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As a long time Netscape user going back to Netscape Navigator 2.1, I'd just like to say, will the browser team stop trying to suck up to the Firefox and IE users and concentrate on rebuilding the best browser and email programs out there. Not since version 7.2 with the seamless integration between browser and email has this team done anything right. Blame probably and rightfully goes to the fools at AOL.
Yes there are some nice improvements and yes whether Netscape and Mozilla users like it or not the two companies will be forever joined at the hip. There will always be comparisons, because under the hood they are twins.
If Netscape is ever going to regain it's prominence, it has to concentrate on upgrading the email program Messenger and forge a connection between browser and email again. Otherwise I like others will continue to use the 7.2 browser because the 7.2 email program automatically connects to it, duh!
Wow, I thought I must be the only person still using 7.2, but I should've known better if I thought about it. I've been using Netscape since whatever version was out in the Fall of 1995 and have always upgraded reluctantly. But, I've heard nothing good about versions post 7.2
I have tried Firefox. When the web has evolved to the point that NS 7.2 no longer can tolerate, I will switch to Firefox for good, I suppose. MSIE is installed on my system, but only used when an obnoxious website requires it AND it is important to me. If it isn't really that important to me and a rude website won't work properly with NS, I just move along. Forget them.
foggy and nccneon,
Very well put! My thoughts precisely!
I am not surprised that the Netscape navigators and rest of the team are promoting it.
I am extremely concerned about trying ANYTHING in a Beta version. The bugs just keep on biting until it becomes unbearable and you keep shaking your head wondering why you ever got suckered into trying a Beta!
Although I am curious about what Netscape has done in V9.0, I will wait until the final version is out.
In the meanwhile, I will be reading to comments from those who have taken the plunge!
I'm using 7.2 too. When I updated to 7.2 I lost all bookmark, mail folders, and address book. I didn't want to upgrade. It was done automatically. I don't know how but it made me mad. I've used Netscape since 1996 and really hate the so-called upgrades. I don't like Opera and will also probably go to Safari. Firefox isn't too bad. If it wasn't for Netscape's mail program, I'd quit it now. But e-mail is the only thing I like.