...Mario Herbert, who designed entry #11 from yesterday's post. Congratulations Mario!



Mario's design will be the default splash screen for Netscape Navigator 9. We especially liked the clean look and the throwback feel of the ship's wheel.

Many thanks to all of the other participants in the contest; the choice was difficult to make due to the high quality and aesthetic appeal of all of the entries.

In no particular order, here are all of the entries in the Navigator 9 splash screen design contest. Feel free to campaign for your favorite in the comments section.

We've gotten a lot of feedback during the Navigator beta period that many users want the option of a splash screen. Well, we've decided to give our design team a break and let you submit your own idea for how the splash screen should look. The winning image will be used as the splash screen in the final 9.0 release of Navigator, and the designer will (of course) be listed in the browser credits. We've already seen some great designs in the Netscape community forums, so we know that there's untapped talent out there.

Send your designs in PNG format to browser@newnetscape.com; we'll be posting them here as they come in. You have until September 20th to enter, and don't forget to vote in the poll on what the final prize should be for the winner.

Rather than just posting a new browser feature or an update on Netscape 9's development, I thought I'd switch it up this week and have a little contest.

Netscape 9 will have a new top-level menu (as in File, Edit, etc.) that does not appear in Firefox or any previous version of Netscape. The first person to correctly guess the name of the menu and its function will get their name included in the Netscape 9 credits, which you can view in the browser via the "About Netscape" dialog.



You must post your guess below, and anyone with inside knowledge of the browser (like a current or former Netscape employee) is ineligible. Your name is probably already in the credits, so you'd have nothing to gain anyway.

Let the guessing begin!