Anyone using the new Netscape version 6 browser??

[bongo]

well, is it junk or better than IE5. I hope it's better than 4.73 Nscp, cause that one is so buggy for me.

thnsk

[Jammrock]

That question has floated around quite a bit. Netscape 6 is sink or swim, depending on the system. On my computers it is sink. The Preview release is more of an Alpha release. Newer versions of the broswer will hopefully be more stable.

Some people love it though and can run it rock stable.

Jammrock

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[hella356]

I used Netscape for years, but IE5 is much better than 4.73. The new Netscape 6 is the ugliest software I've ever seen and in it's current state is slow and unstable from what I've seen on 2 PCs. No fullscreen mode, confusing layout, pain in the ass bookmark editing, and no support for scrolling marquees don't help the situation either. I never thought I'd switch from Netscape but IE5 is way easier to live with.

[Rohde]

Netscape is defenitly dead.
Besides being extremely ugly, the new beta 6.0 is also lacking the exact same features that makes 4.7 so lousy.
It's the StyleSheet implementation (among other things) that sucks ! Try making a page with CSS (cascading style sheets) and viewing it in a Netscape browser (any version), and you'll see what I mean.


Torben R

[This message has been edited by Rohde (edited 02 June 2000).]

[Rick]

Netscape 6 was slow and buggy on my system. I'm currently running IE 5.5 beta and it's been performing very well, they also added a print preview function (bout time). The look of ver 6 was also annoying. It reminded me of the Neoplanet browser but without the ability to switch to a new skin if you hate the current one. Reinstalled 4.7 and I think I'll be leaving there for a while, couple of site seem to prefer it over IE.

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