After a long, long time, there is finally a new version of the Netscape Web Browser. Version 8.0, released today, is based off of the popular Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and Internet Explorer. But will the combination of the two worlds bring security or heartache to the new browser?
The release notes for Netscape 8.0 doesn’t really contain much information, and in my opinion they are pretty useless.
Without actually trying the browser out, and by just looking at the flash tour, version 8 looks like the same cluttered and bloated web browser that killed it. If you ask me, Netscape needs to get back to the 4.7x era that most people actually liked. Thankfully, reports on the internet are stating that Netscape 8.0 no longer tries to filter all search traffic through its own portal, news that will be welcomed by many.
Like Mozilla and Opera, the default search engine in Netscape 8.0 is Google with options available for Ask.com or Yahoo!.
Anyway, if you are interested in downloading Netscape 8.0 you can find it here. - Don’t bother looking for a Mac, Linux, BSD, or Unix version of Netscape 8.0, there isn’t one.
