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Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 1. The release is now available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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paymastergeneral
June 5, 2007, 10:53 a.m.
Will have to try this out, anythings better than internet explorer.
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tdrapeau
June 5, 2007, 10:56 a.m.
Great job browser team!
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joeblowe
June 5, 2007, 10:58 a.m.
I wonder if they have fixed this so that it actually works again?
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Neophile
June 5, 2007, 11:12 a.m.
I like the new tracker sidebar. Also, the popup notifications for friend activity and site-mail are very handy.
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eviln3d
June 5, 2007, 11:23 a.m.
does anyone actually use ie or netscape? I thought the world had moved on to firefox and opera
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TimALoftis
June 5, 2007, 11:31 a.m.
Very impressed. Many built-in features that enhances the Netscape.com site. Good job!
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foggy
June 5, 2007, 12:12 p.m.
As a long time Netscape user going back to Netscape Navigator 2.1, I'd just like to say, will the browser team stop trying to suck up to the Firefox and IE users and concentrate on rebuilding the best browser and email programs out there. Not since version 7.2 with the seamless integration between browser and email has this team done anything right. Blame probably and rightfully goes to the fools at AOL.
Yes there are some nice improvements and yes whether Netscape and Mozilla users like it or not the two companies will be forever joined at the hip. There will always be comparisons, because under the hood they are twins.
If Netscape is ever going to regain it's prominence, it has to concentrate on upgrading the email program Messenger and forge a connection between browser and email again. Otherwise I like others will continue to use the 7.2 browser because the 7.2 email program automatically connects to it, duh!
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Truzseeker
June 5, 2007, 12:13 p.m.
The new Firefox is faster, and after years of using Navigator, I still prefer Firefox over Opera, Navigator and especially insecure Internet Explorer.
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groingo
June 5, 2007, 12:18 p.m.
Not bad, much faster than either Opera or IE and the Firefox extensions slip right on without a hitch...so far so good.
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groingo
June 5, 2007, 12:55 p.m.
The longer I use it the worse it gets.
Slower and slower, many websites when links are clicked on don't come up till you hit the tab and many sites continue running according to the tab which slows it to a crawl.
Pretty messed up.
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Shay
June 5, 2007, 4:19 p.m.
It's awesome. I love it. Great job guys. Hope to see more great things in the future. Nice credits, Chris.
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joeblowe
June 5, 2007, 5:21 p.m.
OK - I'm using the 9.0 beta on Fedora Core 6 Linux as I type this. It -seems- to be working OK - so far. The download and install of the Flash player was easily done and started right up. The fonts appear to be a bit improved. Hasn't locked up...yet.
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trnscndr
June 5, 2007, 6:27 p.m.
It seems to be okay for every site except for Netscape.com. Strangely, I had to reopen Firefox to get to Netscape.
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Macondo
June 5, 2007, 6:58 p.m.
Sounds good.
At this time I am mostly a Firefox user, my second option has been Safari (With Netscape) Last Explorer.
Lets see.
In few weeks it would be interesting to se opinions after we have had the opportunity to compare.
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Scott-O-Rama
June 5, 2007, 8:37 p.m.
Yawn!
This might have been exciting news last year, but once again Netscape missed the opportunity.
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Dwolf
June 5, 2007, 9:42 p.m.
I love Netscape 7.2 and hope I never have to switch although now and then there are websites that won't work with it. I've tried Netscape 8 but hated it. I like the simplisity of 7.2, the side bar, the personal toolbar, popup stopper, the placing of buttons and all that... I wish they'd stick to a format that works rather than adding so much crap to the browser nothing works right.
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SS454
June 5, 2007, 9:50 p.m.
And i to Love 7.2 the only ver that has ever worked other then 2.6So now AOL get us to use 9.XXXX i hate to say this its Crap from the word go.Even Microcrap is better then this.
Guss its time to move to SeaMonkey
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Searchbeam
June 5, 2007, 10:20 p.m.
I am going to say this, and say it emphatically:
Why does netscape.com load VERY SLOWLY, while other sites load in a split second?
Is the site still in Beta?
Sure feels like it!
Can the whiz kids who developed Netscape V9.0 do something about it? Or is it going to be like the proverbial cobbler's shoes that never get repaired??
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shyanbelle
June 5, 2007, 10:18 p.m.
Can some one tell if this is any better then Firefox? Because I am a major firefox user! It just seems to have a problem with some of the ajax features here on netscape. Some things take for ever to work. Gets kind of annoying.
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frankahilario
June 5, 2007, 10:25 p.m.
Netscape used to be my favorite, so I tried this new Navigator. I've compared it with the old one, with Opera, Firefox, and Explorer. Netscape Navigator is as good as the latest Firefox, and that's saying a lot for Netscape. And Opera? It's erratic. And Explorer? It's bad.
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cpodrasky
June 5, 2007, 10:32 p.m.
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1-2-Oscar
June 5, 2007, 10:33 p.m.
Will this release screw up the webmail again?
Every time these clowns "improve" the product that happens.
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rossiv
June 5, 2007, 10:44 p.m.
I'm using Netscape 7.2, where's 8? lol. Also I'm using Netscape as my default e-mail application. I'm downloading this one today.
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brettodactyl
June 5, 2007, 11:56 p.m.
Congratulations on the new release; I like Navigator 9 very well so far. One thing I would like to see, however, is a button for getting system mail, and options for automatically logging onto webmail (Yahoo, Google, Netscape, etc.) As glitchy as Netscape 8 was, I always thought the automatic webmail logon was a great concept (which unfortunately ceased to work properly on my computer). Keep up the good work.
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Joer4x4
June 6, 2007, 12:03 a.m.
I kinda miss the old Netscape stuff. It was fast and reliable.
I got away from netscape after they dicontinued their calendar.
At least AOL is bringing back the old fish tank. New fish of course.