Netscape is TOAST!!

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MaxDepth

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I use Netscape 4.75 to glide through the web without picking up Gator plug-ins or other JavaScript crap.
I like some of the features of Mozilla but I can't get past of couple of little nagging stuff like:
cut and paste doesn't work properly and The program asks for server rights from my software firewall (as localhost) every time I start it.

 

SinfulWeeper

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: LiQiCE
I've been using Mozilla v1.31 for the past week or two (I was a 100% IE user since v3.x even when it was SLOW), and I really like Mozilla v1.31, its almost as good as IE in rendering pages (in terms of what it should look like), and its rendering speed is FAST, plus I like the tabbed browsing. The newer versions are very stable too which is nice
Ahh.. Tabbed browsing..

I don't know if I could get used to that. I like having 40+ IE windows open....

I'm fast with alt-tab. :p And after a while, you know exactly where each window is, and what it is..

True that.
But I still use the tabbed browsing. It uses MUCH less system resources. I can have over one hundred fourty tabs... try doing that with 140 windows. Your system might even crash and need to be rebooted.

Besides Mozilla is 100% just as fast as IE. The only difference is Mozilla is not preloaded into memory like IE is. If it were, you would not see a difference... or if you did, it would be so miniscule you would not even care.

In any case, I do not want to turn this into a browser war. I use Mozilla because it is fast and thousands of times more secure than IE/O(E). Not to mention all the built in goodies to contol how well the internet can be :)
Those are enough reasons for me. They might not be for others.
 

Harvey

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I use both, but I like Netscape/Mozilla better. It doesn't hurt that it's a somewhat less vulnerable to virus attacks because so many people write them to exploit holes in IE.