I Don't Get It

I could kiss yout right now. I just fought with netscape for four hours trying to figure out why i couldn't control flash objects. I come to find out it's crashing on EVERY piece of javascript i put in. I JUST INSTALLED THE FRIGGIN BROWSER LAST NIGHT (and this is 6.0, not 7.0). Oh, and it runs fine on mozilla….when will they learn….

I've always used Internet Explorer..it seems to work fine. Haven't tried Mozilla yet. Is that your default browser Chris. Why not IE ? I also hate Microshaft anyway….getting a powerbook in a few months time.

Chris you are right on the money on that one.
Keep the good stuff coming!

I used Netscrape when I first got online. It met my needs until the first release of the Communicrapper suite, then I switched over to IE.
I stumbled onto the Mozilla project a couple of weeks ago while surfing. Man do I love this browser. Just spent the day migrating all my email and favorites over. I won't be going back to IE at all.
MOZILLA rulez.

I have to agree with you Chris. Netscape is a bug infected browser, it has always been. You are the only decent host at TechTV. I love your show and your honesty. You rule dude!

You will get no netscape love here, When I first got online I used netscape for about a minute. after that I swtiched to IE and ended up useing that forever until a month or two ago when I discovered Mozilla, no I use ot over 95% of the time.

You rock, you scare me, but you rock.
Mozilla and open source are the wave of the future. Netscape is bulky and worthless. IE does have the benefit of being faster, but is non standards compliant.
You're show is great and I'd love to work there when I'm old enough. How does one become a tech TV host anyway?

You are so right! I am currently in the process of starting up NetscapeSucks.org!

Bzzt, you're slightly wrong.
There WAS a time in which Netscape was the best browser in town, albeit briefly. The few blinks of an eye before IE was released and in which NCSA was clearly not going to get anyone to work on Mosaic anymore. Netscape gave us background images, font colors, and a bunch of other stuff. Even after IE came out, I'd argue that Netscape was superior on some platforms (ok, well, the Mac).
I use IE and Mozilla exclusively now, but Netscape was fine for a short while. Never forget, or the ghost of Marc Andressen may haunt you for eternity.
–sean

Speaking of Tony Curtis, actually his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, I can't wait till 'Halloween: Resurrection' comes out. Sorry, just my random mind talking out loud.

Dont hold back tell us what you really think about it…………………………………lol

Guilty as charged as far as the download goes, but with reason: hating Netscape/AOL with a passion is a full-time job. I switched to IE after N4 laid an egg in my computer, and have no desire to change…but if I don't at least try Netscape, I can't legitimately say it's inferior. I downloaded the 7 Beta; if anyone ever asks, I can give them an honest answer: it SUCKS.
Meanwhile, that editor still using N4 is quite impressive considering the editor of our rinky-dink small town newspaper still uses version THREE. How he hasn't shot himself yet, I don't know. (But Peter, N3 displays just as well as N4, and isn't as much a memory hog. I mean, who needs CSS? It's not like 4 shows it any better.) Oh yeah.

Question: Does Mozilla run faster on slower/older machines?
Why can't I find screen shots, or this info. anywhere? Let me know.

Let's be fair here- Netscape 7.0 is beta and it does SUCK> It's nowhere near being useable yet. Netscape 4.xx is ancient by tech standards. Let's compare the newest fully supported final versions- IE 6 and Netscape 6.2.3. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. I use both everyday. And let's not forget Opera, either. I do tend to use IE a little more, but I truly feel that it's because the Web has been forced to optimize for IE due to Microsoft's strongarm tactics…

one more thing- all the extras, RealPlayer, Winamp, Net2Phone… these are all optional in the installation. But they are the KINDS of programs that an end-user will add to their systems anyway to experience what the Web has to offer, although one might choose different specific apps.

I agree with Sean that back in the day (circa 1995, 1996, early 1997 even) Netscape did rule, and was the best of the crap out there. Anyone who used IE 3 or their first version (I think it was 2, cuz 1 was the previous company's build) can attest to that.
And Netscape did a lot of things to help us web devs explore our creative side. For the longest time, IE's biggest contribution was blinking text. Gah.
But today, Netscrape is just that… crap. Moz is the king of the world now as far as I'm concerned personally, but unfortunately, to the rest of the world it is InternetExploder(tm)… I'm waiting for their next EULA to say that you can't use IE to view content that disparages Microsoft in any way. I have to use IE because that's what my clients use, and what 80% of people out there use. But for my personal surfing at home, Moz rules.
If only they could figure out why my trackpoint auto scroll don't work in Mozilla though….

You are the wind beneath my wings.

Mozilla = Netscape 7.0 – AOHell crapware
Mozilla can actually go toe to toe with M$.

“IE's biggest contribution was blinking text. Gah.”
This was actually a Netscape contribution, not IE's. Still, go Opera.

Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!Opera!
Too much maybe….
http://www.operasoftware.com