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Netscape Navigator, RIP (and More Blasts from the Past)

Posted 12/28/07 at 11:26:31 PM  by Mark Soper

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6. Microsoft's Stealth Update of Windows Update Backfires - Big Time This posting from the beginning of October garnered 8 diggs and several comments from frustrated users. It ushered in a series of postings I did about nagging problems with Windows Update and the "improvements" it pushed to unwilling Windows XP users, including Send Windows Desktop Search Packing - Now! and Bedeviled by IE Browser Crashes? Try These Fixes.

5. Broken Windows Fixed Quick with Dial-a-Fix This September posting about a great utility for fixing Windows problems brought several Diggs, some heavy discussions about why utilities like this are useful, as well as a note from the developer himself.

4. The Little Vendor That Could - The Latest In the Mandriva vs Microsoft Saga was a popular one with readers, garnering 9 Diggs. It provides a rare look at the bare-knuckle, no-holds-barred nature of the Windows versus Linux battle for global dominance.

We'll wrap up the series on Monday (the last day of the year) with my top three posts from 2007.

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avatarthx for the netscape theme

Submitted by LaurenB on Tue, 01/01/2008 - 4:50pm

thx for the netscape theme link. after reading that I really felt like honoring it's history by having it's presence on my computer for quite a bit longer.<3

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avatarThe end of the first great browser

Submitted by FascistNation on Sun, 12/30/2007 - 6:30pm

I was stunned when I read a few months ago that Netscape Navigator was announcing a new release. I didn't know it was still available. I remember when the rule was to use OS/2's Hyperlink to download Navigator. (kind of like using IE today to download Firefox or some other browser) I remember when so many websites demanded you enter with IE that you had to change a setting in about: to fake Nav as IE thereby skewing the webs Internet usage of IE over Nav.

For those still using NN consider switching to Seamonkey. You will definitely feel right at home.

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avatarMore about SeaMonkey...

Submitted by Marcus_Soperus on Mon, 12/31/2007 - 4:56pm

at http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

SeaMonkey is designed to provide
"Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application."

It is based on Mozilla source code (as are FireFox, Thunderbird, etc.)
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