 DryvlyneFar Beyond DrivenPremium
join:2004-08-30
Newark, OH | I'll admit it... I use Netscape 8 It is ashame that so many of you have been turned off of Netscape just because of its affiliation with AOL. While I agree that AOL sucks badly, I find the new Netscape 8 to be quite useful.
At first I too was not going to try the new Netscape simply because of AOL, but because of my love for all things technology I decided to test drive it anyway. To my surprise I ended up liking it and now have it as my primary browser (of course I still have IE, Firefox and Opera in case I get bored  )
Anyway, I think the dual-rendering engines is great. I like being able to define which rendering engine I want to use on the fly and on a per site basis. It is also refreshing to finally have another browser that I can use to go to the windowsupdate.com site and have it actually work! I also like the multitude of security features I can control on a per site basis (for example disabling ActiveX, javascript, Java, cookies, images, pop-ups and/or VBscript). The passcard and form fill options work quite nicely as well and I like how highly customizable the My Sidebar and all purpose toolbars are.
I have read that there are people out there that have experienced several bugs with Netscape 8 and while I have encountered some minor ones (like some shortcuts keys not working and the back button jumping too far back in my history) I have not had any major crashes or hangs.
I now that some of you have probably sworn off Netscape for various reasons (I know I did after version 7.1), but I really think this version is at least worth a try. If you give it a whirl with a fairly open mind you may just end up liking it as well  . Let there be no mistake though, I still think AOL as a company sucks  |
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 mers2Premium,MVM
join:2004-03-20
USA
kudos:8 | Just curious, did you read the EULA before installing? Netscape reserves the right to make changes to your computer without giving you notice.
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I like the new Netscape also, but I was getting some crashes with it so I had to go back to FF until the next version is released. I do like the interface on NS, I think its pretty slick. |
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DryvlyneFar Beyond DrivenPremium
join:2004-08-30
Newark, OH | reply to mers2
said by mers2:Just curious, did you read the EULA before installing? Netscape reserves the right to make changes to your computer without giving you notice. I did read it and I do not find it all that different from MANY of the EULAs I have agreed to over the years for various software. Just because they reserve a right does not mean they will ever invoke that right. I am quite sure they know what the repercussions of such an action would bring. Besides, I opted out of the option for them to automatically update the browser if an update is available and I do know where the Add/Remove button is if I ever become dissatisfied with the browser . |
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