Member since:2005-07-06
Do they even have a browser presence anymore? I don't have any of the numbers (and nor do I feel like tracking any down), but I would assume they are somewhere behind Opera in the market penetration segment.
I would suspect that there are probably more people still using Netscape 4 than there are users of current versions of Navigator. Last time I saw any stats, around 2000-2001 or so, the breakdown was along the lines of NS: 15%, IE: the rest.
I like to imagine that the imagine that the current Netscape development process is similar to that old Dilbert strip - "Sure boss, I can remove the URLs from all our webpages. I'll just replace them with Uniform Resource Locators - but it will take six months."
Member since:2006-06-22
I think if I was an engineer on the Navigator team, I'd lie to all my programmer friends and just say I worked on Real Player. It's that bad.
Ben Goodger, Firefox's lead developer worked on the very same Navigator team along with quite a few Mozilla/Firefox contributors.
There is nothing to be ashamed about. It was a case of the management not listening to the programmers if you have ready any of their thoughts of how Netscape sank. Those last few releases and version 6 etc, not a single developer wanted to put it out but management made them work on it and release it.
Member since:2005-08-18
"I'm not kidding when I say I forgot Netscape existed for maybe a year or so until I saw this headline."
So did I. I actually haven't thought about Netscape for a good many years so I figured I check out their site.
Turns out that it is still what it was last time I checked (years ago): some shitty portal service thingamabob.
Member since:2005-07-06
I don't know why you say Navigator is that bad considering the new version looks to be pretty much exactly the same as Firefox with a couple of add-ons. The fact that you seem to think it needs separate testing, when in fact it uses the exact same rendering engine as Firefox, just goes to show how clueless you really are.
Member since:2005-07-07
All companies I've done outward facing website programming work for have tested against the following platforms/browsers:
IE (Windows and Mac)
FF (Windows and Mac)
Opera (Windows and Mac)
Safari
Navigator is based on the Mozilla/Firefox code. There is no need to test against it specifically.
I'm not kidding when I say I forgot Netscape existed for maybe a year or so until I saw this headline. And I build websites for a living.
Well you are a little clueless but it doesn't matter because:
A. No one uses Navigator
B. If anyone actually did it it would render the same
I think if I was an engineer on the Navigator team, I'd lie to all my programmer friends and just say I worked on Real Player. It's that bad.
I admit that I absolutely hated the old realplayer but I think the new realplayer is actually very good. I use it to listen to real streams, mostly news sites and it works quite well along with fitting in nicely with my GNOME desktop.
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2005-07-06
No, this is the Netscape that was bought by AOL and managed to lose nearly all pre-buyout employees within a year