May 1st 2007

Flight of the Navigator

Posted by Chris Finke

› tags: navigator, netscape, netscape browser, netscape navigator

To avoid confusion between the different Netscape products, we have made the decision that the next Netscape-branded browser (previously known only as Netscape 9) will be named Netscape Navigator 9. What's old is new again!

You may ask, "Won't this be confusing as well, since a number of Netscape.com users are known as Navigators?" Yes, that would be confusing. We'll have to do something about that...

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2:02PMCharbarred

Or you can find out who the 9th Navigator on Netscape.com is and name it after him :-)

6:57PMCorey Spring

While I like her, I just don't know if the Netscape Sarahs have the same ring to it.

9:11PMjorge maldonado

It doesn't matter how to called the "browser", just release a preview, alpha, or beta. I just want to say "HASTA LA VISTA BABY" to firefox and stop visiting the blog hopping to see good news.

3:58PMbilgi

this is very good idea. i will continue to follow netscape

6:28PMPeter Weisenbacher

Very good idea indeed, I was proposing this to the developing staff of 8 some time ago. And yes release beta ASAP pls.

4:36PMjohn

get off line

10:31AMGeorge Beker

As a guy who ran a PR/media firm dealing with the Fortune 50 for a lot of years, I remain amazed at the "smart" senior execs who buy up a great product and/or a great company and then trash its name and reputation -and exit with huge Golden Parachutes as a "reward" for their "brilliance." Steve Case and the rest of those responsible for the AOL/Time-Warner disaster - which included trashing Netscape - have a lot to answer for . . .

10:31AMOmega X

That's funny, that guy wanting to say goodbye to Firefox not realizing that Netscape 9 is Firefox with a few feature differences.

8:01AMMark

One of my best friends loves the old Netscape Navigator, and he always asks why we don't get an new version. Now he will be very surprised I think.

8:01AMStefan

Yes, I like the Navigator too. Lots of my friends told me, I have to use Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, but I don't do that.

8:02AMtom

I like netscape, but there are little problems with the feeds by my site.
Look there:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information
associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

I don't understand why...
Is this a options problem? It's RSS2.0

8:02AMCableGuy

I like the new name "Netscape Navigator 9" too. Let's go back to the roors :)

10:13AMTomek

It;s really cool idea to back to old good name: Netscape Navigator 9. Greetings

10:36AMZach

A Name? A Name? What's in a Name? Call it whatever you like, but get the beta out, AOL, and get off your fat keisters! The announcement was far too premature. You've dangled this thing at us for so long that many have lost interest. Netscape's percentage of users is miniscule compared with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Why even SeaMonkey and Opera have great numbers. If this release is delayed much longer, many users are going to become cynical in thinking, "Here we go again. Netscape is incapable of moving something out in a timely fashion. They have so few developers working on it that they can't debug it to even get the beta out so what... what do we expect in terms of staying relevant and up-to-date?"

I'm along for the ride but I'm NOT giving up Firefox even though I know this new Netscape has its engine. Big deal. Firefox has a world community of folks debugging and developing it and Netscape can only play catch-up. But for nostagia's sake... I'll wait in the wings and watch for a bit longer.

7:23AMUwe

Back to the roots - really cool idea ;-)

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