In the market for a hybrid engine? Netscape's new Web browser might be just the ticket.
As of 8 a.m. PST Tuesday, Netscape fans were test-driving a prototype Netscape browser that runs on two different browsing engines: the Mozilla Foundation's Gecko engine, which powers up the Mozilla, Firefox and older Netscape browsers, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer engine, which many consider the de facto Web standard.
The prototype's release follows earlier reports that the AOL unit planned a comeback for the Netscape browser and portal, as well as indications that the new browser would include some surprises under the hood. It also follows a years-long pattern of browser bet-hedging in which AOL has maintained its Netscape browser unit while supporting Microsoft's competing IE browser.
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News source: C|Net News.com
As of 8 a.m. PST Tuesday, Netscape fans were test-driving a prototype Netscape browser that runs on two different browsing engines: the Mozilla Foundation's Gecko engine, which powers up the Mozilla, Firefox and older Netscape browsers, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer engine, which many consider the de facto Web standard.
The prototype's release follows earlier reports that the AOL unit planned a comeback for the Netscape browser and portal, as well as indications that the new browser would include some surprises under the hood. It also follows a years-long pattern of browser bet-hedging in which AOL has maintained its Netscape browser unit while supporting Microsoft's competing IE browser.
Screenshot: >> Click here << News source: C|Net News.com
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It uses the IE engine most of the time, but lets you switch to Gecko if you're a masochist
Eh, not really. I havn't noticed any difference between the way Trident (IE), KHTML (Konqueror, Safari) or Gecko renders the page.
Maxthon's Gecko support is very much experimental though, use at your own risk. If you must use a Gecko browser that isn't Firefox or Mozilla Suite, try K-Meleon.
If you're gonna say when the browser comes out in a few months that it"s the new Netscape,might as well give it a brand new look,completely from A to Z.
if yes post a link
i've been testing it for almost a day or so.still it isn't what we want
http://www.skizzers.org/mirror/NSbrowserSetup-Full.exe
How is it "non-intuitive"? Apart from having the loading image and menu swaped around its the same as Firefox and every other browser. In fact it actually saves quite a bit of space having the menu aligned on the title bar.
Its about as complicated as Notepad.
The reason Mozilla gained popularity is because it didn't have all the added crap Netscape 6+ had. This is the same reason many Mozilla users went to Firefox.
it feels cluttered, but it has the concept of firefox. i cant wait till the final version of this.
lol... wouldn't it be funny if this browser just opens holes from both EI and Mozilla engines when a flaw is found in them. so instead of getting hit from one side, it's from both. lol. but yeah probably can't happen cus it needs to be told which "default" engine to use right?
anyways. i just really want to know about my first ie6 engine question.
Of course, switching to IE engine is (almost) like starting IE standalone. As for security difference is less than 1% IMO.
Apart from the ugly green, and obviously so much like firefox, its disorganised, i think ill stick to firefox.
They implement the Gecko engine, but add ActiveX-support.
Active X is one of the things that make IE insecure.
Sigh.
Install flash "with activex" is childplay.
Install flash without activex is quite a burden.
Basically, the only thing that ActiveX brings to Netscape is the ease of automatic spyware installation.
Uh, you mean the de facto default browser, don't you? I'd say that IE barely follows any web standards.
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I'm actually posting this from the new version of Netscape (which I have installed alongside, but separate from, Netscape 7.2, Firefox, and IE/Maxthon). One problem I have had in ALL other browsers (this includes IE, Maxthon, and both Netscape and Firefox, is the odd *browser hang*, even with sites that have no browser-specific code). Over the next day or two, I'll be throwing the Problem Sites (those mostly aimed towards IE or that have display issues in Firefo
Pddly enough, Neowin is one site that *has* Firefox issues (even in Firefox 1.0), but works fine in *Firescape* (Netscape with the Firefox engine), which pretty much wrecks the issues being engine related.
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