TeamLIGER Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 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. Yes Yes I submit......Lets not start a war....... In MY OPINION: Netscape Navigator 9 is significantly faster than other browsers that I have tried, including Firefox 2.0.0.X, Firefox 3 Beta 2, Flock, Opera, Maxthon and Safari [ugh....]. Flash content is rendered seamlessly unlike Opera. And a few nifty features have been added with a new theme [Netscape Default]. Also, it uses significantly less memory than other Gecko bases browsers [ON MY COMPUTER, which is not diseased, infected, slow or unstable]. After a week of usage, it didn't seem to be using more than 50 MB, with 8 add ons, a new theme and browsing 4 sites at once [in tabs]. So, where did you found this info? do you have source or is just you own conclusion? As for the features, they are in the Navigator Homepage, so you can check them out. As for overcoming memory usage problem, I have read a review somewhere on the net which stated that, I will get back to you with the link once I find it. As for browsing speed, those are my observations, coupled by comments from reviewers: PC Pro: But that Gecko support does mean you get broadly similar performance to Firefox: our page-rendering test took 5.26 seconds (compared to 7.09 seconds for IE7), and memory usage was the lowest we saw at 25,268KB. Both highly commendable results. Computer Shopper: Netscape 9 loads very quickly, runs smoothly, and has excellent support. Yes, I know my sources are vague and did not compare Navigator with the other browsers, but they will do for know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 24, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 24, 2007 Netscape 9 is still Firefox though, unless they're doing something special, it's going to be the same speed as normal Firefox and use the same amount of memory. Remember, speed is very subjective, people will swear there is a speed increase even if there's a decrease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamLIGER Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Netscape 9 is still Firefox though, unless they're doing something special, it's going to be the same speed as normal Firefox and use the same amount of memory.Remember, speed is very subjective, people will swear there is a speed increase even if there's a decrease. I second that... Well let's all hope they are gonna do something special. I am sick of opera's flash rendering problem. Although this is a little off topic, I used OpenDNS' DNS and discovered that opera runs more smoothly, including flash rendering. Any connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Netscape 9 is still Firefox though, unless they're doing something special, it's going to be the same speed as normal Firefox and use the same amount of memory.Remember, speed is very subjective, people will swear there is a speed increase even if there's a decrease. Well, if there out of the box tweaks in settings for the Cache it could make different results. But sure, you may do them in Firefox as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted December 24, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 24, 2007 I second that...Well let's all hope they are gonna do something special. I am sick of opera's flash rendering problem. Although this is a little off topic, I used OpenDNS' DNS and discovered that opera runs more smoothly, including flash rendering. Any connection? Nope, all in your mind. OpenDNS doesn't do half the stuff people say it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiceCarpet Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Open DNS is just that a DNS server, Doesn't effect page content just tells you pc where the pages are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkwing5736 Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I might give this a shot later and see how I like it, as I havent really used Netscape since version 5 or 6..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abc@home Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 AOL To Discontinue Netscape Browser Development I don't know AOL would take my words that seriously :p 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...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 21, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 21, 2008 That's what Mozilla is, Netscape code and a lot of the original Netscape guys. Netscape is only the name, the latest release was just a re-badge of Firefox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BinaryFragger Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 yeah, but its a name with meaning! ha or used to be.Firefox for some reason doesn't really feel like netscape to me. if you remember, netscape used to come with a compose, irc, email client and more built in. I guess they called that the Mozilla Suite? (netscape 4.7 and 9:P) To me only SeaMonkey has the netscape feel to it, since it has the original them and everything, but that program is so lame to use right now. It seems outdated, but the next version i think SeaMonkey 2, should be much better and actually usable. They have some extensions for it, but its so complicated to use. The next version should have the addon/theme manager like firefox and everything so it'll be cool. And hopefully they'll put "x" on the tabs to close them. http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ SeaMonkey 2.0 is coming along nicely. The Firefox-style addon/theme manager is complete, and they're presently recoding the Preferences panel. The tabs don't have an "X," though, and I don't know if they ever will. It should also inherit Firefox 3.0's memory improvements, since SeaMonkey 2.0 will use the same rendering engine (Gecko 1.9) as Firefox 3. The nightly build I'm using right now is downright snappy. My favourite SeaMonkey extension, compatible with 2.0 alpha, is MonkeyMenu. It allows you to completely customize the interface, including adding a Firefox-style search bar next to the address bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted January 22, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2008 Yeah, Firefox is just the browser component from Mozilla Suite (which is what Netscape was), Seamonkey is a continuation of Mozilla Suite. The next version of Seamonkey is moving to the Firefox code (more advanced than the Mozilla Suite stuff), but is still keeping all the things people want from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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