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Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator is a web browser with tabbed browsing, form filling, customizable toolbars, integrated AIM Buddy List and more. It also offers RSS compatibility that allows you to subscribe to RSS ...
Average of 17 user ratings: 
- Dec 29, 2007
- For version:
- 9.0.0.5
Are they discontinuing the updates? 
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 3
- Overall:
I Really Like this Browser.But Today(Saturday Dec 29 2007)I Heard Through The Grape Vine That they are Going to Discontinue The Updates For This Fine Browser as Of Feb 1 2008 and Are telling Everyone To Switch to Another Browser For Security Reasons.I Sure Hope Not.
Review by: MouseChaser (20)
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- Dec 12, 2007
- For version:
- 9.0.0.5
Well done !
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Better then most of the others ...
Review by: Hellraiser (15)
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- Oct 27, 2007
- For version:
- 9.0.0.1
Has been
- Interface: 3
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 3
- Overall:
Well Netscape has finally died. Hate to see it go, use to be a real good web browser. Sense Netscape, laid off over half their team. Netscape was sold out to a company in Canada, that did the UI for IE. Netscape is about as slow, if not slower then IE. Uses the same BHO's. It's AS sucks worse then Windows Defender. Not recommended.
Review by: Tao2005 (32)
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- Jun 25, 2006
- For version:
- 8.0.4
Convinced
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I am convinced now with Netscape. I am ( or was ) an Opera user and I must say that this new version of Netscape is very good indeed. First the ability to use both rendering engines - gecko and trident - then the security center really works and works well. As said by other reviewer, when scanning for spyware on my machine, it found things that Adware SE Plus and Spybot missed. It accepts the Roboform plug-in ( a must for myself ).Its fast enough - much faster than IE ( even with Deepnet explorer installed ) and on par with Opera. This 8.1 version does anything to do with previous versions of Netscape. Give it a try a take your own conclusions. I am convinced with this new version.
Review by: ArturN (39)
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- Jan 28, 2006
- For version:
- 8.0.4
Try it! you'll like it.
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
While I wasn't impressed with Netscape's "revamped" browser in a previous 8.x version, having recently downloaded, installed and used (am using now) version 8.1, I can honestly say that I am quite impressed. A lot of the problems I had with the previous versions have been addressed and remedied. The security center is a very nice touch and its full scan for adware/spyware discovered things that AdAware and Spybot Search and Destroy missed. Being based on Firefox, it is quite secure as well as fast. The ability to switch to Internet Explorer for certain sights and have the browser remember this eliminates all compatibility issues Netscape might have once had. All in all, I really like this browser and am using it as my default browser both at work and at home.
Review by: ghman56 (4)
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- Sep 23, 2005
- For version:
- 8.0.3.3
Excellent!!!
- Interface: 3
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 4
- Overall:
What a super great browser. it has the ability to switch engines from Gecko(Firefox) to trident(Internet explorer). this means all pages are viewable. on install it now gives the user the option which engine to use as default, which the previous version did not. just choose the Gecko(Firefox) engine which is more secure. I've long ditched useless Internet explorer, used opera for a while but that contains adware, used Firefox which is good, but now use Netscape as my default browser. its not a hard browser to use despite what others say. just give it a try.
Review by: Ramsey (5)
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- Sep 17, 2005
- For version:
- 8.0.3.3
Above ie
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 3
- Overall:
Not my 1st choice, but miles ahead of IE , wish browsers were not based against this garbage (IE)
Review by: magnuspark (11)
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- Aug 05, 2005
- For version:
- 8.0.3.1
Better than firefox
- Interface: 5
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
I gave Netscpae V.8.01 a try after Firefox V.1.0.6 confronted me with fatal errors and confused my system. Netscape did a better job. Far more reliable. No bugs. No errors. Netscape has more functionality as well like the latest news from Snapfiles in my RSS Newsbar. But to be honest: Firefox is faster downloading pages and filling tabs so the choice between the two is sometimes difficult.
Review by: Nicholas (37)
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- Aug 01, 2005
- For version:
- 8.0.3.1
Its base on fox
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I install Fox on XP and had nothing but problems i think it might be because of SP2 so i gave Netscape a try and no problems Fox 1.0 run well on my system but when i upgrade its just slow down the thing dont even want to load and i have the COU and Memory to run any app.
Review by: USMC8541 (13)
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- Jul 27, 2005
- For version:
- 8.0.3.1
Netscape is a big improvement over IE...
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Netscape is a big improvement over IE. The tabbed browsing, the fully integrated email (I have three accounts at different providers that feed into it.)and the seamless switching to IE if a site demands only that browser makes this a pleasure to use. Its not hard on the eyes either. And finally, although taking more space on the HD than Firefox and Opera, it seems to have no flaws so far.
Review by: isailthe7cs (5)
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- Jul 13, 2005
- For version:
- 8.02
This browser is great...
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I used to use Internet Explorer, but since I started using Netscape I have been finding surfing the Internet to be a much more enjoyable experience. Version 8.0 is great and definitely a further improvement on version 7. Some people complain that this browser is too big and hard to use, but I disagree and think all it's extra features are great. Highly recommend this browser!
Review by: JSpooner
First post
- May 20, 2005
- For version:
- NA
No thanks
- Interface: 1
- Features: 1
- Ease of use: 1
- Value: 1
- Overall:
Thought I would download Netscape 8 to see how it performed. Last recall having used 4.8 which from memory worked quite well. Could not even install as I did not have Internet Explorer (or correct version thereof)!! From a Mozilla-based browser installation? Stick with Opera, me thinks.
Review by: Dannie
First post
- May 20, 2005
- For version:
- NA
Nice but too restrictive
- Interface: 3
- Features: 3
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
Netscape 8.0 is a nice improvement over older versions, but it is still too big and too restrictive: It forces you to start with Netscape's search page and download manager.
Review by: esskaye
First post
- Apr 10, 2005
- For version:
- 7.1
Too huge
- Interface: 2
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 4
- Overall:
This is a good communicator...but it's too huge. Still good.
Review by: agent52 (2)
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- Jan 13, 2005
- For version:
- 7.1
Mozilla wannabe
- Interface: 4
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 2
- Overall:
Long-time Netscape fans should look towards Mozilla for their "anti-IE" fix. Mozilla is basically the same browser (same Gecko-based engine) minus the tons of bloat (the download size is about a THIRD that of Netscape!!).
Review by: EM_745 (32)
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- Dec 05, 2004
- For version:
- 7.1
Firefox on aol steroids
- Interface: 2
- Features: 2
- Ease of use: 2
- Value: 2
- Overall:
Basically integrates IM, email, and web-browsing into a single package. Still has problems with several sites that rely on IE engine specifics. This uses way too many system resources to remain in my software library. AVANT is the VERY best browser period. Firefox is a close second. IE and Netscape would tie for a distant third.
Review by: dmaster (8)
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- Aug 22, 2004
- For version:
- 7.1
Worth the effort
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Netscape is a "damn good browser", yes it's rather big compared to some of the others out there but everything works and works very well. It installs easy and most important it uninstalls easy.
Review by: kmjreade (8)
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