New Internet explorer interface?

By JackDavidsonOLD March 1, 2000 12:17 PM

(PC Magazine) Microsoft has a new web interface called "mars" in it's current form. It has a very "colorful" look, and doesn't seem to be any easier to use than the traditional web interface. If microsoft goes this direction with the ie interface, I may just have to switch to Netscape. Read a full review (click on the thumbnail for a larger view)

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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on March 1, 2000 1:03 PM

are you implying that you use IE now? Netscape may be buggy as hell, but I'll take it over IE any day.

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Posted by JackDavidsonOLD (No Email) on March 1, 2000 1:07 PM

Yes, I admit it, I use IE. :( But It just seems to display many pages better than netscape. I don't want to get into a browser debate here, Netscape has it's good points as well. 

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 1, 2000 2:08 PM

At Least Egor still hasn't given up on Netscape... I'm waiting for mozzilla 5 to come out first.

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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on March 1, 2000 4:44 PM

is it going to be mozilla, or is it just going to be Netscape 6? I've heard both...

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on March 1, 2000 5:51 PM

netscape 5.0?

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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on March 1, 2000 7:19 PM

no, it's supposed to be Netscape 6.0. It makes sense that they aren't doing 5 because 1) they're up to 4.72 already, 5 wouldn't come off as a significant "jump." and 2) for they layman, if they see that IE 5 has been out for at least a year, and Netscape 5 is just coming out, then it wouldn't be impressive. Netscape's gotta one up Internet Explorer

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Posted by sKillBot (travis@pulley.org) on March 2, 2000 3:13 AM

Netscape is buggy as hell. It's also slow, and it lacks features. I use IE on my linux box with vnc on our video workstation all the time. I use netscape for all the familiar sites I love, but netscape for linux especially sucks ass. I have played with mozilla a lot, and when it doesn't crash (which is about 30 seconds after I start it), it's pretty nice. I haven't grabbed the m14 release though.

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Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on March 2, 2000 7:30 AM

i don't know man. Reason I like Netscape a lot is the interface. I hate IE's interface(yes, i know they're similar, but they're not really). I especially like Netscape's mail program. It's simple and quick, and you don't have to wade through a pile of shit to get to what you want. Yeah i know netscape's even buggier in linux, but i'd still probably use it(haven't booted to linux in a while)