February 20th 2008

Netscape 9 Users: Time to Flock or Firefox

Posted by Tom Drapeau

› tags: Firefox, Flock, Navigator 9, Navigator9, Netscape

Users of the Netscape Navigator 9 browser will see the following major upgrade notice available today, released as Netscape 9.0.0.6. When the Netscape 9.0.0.6 upgrade is accepted and run, the following notice will appear, denoting the end of support date (March 1) and the recommendations of Flock and Firefox:

The "Remind me later", followed by clicking the "Stay with Netscape" button, can be used in case one wants to keep Netscape 9 after the end of support date. For those who are keeping Netscape, the Navigator 9.0.0.6 release contains the security patches contained in Firefox 2.0.0.12.

If one of the Download links are clicked, a progress will begin that downloads and installs the new browser, and migrates preferences/settings from Navigator.

People who decide against this upgrade can still find easy download links for Flock and Firefox on netscape.com. Just look for the following "Recommended Alternative Browsers" section on the right hand side:

For those who choose Flock, not only will you get a seamless upgrade of your preferences from Navigator 9, but you'll have the option to choose a theme that (to us) looks a lot like the Navigator theme. Very cool.

I'd like to thank Shawn Hardin, Clayton Stark and the whole Flock team, for continuing to create tools to help the Netscape faithful maintain a high quality browsing experience.

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5:57PMComputers

I would go for Firfox over flock any day.

6:37PMOnline college degree program

Thanks for news I will change to Flock!

6:41PMdog accessory

I also think this will help netscape browser users.

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7:45PMBevital

It's not good news for netscape fans but it's good to know that the time is now for Flock or Firefox.

7:48PMJake Smith

I recommend Flock it works great.

7:51PMMark Jonn

People who decide against this upgrade must rethink it:)

12:07AMTopDir

Thank you for the Information i have noticed it too and was a little bit confused first time but now all its clear.

12:07AMPublic-Push

fine thx for the hint.

5:22AMdexlovex2

I have liked Netscape from the beginning, so I will be sad to see it go. I don't using Foxfire with Propeller because it doesn't keep my tag history. I have downloaded Flock, gave it a test run and it doesn't look like I will have that problem with it.

8:15AMpolitical forum

Looking forward to it. Thanks!

8:17AMAlexis Kauffmann

I'm sad. Flock still needs improvement and I am not happy with Firefox's interface. I'm orphan!

9:25AMDating

Good i liked the Navigator theme.

11:50AMErzgebirge

My first Browswer was Netscape 2.0. It is a little bit strange after so many years to have to change. But after several tests, I can say: the best of Netscape lives in Firefox!

4:50PMAndy

I stopped using Netscape after 7.2, when it became a browser only, and started using the Mozilla Suite. It lives on under the name SeaMonkey. If you liked the suite, rather than separate browser and mail components, you can download it from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ . You'll find people who can help you with it at http://forums.mozillazine.org/index.php?c=3 .

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