AOL to Release Netscape 7.2 Based on Mozilla 1.7

securitas writes "ZDNet's Evan Hansen reports that AOL will release Netscape Navigator 7.2 based on Mozilla 1.7 code this summer. The update comes a year after version 7.1 and after Microsoft stopped standalone development in Internet Explorer. eWEEK's Matt Hicks offers analysis of the new Netscape release, citing studies that say while Microsoft has a 93.9% browser market share and 87% of business users use IE, 25% still use Netscape and 11% use Opera -- the math works because people use multiple browsers. Hicks asks the question 'Is the Netscape Browser Being Reborn or Just Stabilized?' Hicks interviews several people in the know including a former Netscape engineer, an industry analyst, and Opera Software CEO Jon von Tetzchner."

Re:Why?

[Bill_Royle]

With Netscape, you get AOL shortcuts on your desktop.

Wait, you said advantage?

Re:Of course

[farmhick]

People around you drive 55 in the fast lane? Here it's more like 25. On the interstate. With light traffic.

Good thing I don't carry guns in the truck, or there'd be some dead slowpokes around here.

Re:Why bother?

[ForestGrump]

But if AOL died, I would have a hard time finding qualifying wives. You see, If she is an AOL user, DUMP HER! (unless she is good looking enough to compensate)

-Grump

netscape is 5.5 times better than mozilla

[Anonymous Coward]

Now one must look at the facts here netscape is better than mozilla -- how do you benchmark such things, well 7.2-1.7=5.5, so netscape must be 5.5 times better than mozilla

Re:netscape is 5.5 times better than mozilla

[Elendil]

Shouldn't it be 7.2/1.7=4.24 times better? See, we're already closing the gap! Go Mozilla!

Re:Will real browser gain market?

[Troed]

Freedom means that idiots are allowed to be idiots

FINALLY I understand the part about "land of the free" ...

Let me be the first to say...

[longbottle]

Too little, too late.

Re:Will real browser gain market?

[rcamera]

you mean you're not running win3.1 anymore? i personally am scared to take the step to win95...

Re:Browser stats

[mikeswi]

The overwhelming majority of hits for my site is MSIE.

The reason being is that most of them are infected with sort of parasite and need help getting rid of it. People running Mozilla/FF/Opera really don't have much of a need for my site. *grin*