Out Thursday, Netscape 8.0 also lets users choose AskJeeves, and AOL says it is in talks with Yahoo as well.
Netscape also switches the placement of the boxes into which users type in search terms and Web addresses. Recognizing the growing use of search for navigation, the search box now has the more prominent spot on the left.
IE remains the dominant browser, but many users complain of its numerous security vulnerabilities and lack of modern features like tabbed browsing, which lets you visit multiple Web sites without opening multiple browser windows.
Firefox addresses those issues, but some sites won’t work because they’re tailored for IE. The new Netscape, which is only available for Windows PCs, addresses that quandary.
It displays most sites using a Firefox engine that’s embedded in Netscape’s software. But, when it deems a site relatively safe, it uses the IE software engine that is built into Windows.
Two things wrong with it mainly, first it just is firefox with a lot of extra bloat. Second, it only runs on windows (no other choice with the new dual engines). Seems they forget their legacy … anyway it seems to make sense only for those who actually visit “IE only” sites …
Well anyway, always room for more choice in open source software, so, a welcome to the new netscape, maybe it will get a few more people away from IE.
