anyone use Netscape 8.1 ?

[97tbird]

Does anybody use Netscape? I know that it uses the same engine as FF, but how's security, stability, speed, etc, compared to IE and FF?

Just to use as an alternate browser I got the Netscape 8.1 yesterday...seems pretty nice, and has a very modern look. Looks like you can extensions, like in FF, but I haven't looked at any yet.

would like what you thin, those who use Netscape as their main browser.

 

[97tbird]

15 views and no replies, I guess not many people use it..

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

I stopped using NS about 8.03 or so. It was SLLOOOOWWWW compared to Mozilla/NS 7.2. Is 8.1 faster than the 8.0x product? I've always liked added features of the NS version of the Mozilla product.

 

[huffmuds9320]

Yeah I used Netscape a while back to give it a try. Its sort of lags like Internet Explorer. I'll stick with my Firefox. Back when they have Netscape Navigator 4.x and below was ok at that time. I like the Netscape Communicator as well but I guess Netscape is not what its used to be.

 

[Drew99GT]

Netscape is WAY too bloated if you ask me. It comes with EVERYTHING; I like to add what I want to Firefox.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

Does Netscape still have a trojan adware/system scanner imbedded in it? I gave up on it around version 6.x.

 

[rokky]

You might want to look at SeaMonkey. A direct decendant of Netscape and Mozilla suite. I like the built in email client which is basically Thunderbird.

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/

 

[Volvohead]

We still have it on one system (I have not yet gotten around to converting it over to FF, and see no big reason to). It's a more fully featured product than FF, and looks a little nicer. Surprisingly, it's not that much slower than FF, but tends to freeze up once in a while. But still worlds better than any IE version, though.

Netscape's updates have tricked down to nothing, so I don't know if I'll still be using it in another six months. Its core engine is old, which is a growing concern. I suspect Netscape browsers are quickly nearing the end of the line. Up until last year, all we ever used was Netscape.

 

[Volvohead]

Although . . . there are some rumors of a possible Netscape 9 at some point.

So who knows with these guys!