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Netscape 7.0 review
Reviews Code bloat seems inevitable these days, but it's out of hand in Netscape 7.0. The default installation weighs in at 30MB; meanwhile, the installer for Mozilla's browser, Netscape 7.0's foundation, is a comparatively svelte 10MB.
[August 30, 2002, 7:59]
AOL unveils Mozilla-based Netscape 7.0
News America Online's Netscape subsidiary on Wednesday launched a preview of its newest Web browser, another sign of AOL's reinvigorated campaign to win consumers back from Microsoft. The new browser, called Netscape 7.0, is the latest version developed...
[May 22, 2002, 16:38]
AOL 7.0 tests Netscape browser
News America Online said Thursday that it has begun testing technology developed by Netscape Communications within its software, fuelling speculation that it may replace Microsoft's Internet Explorer as its default Web browser.
[March 15, 2002, 11:39]
AOL keeps Lindows at arm's length
News AOL Time Warner has distanced itself from a deal announced last week which will see its Netscape 7.0 browser installed as the default Web software in the Lindows.com operating system, calling the announcement "misleading".
[October 2, 2002, 15:12]
Mozilla blocks pop-ups, but Netscape won't
News Mozilla 1.0, the open-source technology behind the latest Netscape browser, is garnering favour for helping to block irksome pop-up advertisements. But don't expect to see that feature in the coming full release of Netscape 7.0.
[August 14, 2002, 15:33]
Lindows to AOL: surely some mistake
News AOL last week distanced itself from the Lindows PC, saying "AOL has nothing to do with it", and saying that Lindows.com had only filled out a one-page form allowing it to distribute the Netscape 7.0 browser, something it has in common with more...
[October 4, 2002, 11:17]
AOL 8.0 slips out the door
News Over the past year, AOL has waded further away from using IE as the default browser in its various online services and has warmed up to its Netscape Communications subsidiary instead. Official versions of CompuServe 7.0, an AOL subsidiary, use...
[June 13, 2002, 7:32]
Choosing a Web conferencing solution review
Reviews Internet Explorer 5.0, Netscape 4.7 Internet Explorer 5.0, Netscape 6.0, Mozilla Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape 4.0, Mozilla Firefox 1.4, Safari 1.1, Opera 7.0 Internet Explorer 6.0, Netscape 7.2, Mozilla
[March 11, 2005, 13:05]
AOL 7.0 leaked to the Web
News One feature not in the alpha is the much-hyped Komodo browser module, which would allow AOL members to use third-party Internet browsers, such as one from Netscape, instead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
[June 1, 2001, 14:22]
AOL to put version 7.0 in beta
News Komodo allows the embedded browser in the AOL or CompuServe software to be AOL's own Netscape as opposed to Internet Explorer. Since AOL acquired Netscape in 1998, it has been widely speculated that Netscape would replace Internet Explorer as the...
[July 5, 2001, 15:36]
Netscape, not IE, put on new CompuServe
News The Internet giant launched CompuServe 7.0 with Netscape bundled as its default browser. However, the decision for CompuServe to embrace Netscape, also an AOL subsidiary, could further divide AOL's tenuous partnership with Microsoft.
[April 16, 2002, 17:22]
Netscape updates browser despite Andreessen's gloom
News Netscape Communications on Monday updated its browser, touting improvements in navigation and spam control -- days after Netscape's founder pronounced browser innovation moribund. Netscape, a unit of AOL Time Warner, has entered what many see as a...
[July 2, 2003, 8:35]
MS: Netscape's "arrogance" deterred AOL
News Netscape's arrogance was one of the reasons America Online chose Microsoft as its primary browser provider, Microsoft Vice President Brad Chase said Wednesday. Chase, under re-direct here in the Microsoft antitrust trial, recalled a lunch he had...
[February 18, 1999, 11:24]
US Report: Netscape challenges Yahoo!
News Netscape is offering free e-mail from its Netcenter Web site, but that's just the beginning of "Project 60," a two-month drive to build Netcenter into a portal on par with Yahoo! Netscape WebMail, the Web-based service to be introduced in...
[April 23, 1998, 9:40]
Netscape 8.0 (beta) review
Reviews Netscape has released a beta version of a much-anticipated browser that takes advantage of the recent and wildly successful Mozilla Firefox 1.0 release. It's no surprise that the so-called Netscape prototype runs the Gecko engine that also powers...
[March 4, 2005, 12:55]
Battle of the Web browsers review
Reviews Netscape 8 takes the best of both worlds. Netscape 8 also includes tabbed browsing, and it's easy to use. Netscape 8 According to WebSideStory, an independent Internet traffic site, as of April 2005, Internet Explorer use has fallen below 90...
[May 24, 2005, 10:30]
Lindows to bundle Netscape browser
News Lindows, the maker of a consumer-friendly version of the Linux operating system, announced on Tuesday it will bundle Netscape's Web browsing and communication technology into its software. The start-up software maker collaborated with Netscape...
[September 24, 2002, 13:49]
Mozilla nibbles at Microsoft browser lead
News Microsoft's iron grip on the Web browser market has slipped ever so slightly since the release of new products from rivals Mozilla and Netscape Communications, Web researcher OneStat.com reported on Monday.
[June 25, 2002, 9:21]
Mozilla 1.0 unleashed on browser market
News Mozilla 1.0 will be compared against the latest generations of commercial browsers, so Mozilla spent the time necessary to make sure this release would indeed be ready for prime time," said a representative for Netscape, which created the project...
[June 6, 2002, 8:48]
IE 4: A fundamental shift?
News But while the people's choice may remain Netscape Navigator, an increasing number of Web users are clearly moving to Internet Explorer. Over that same period, Netscape Navigator's share of the market has declined to 62 percent from 70 percent.
[September 30, 1997, 9:45]
