Shof Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Does anyone use this? I noticed on the Netscape site, that it said this: Mozilla and Firefox are registered trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation. and the installer had something about Firefox and Mozilla So i got bored and installed it on the college computers, one of things i noticed is that it seems to be faster then firefox with loading web pages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldier1st Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 it is better than netscape 8 but we will have to see how this unfolds,it may be a good browser again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted October 17, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted October 17, 2007 didn't even know there was a new version, for a long time, hmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Frothy Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 So is this just a Netscape badged Firefox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted October 27, 2007 Veteran Share Posted October 27, 2007 Its basically a build of Firefox repackaged thats how I thought it was but I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc@home Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Don't know what's the point. Netscape 8 did bring something (dual engine, like it or not) but Netscape 9 is not much more than ff with a different theme. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeley Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 Excellent browser. The link pad is really handy. Well worth the download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Netscape 9 = Firefox 2. Same car, same engine, different brand-name, different paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asharae Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 It is exactly the same, but I do like the look of the default theme :) Is there any way to get this theme for firefox beta 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 It's Firefox2 with Netscape's few tricks. The theme is named Netstripe: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4784 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusValentine Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 (edited) New Style Netscape = Firefox Old Style Netscape = SeaMonkey Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ Both basically use the same engine. Edited December 23, 2007 by Gus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasker Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Downloaded, installed and tested it in OS X and I like it, better look than firefox 2. Very interesting weather bar on the bottom, Good performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardValencia Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Loving it,i feel like old days......... Netscape vs IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Downloaded, installed and tested it in OS X and I like it, better look than firefox 2. Very interesting weather bar on the bottom, Good performance!Mmm... I don't see how it could be faster than FX2 if IT'S FX2..."Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11pre) Gecko/20071206 Firefox/2.0.0.11 Navigator/9.0.0.5" The Weather extension is there: http://weather.weatherbug.com/labs/firefox...-extension.html I still don't understand why Netscape just Re-Branded FX2 and release it by themself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasker Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Mmm... I don't see how it could be faster than FX2 if IT'S FX2...I still don't understand why Netscape just Re-Branded FX2 and release it by themself... Well I don't said that is faster, I said that the theme looks better than firefox 2. Well Mozilla Firefox is open source, which mean anyone probably can use the firefox engine and rename to whatever name and theme you want. Maybe Netscape bought some-kind of license or rights to use the engine, I maybe wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Well I don't said that is fasterHuh... Sorry, My fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2007 Netscape (the original company) created Gecko, Mozilla (now SeaMonkey) was basically a open-source version of Navigator. The new Netscape is just a new start on the Firefox (a slimmed down version of Mozilla/Navigator) codebase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Netscape (the original company) created Gecko, Mozilla (now SeaMonkey) was basically a open-source version of Navigator. The new Netscape is just a new start on the Firefox (a slimmed down version of Mozilla/Navigator) codebase.:blink: Sooo... the roles has been inverted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLIGER Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Let me get this straight..Netscape Navigator is not the same as Firefox 2. NOT. Both of them use the same engine [Gecko], but Netscape has modified the engine to a slight extent, such that it no longer faces memory usage issues. If you guys are up to it, I can write a review on it. But I am a little puzzled as to why the installer package had "Mozilla" as the author and not Netscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Let me get this straight..Netscape Navigator is not the same as Firefox 2. NOT.Hum... on what FACTS do you base your theory on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLIGER Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Hum... on what FACTS do you base your theory on? Okay, maybe I should rephrase it. Netscape Navigator 9 is not a Firefox package. It is BASED ON Firefox' s engine ,Gecko, [and Gecko is based on earlier Netscape Browsers] and I am not aware of any add on for Firefox which overcomes the memory usage problem that Firefox has. FACT 1: The original Gecko engine has been altered to overcome the memory usage problem. FACT 2: The Navigator 9 is significantly faster than other Gecko based browsers [Flock, Firefox 2.0.0.x, etc.] FACT 3: Features not found in Firefox 2.0.0.X but present in the Navigator 9: - Link Pad - Side bar - "Mini Browser" [there is an add on for Firefox with similar features, but it is not the same] - URL Correction AND what The_Decryptor said: Netscape (the original company) created Gecko, Mozilla (now SeaMonkey) was basically a open-source version of Navigator. The new Netscape is just a new start on the Firefox (a slimmed down version of Mozilla/Navigator) codebase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Your Fact One and Two are not FACTs. You cannot conclude on just summary view on your own Computer. Right here, my tweaked (with about:config: tweaks) Firefox 3 Beta (Witch as been told as using more ram than FX2) is using slightly more RAM than the Netscape Navigator 9 stock. I must have something like 10 addons and 30 Stylish Scripts. This said, maybe Netscape is better tweaked, but it's not different for more. Your Fact 3 is irrelevant. They just did add few addons right into the browser and not externally as other extentions. This is nothing special and don't mean that they redid the core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 23, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 23, 2007 If they made any major enhancements to memory usage, it would have worked it's way back into the main source, and last time i checked (last night actually, ended up reading some nice blog posts by devs about the memory allocation) i didn't find any information about it. ...I must have something like 10 addons and 30 Stylish Scripts. ... (Y) Edit: We do have to be thankful to the original Netscape though, it gave us Firefox, Thunderbird, Nvu, SeaMonkey, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasker Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Okay, maybe I should rephrase it. Netscape Navigator 9 is not a Firefox package. It is BASED ON Firefox' s engine ,Gecko, [and Gecko is based on earlier Netscape Browsers] and I am not aware of any add on for Firefox which overcomes the memory usage problem that Firefox has.FACT 1: The original Gecko engine has been altered to overcome the memory usage problem. FACT 2: The Navigator 9 is significantly faster than other Gecko based browsers [Flock, Firefox 2.0.0.x, etc.] FACT 3: Features not found in Firefox 2.0.0.X but present in the Navigator 9: - Link Pad - Side bar - "Mini Browser" [there is an add on for Firefox with similar features, but it is not the same] - URL Correction AND what The_Decryptor said: So, where did you found this info? do you have source or is just you own conclusion? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EduardValencia Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 For me it runs faster than Firefox,in fact i uninstalled Firefox,from now on I'm using Netscape :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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