Not that anyone really cares at this point, but AOL has killed Netscape for the 2nd time. For the less than 0.2% out there that actually use Netscape, AOL will only provide security updates for the next month. On February 1, 2008 the browser will no longer be supported.
They are encouraging users to switch to the Firefox web browser.
A security update to Netscape has been released. Does anyone really use that??
Netscape v8.0.4 fixes a few security issues by bringing the Firefox part of the browser up to 1.0.7. Though, even Firefox 1.0.7 is in need of a patch to address a new security flaw.
I saw this link to this article over at Opera Watch, even though Daniel didn’t comment on it.
Apparently a flaw in Netscape 8 caused it to mis-report itself as Mozilla Firefox. This in turned caused the stats for Netscape to fall, and the stats for Firefox to increase.
Thats ok… Opera reports itself as IE by default. So we have kind of the same situation there. Opera was considering a change to the default reporting, and hopefully we’ll see that in the next major release. 
A seven year old flaw has come back to haunt the Mozilla and Firefox browsers.
The MoFo group is usually pretty quick at addressing issues like this, so I’d expect a patch to come out in the next few days to a week. Also, I’d suspect that Netscape 8.x is also vulnerable to the flaw since it was built off of Firefox.
This weeks poll at OCC is asking what our members think about Netscape 8.0. You can find that poll here.
As you may have seen Netscape 8.0 was released yesterday by AOL. The new version of the Netscape Web Browser was based off of Firefox 1.0.3, which many of you may remember had a couple of critical flaws.
Netscape has released an update to their new browser to address these issues. As with the first release, the release notes for the update contain almost no useful information what so ever. Thankfully, there is a security alert page tucked away in the Netscape web site which will tell you what security issues were addressed in 8.0.1.
Netscape 8.0.1 can be downloaded here. - If for some reason you are using Netscape 8.0, it’s highly recommended that you update your browser.
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.
Have you ever found yourself wondering when the first version or any version for that matter, of your favorite web browser came out? Or maybe you’d like to see how many versions of other browsers have come out since Microsoft’s last release of Internet Explorer in 2001.
I don’t know why, but for some reason as I sat in my chair yesterday I began wondering what the browser wars looked like. Rather than just sit around all day and ponder, I decided to take on a project that would answer all of those questions. And so, my Web Browser Version History project was born.
It’s turning out to be a pretty massive list of browser versions, but even with its size it is still far from complete. As many people at OCC know, I’m an avid Opera fan and a diehard user (ok, some may call me a fanboi), so for me finding version history for Opera was quite easy. The other browsers, well that is proving to be a bit more difficult. Even with the all mighty power of Google, I am still not managing to find the information I need for MSIE, Firefox, Moz, or Netscape. I could use some help tracking down information on those.
It’s amazing that AOLTW still can’t figure out why they are losing customers, and having to let employees go. Could it be because everything that AOL touches turns to shit?
Read more about the possible end of Nullsoft & WinAmp at OverclockersClub.com or BetaNews.com.
For those of you who forgot, AOLTW also helped to destroy Netscape. Thankfully, ICQ has managed to survive AOLTW so far. Given AOLTW’s track record, I’m sure that won’t last.
