Netscape 7.0 is Out 632
MrJones was one of many many users to submit that Netscape has released
Navigator 7.0 unto the world. With their dwindling market share, it'll be interesting to see what affect this has on internet users. But here's hoping it makes a dent.
No anti-popup ads support (Score:3, Informative)
CNet Review - "Don't switch browsers" (Score:5, Informative)
Title: Don't switch browsers
Summary:
We had high hopes for Netscape 7.0, but we're sorely disappointed, especially by the missing pop-up suppressor. There's no practical reason to switch from either IE or Mozilla.
Netscapes Market Share Down to 3.4% (Score:2, Informative)
Microsoft's rival browser, Internet Explorer, by contrast, has an estimated 96%
of the market, according to Internet research firm WebSideStory.
http://computerworld.com/newsletter/0%2C4902%2C
Re:What's the difference between it and Mozilla? (Score:2, Informative)
Mozillazine has more info... (Score:5, Informative)
Netscape Communications Corporation today launched the final version of Netscape 7.0. This latest release is based on Mozilla 1.0.1, making it the first Netscape browser to be built upon post-1.0 code. The new version boasts several enhancements over the 0.9.4-based Netscape 6.2, including tabbed browsing, the ability to save complete web pages, print preview, site icons (Favicons), a download manager, full screen mode (Windows only), Quick Search within Mail Newsgroups and Address Book, return receipts, mail labels, (Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) S/MIME mail encryption, CSS support in Composer and one-click web page publishing.
Netscape 7.0 also has several features not found in Mozilla. These include the ability to access Netscape Webmail and AOL accounts directly from within Mail Newsgroups, a button to easily toggle the display of My Sidebar in Navigator and P3P (Platform for Privacy Preferences) support for automated cookie handling. Improved instant messaging features including file transfers, Buddy Alerts and Buddy Icons are provided by AOL Instant Messenger for Netscape and ICQ for Netscape. There's also a round throbber with a cool animation.
Netscape 7.0 can be downloaded from Netscape's web site [netscape.com] or FTP server [netscape.com]. More details can be found at Netscape Browser Central [netscape.com] or in the Release Notes [netscape.com].
NS7.0 vs Mozilla (Score:5, Informative)
If you prefer bleeding edge code with more bugs then use Mozilla. It doesn't have any of the above and has the popup blocker UI. Web developers will also appreciate stuff like the DOM inspector and JS Debugger modules.
Re:No anti-popup ads support (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Yes, but ... (Score:3, Informative)
Should make a dent if included in AOL (Score:5, Informative)
From the article, it appears as though they are testing Netscape 7 to be included with the next AOL version. If this indeed goes through (and finally replaces IE, which has been included in AOL because of an agreement with MS from just before AOL purchased Netscape), this will surely make dent due to the large AOL subscription base.
Although Mozilla [mozilla.org] has been available for a while and is a favorite among developers, it accounts for little among regular users. Netscape is much more recognized by name and will be advertised like crazy (banner already up on cnn.com [cnn.com]).
Also, Microsoft's upcoming Win XP update will include the option of providing alternate "middleware" including browsers. According to this article [com.com], Netscape 7 will be compatible with Win XP's alternate Middleware option. This should give PC makers as well as end users the option to switch without lots of hassle.
it's not just the browser (Score:5, Informative)
One of the main challenges faced in getting users to use standards-compliant browsers over obsolete programs such as Netscape 4-series is also the computers. At places still using older systems or franken-systems, Moz (may just be too hefty for Windows. It doesn't seem as much of a problem on PCs, because IE is available, but many people still use NS4 for the mail client (and I cannot in good conscience tell them that Moz's is overwhelmingly superior, despite weird stuff like NS4 Mail encoding all messages in Rot13 [sameperson.net] by accident). It is an even bigger challenge with Macs, because many older Macs just won't comfortably run IE/mac, so NS4/mac is the browser of choice for aging Macs.
But saturating the market with standards-compliant browsers is helpful anyway. I could only wish more people knew about Mozilla, for their sake.
Link to the pop-up blocking... (Score:3, Informative)
I have not tried it with the final version of Netscape 7, but it should work unless they've blocked it some how.
Re:Yes, but ... (Score:1, Informative)
Go onto ebay.com, and take a look. You'll find RS/6000s come/came in all shapes and sizes, including standard desktop configurations.
AS/400s may be different, I haven't checked. But the RS/6000 was widely marketed as a workstation unit, and some versions even look like those old PS/2 units.
Posted as an AC because you'd probably want to correct your own posting rather than have everyone reading some smartRS/6000 correcting you, and because this is off topic.
Please, moderators, don't mod this up. Mod PotPieMan's correction up when it comes.
Re:It won't, sadly. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Did they fix the #1 bug? (Score:3, Informative)
If you wanna search bugzilla for the bug, feel free.
Re:Steroptypical response (Score:4, Informative)
Mozilla 1.1 is more cutting edge and therefore has a few cute new features but will definitely have a lower MTBF.
In other words its horses for courses. Either take the features, or take the stability.
Re:NS7.0 vs Mozilla (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What's the difference between it and Mozilla? (Score:2, Informative)
I've yet to find a bug in Mozilla (since the aforementioned fucky webpages above crash Netscape as well).
Actually, to be fair, there is one problem with Mozilla. When you go to the official Neverwinter Nights website, the pages render as a black screen. Since that's the ONLY site that does that, that would suggest to me it's bad web design rather than a bug.
imap and ldap sure make it nice (Score:2, Informative)
Netscape Still gives a person the choice to have a browser that comes with a mail client that supports imap. Thats one reason we use it where I work as a sysadmin. Its easy to create and manage profiles for all our users in a matter of seconds, and has great support for using ldap for an address book.
Re:NS7.0 vs Mozilla (Score:5, Informative)
By comparison, Mozilla 1.1 is based off the trunk where the controls on checkins are much less strict and the QA is less intensive.
This means while Mozilla is also an excellent browser, there will be bugs introduced that weren't caught and the chances of crashes or weird behaviour are higher. This might not be an issue for power users, but end users probably care less about the bleeding edge features than about stability. Netscape 7.0 also ties into AOL/Netscape content which is also handy if you want to immediately start using the browser for reading the news, shopping, finding recipes, talking to friends etc.
Netscape on solaris. (Score:3, Informative)
Netscape On Solaris [sun.com]
Also solaris mozilla binaries take about 4-5 weeks before they are available on mozilla.org. And building it from source is pain in the A$$.
The term "Communicator" is dead (Score:3, Informative)
That's the difference between the browser Mozilla and the company Netscape? How do you compare a browser to a company?
The Internet suite distributed by Netscape Communications, a unit of AOL(tw), is called "Netscape" [netscape.com]. Version 4.x was called "Communicator". It began to be officially known as "Netscape" starting with version 6.
Ooooh! You meant the difference between Mozilla and Navigator, right?
From Mozilla 1.1, I pull down the Window menu, and I see the word "Navigator". I guess both Netscape and Mozilla use the term "Navigator" to refer to the web browser component.
You must have popups turned off (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Popup suppression in IE? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Netscape on solaris. (Score:2, Informative)
Re:What's the difference between it and Mozilla? (Score:2, Informative)
You might want to check the other features there, too.
Now where's this bannerblind function you speak of? Sounds interesting.
just tried ns7 (Score:2, Informative)
Re:EFFECT (Score:2, Informative)
Affect is to mood what climate is to weather.
Re:NS Communicator 4.8? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:CNet Review - "Don't switch browsers" (Score:2, Informative)
(btw, shouldn't people like the reporters for CNET do some basic google'ing before they say it doesn't have popup-blocking, I mean it's not that hard to find this. [ufaq.org]
Re:NS7.0 vs Mozilla (Score:4, Informative)
NS7.0 isn't everyones cup of tea (an understatement on Slashdot), but it is much more suitable for end users and workplace use than Mozilla.
Spell Checker for Mozilla (Score:4, Informative)
The site claims that the spellchecker should land in the mozilla tree probably right after 1.0. I guess it's late... but you can still download it yourself.
Why you may not want to disable popups (Score:3, Informative)
It seems Radio@Netscape depends on popups to work.
Re:What's the difference between it and Mozilla? (Score:2, Informative)
It looks at all the images on a page, and checks them against a list of normal banner sizes (which you can modify, add, delete, etc.), and hides the images that match those sizes, thus hiding most banner ads
Spellchecker anyone? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Slashdot effect? (Score:2, Informative)
I don't think that's been a problem in Moz for a long time, maybe a year. I use it all the time
Calendar for Mozilla/Netscape (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Bankers Irony (Score:5, Informative)
A certificate using system MUST reject the certificate if it encounters a critical extension it does not recognize
IE does not process the critical basicConstraints extension (as well as others) and still accepts the certificate. Netscape (even back to version 4) will reject a critical extension that it does not recognize.
Re:Noun vs. verb? I think not (Score:2, Informative)
It's true that affect and effect have noun and verb forms each. However, it's also true that 90% of the time, effect is a noun while affect is a verb.
Common usage inclues:
What will be the effects of this action?
What things will this action affect?
Because they are used in a related context so frequently, it does not surprise me that people have trouble with them, hence the simple rule of thumb: effect == noun, affect == verb.
In truth of course, you can 'effect' to bring into being, and something may have an 'affect', meaning an assumed aspect, perhaps even a pretentious one. In practice, these words are uncommon enough (though not rare) that many people are completely unaware of them.
And probably yes, especially Americans. Our poor schools :-(
Popup blocking IS in Netscape 7.0 (Score:4, Informative)
Look for these lines in the prefs.js file in your profile directory, and make sure that they have the values indicated below. If the lines don't exist, just copy and paste the lines below into your prefs.js file.
user_pref("capability.policy.default.Window.open", "noAccess");
user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
For lots of details about prefs, go here [mozilla.org].