What do you think about Netscape 7.0?

[pitupepito2000]

Hi,

So far I have tried it for a couple of hours, but it is a great alternative to IE. It provides a lot more features than IE. Why don't you download it here, if you haven't yet, and tell me what you think?

My opinion, it's pretty cool.
Thanks for your opinion!

 

[minendo]

Netscape sucks.

 

[ElFenix]

i think its mozilla 1.01, so no need, i'm already running something newer.

 

[fluxquantum]

i haven't tried it yet. i am not a big fan of netscape but i may try this version before judging.

 

[Anubis]

didnt even know it was out dont really care either. i use mozilla and opera

 

[pitupepito2000]

Originally posted by: minendo
Netscape sucks.

Why don't you try it at least!

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: pitupepito2000

Originally posted by: minendo
Netscape sucks.

Why don't you try it at least!

I am using it right now at work. I hate it.

 

[goshdarnindie]

I haven't been to happy with Netscape in the last year. Opera isn't all I had hoped for either, since there are times it hick-ups on java. I hate to admit it, but IE is the superior product as far as I can tell.

 

[roncarter]

Originally posted by: pitupepito2000
Hi,

So far I have tried it for a couple of hours, but it is a great alternative to IE. It provides a lot more features than IE. Why don't you download it here, if you haven't yet, and tell me what you think?

My opinion, it's pretty cool.
Thanks for your opinion!

thats ok.. IE works fine for me

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Netscape 7.0 == Mozilla 1.1(?) - (popup stopping features) + (AOL addons)

I'll stick with vanilla Mozilla (mmm, vanilla), now in 1.2 alpha.

 

[Nemesis77]

Why use Netscape when there's Mozilla? Mozilla = Netscape without bloatware and crappyness.

 

[Kev]

i've never used mozilla... do you think it is better than ie? what features does it have besides the pop-up stopping? and what are the load times like (compared to NS 6 which takes forever and ie which is instant)

 

[Smolek]

Netscape sucks! mozilla is pretty good. IE hasnt given me any problems (yet) so i use that and for sites with loads of popups i use mozilla.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: maladroit
i've never used mozilla... do you think it is better than ie? what features does it have besides the pop-up stopping? and what are the load times like (compared to NS 6 which takes forever and ie which is instant)

Not using a browser which is designated blinking target for hackers is good enough for me.

It also features tabbed browsing similar to Opera, which is useful for minimizing the number of windows on your desktop if you surf a lot of sites simultaneously.

Using the "Quick Launch" feature will increase your boot time slightly, but will allow the browser to open with comparable speed to IE.

 

[burnedout]

Have downloaded and installed two flavors of Netscape 7.0 - windows and linux versions.

The good: If you have a freebee mail account with netscape.net, the mail client interfaces with the service nearly perfectly. IMO, the newsreader is quicker than OE. One can run NS 7.0 under four different themes - modern, classic and two others. The linux version of NS 7.0 is more stable and quicker than two **older** Mozilla distros I've ran. Maybe the box or the Linux distro (Dual 533 MHz Celeron, 256 MB, 30 GB 7200 running Mandrake 8.0) had issues, but to me, NS 7.0 runs better on Linux than **older** Mozilla. Once I load both the latest Mozilla and NS 7.0 on a dual 1 GHz box running Win2K and Linux this coming weekend, I'll prolly modify this point of view. Finally, with one exception, NS 7.0 has been reasonably stable.

The bad: Still has bugs. Shortly after install on the Win2K box, the browser would not allow copy/paste. This has only happened once and corrected itself when the browser was shut down and restarted. NS 7.0 is slower than IE 5 or 6 from a couple of perspectives. 1. Browsing and 2. Program initialization. The password manager for the mail client on the Linux version does not always function as designed and actually sux. Some websites won't display correctly in NS 7.0. Have had some issues with Real Player and NS 7.0 working together.

All in all, it's OK.

 

[Rallispec]

when was 7.0 released? i think i'll stick with IE though

 

[sandorski]

I love NS 7!

 

[ToBeMe]

Had 6.0, got 7.0 and Mozilla and Opera...................thanx, but I'll be sticking with IE for now.............

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I tried it back when it was a beta and thought it was fairly cool, for Netscape.

nik

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: FeathersMcGraw
Netscape 7.0 == Mozilla 1.1(?) - (popup stopping features) + (AOL addons)

I'll stick with vanilla Mozilla (mmm, vanilla), now in 1.2 alpha.

NS 7.0 is actually branched from Mozilla 1.0.1.

 

[CtK]

Netscape?? What is that??

 

[randomlinh]

tabbed browsing ALL THE WAY!!!! oh yeah, that pop up stuff is really nice too.

 

[pitupepito2000]

I am trying out this browser and it is pretty cool for netscape. In my opinion it's actuallly faster than IE. Why don't you take a look at this review link.

Keep your opinions coming!

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: lnguyen
tabbed browsing ALL THE WAY!!!! oh yeah, that pop up stuff is really nice too.

Those two features make all the difference. I only use IE for those sites that I absolutely have to visit that won't work in Mozilla.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Once you have had tabs you will never go back. Mozilla all the way