New Netscape prototype
p2pnet.net News:- AOL has unveiled a prototype of its resuscitated Netscape Browser based on Firefox, but with support for switching to Microsoft’s IE engine.
So says BetaNews, going on that development went to Canada’s Mercurial Communications and that a source, " close to the company said AOL opted to include IE engine support in order to offer users more choice, as some sites are optimized for certain browsers. But to avoid security vulnerabilities found in IE, Netscape ‘gives the user the choice through Site Controls of what sites they trust and don’t trust by allowing them to turn off Web functionalities that expose security holes on a per site basis’."
AOL tapped Mercurial instead of attempting to rebuild a development team that now leads Mozilla-based efforts including Firefox, says BetaNews.
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See:-
prototype - Netscape revival attempt, p2pnet, November 18, 2004
resuscitated – Outsourced Netscape Merges Firefox, IE, BetaNews, November 30, 2004
December 1st, 2004 at 9:47 am
First Post. I’m Stoned. I might use a browser that has two rendering engines in it, but… it will probably say AOL on it so, that won’t work. It almost sounds neat. My fingers are numb.
December 1st, 2004 at 2:38 pm
i suppose this is relavent to clueless aol users (i.e. single digit iq’s) but who the hell cares when we have mozilla and firefox!!
December 1st, 2004 at 3:23 pm
Netscape, too little too late.