AOL Unleashes Netscape 6 Browser

By Loath April 5, 2000 10:00 AM

America Online Inc. Wednesday previewed the release of its Netscape 6 browser.?The maker of the Web-browsing software at the center of the U.S.?government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. unveiled a leaner version of its programming code, reducing the overall size of the browser.?As a part of the browser launch, America Online and Gateway Inc. plan to introduce a family of specialized Internet appliances to promote AOL's instant access strategy.?Both Netscape 6 and the new Internet appliances are powered by Netscape's Gecko browser engine technology.?In contrast to Internet Explorer's focus on Windows, Netscape's ubiquitous Gecko browser will run not only on Microsoft's Windows platforms, but also the Apple Computers Inc. and Macintosh and Linux operating systems, the two chief rivals to Windows.?I didn't like Netscape 6.?It has got too much of AOL in it.?It's a memory hog, and it uses graphics for everything.?Buttons, scroll bars, etc.?It's supposed to be faster, but was slower for me.?I guess it might depend on the computer you use it on.?Read more...

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RE: Netscape 6   reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on April 5, 2000 10:49 AM

This can not be a finished product! Not only is it painfully buggy but I seems incomplete. The activation program is full of it! It is so full of bugs it makes MS Win 63k look good. and why do I have to have a screen name to get into netscape? and who the hell said that netscape could have a buddy list in it.. eww! I don't want that god damn side bar.. if this is a finished product then we have a problem.. serious bugs.. ack..

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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on April 5, 2000 11:25 AM

I didn't need a screen name or a buddy list when I installed it (about 2 weeks ago). Is it forced in the release version?

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Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on April 5, 2000 11:46 AM

oh it's way worse now then it was 2 weeks ago when mozzila was running it.

RE: RE: Netscape 6   reply

Posted by Acheron (denny@dtheatre.com) on April 5, 2000 2:57 PM

yeah they're assuming that if you don't have an AOL IM screen name, that you'll want one, so they make you put in a Screen Name. The sidebar has always been there, but, like IE, you can just click on the side of the frame and push it to the side. What I don't like is that it doesn't port over the bookmarks from your old Netscape, the process of setting up Mail is a little more convoluted than it used to be, and(at least on my P200) it is much slower. I'm not too happy about the different interface. Grey is a nice neutral color. It's just way too different than the previous version. Oh, and a big problem i have with it is that my scroll mouse doesn't work.

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Posted by Loath (loath@dtheatre.com) on April 5, 2000 3:19 PM

Yeah, it was slower on my P-233/MMX too. I think you can go to View--Sidebar (or something like that) to turn off the side bar too. I deleted it so I don't remember for sure now.