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Category: Netscape Blog

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.4 Available

    Navigator 9.0.0.4 was released earlier today in order to incorporate the security fixes included in Firefox 2.0.0.10. Please be sure to update your installation of Navigator when prompted by the automatic updater, or you can force the update manually by choosing “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. The release notes for this release are…

  • Netscape Messenger 9 Alpha 1 Released

    Netscape is pleased to announce the availability of the first public alpha of Netscape Messenger 9, a mail and news client, to complement the Netscape Navigator Web browser. This release is now available for download from mailnews.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The release notes for 9.0a1 are here; they include download and installation instructions.…

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.3 Available

    Navigator 9.0.0.3 was released earlier today in order to incorporate the stability fixes included in Firefox 2.0.0.9. Please be sure to update your installation of Navigator when prompted by the automatic updater, or you can force the update manually by choosing “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. The release notes for this release are…

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.2 Available

    Navigator 9.0.0.2 was released earlier today in order to fix a bug related to searching using both the location bar and the default Netscape search engine. Please be sure to update your installation of Navigator when prompted by the automatic updater, or you can force the update manually by choosing “Check for Updates” from the…

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.1 Available

    Navigator 9.0.0.1 was released earlier today in order to incorporate the security fixes included in Firefox 2.0.0.8. Please be sure to update your installation of Navigator when prompted by the automatic updater, or you can force the update manually by choosing “Check for Updates” from the Help menu. You can also download the full installer…

  • Propeller.com Social News Browser Extensions

    A few weeks ago, we announced that the social news functionality was being removed from the Netscape Navigator Web browser in parallel with Netscape.com’s transition to Propeller.com; at that same time, we promised that we’d release these features as standalone browser extensions. We’re making true on that commitment; the following social news features that had…

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0 Available

    Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the official release of Netscape Navigator 9. The release is available for download from browser.netscape.com. The following changes have been made since Release Candidate 1: Added security measures when installing extensions from the sidebar browser Fixed error that was displayed after updating (with auto-update) from 9.0b3…

  • Netscape Navigator 9 Release Candidate 1 Available

    Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Netscape Navigator 9. The release is available for download from browser.netscape.com. Due to Netscape.com’s transition from a social news site to a traditional news portal (and the resulting re-launch of the social news site at Propeller.com), we made the decision to…

  • And the winner is…

    …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…

  • Navigator 9 Splash Screen Design Contest: 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.

  • Splash Screen Design Contest: 3 days left to enter

    We’ve gotten some great entries in the splash screen design contest for Navigator 9; we’ll be accepting entries until 11:59PM Central Time on Friday, September 21, so you only have two and a half days left to enter. After the entry period ends, we’ll post all of the submissions and announce a winner. It looks…

  • Navigator Splash Screen Design Contest

    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…

  • Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 3 Released

    Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 3. The release is now available for download from browser.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Beta 3 includes the following changes from Beta 2: New preferences in Tabs panel of Preferences dialog Added “Link Pad” to the “Clear Private Data” dialog Fixed…

  • Navigator 9 Beta 2 has been released

    Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 2. The release is now available for download from browser.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Beta 2 addresses the following issues that appeared in Beta 1: Added URL as a tooltip to Linkpad entries Added “Reload” to the FAS and Tracker sidebar…

  • Navigator 9 Beta has been released

    Netscape is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta 1. The release is now available for download from browser.netscape.com for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Some of Navigator 9’s new features are listed below; for a complete list, see What’s New in Netscape Navigator 9? at browser.netscape.com; you may want to also…

  • Flight of the 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,…

  • Netstripe: Netscape 9’s Theme for Firefox

    Netscape 9 is on its way, but to tide you over until it gets here, we’re releasing Netscape 9’s theme (called Netstripe) as a separate add-on for Firefox. Here are some previews of the great work done by our designer, Andy Fraley. (You can install the theme by following the instructions at the end of…

  • Netscape Browser 8.1.3 Released

    We’re pleased to announce the 8.1.3 release of the Netscape Browser (Windows only). New in this version are security updates to the 8.1.x browser line – see the Security Alerts page at browser.netscape.com for more information on the bugs fixed in this release. Remember to uninstall your current 8.x installation from the Control Panel’s Add/Remove…

  • Netscape 9’s Sidebar Browser

    In Netscape 9, we’ve built upon Firefox’s option to load a bookmark in the sidebar by extending sidebar browsing to all links. (Right click on any link and choose “Open Link in Sidebar;” you can also drag and drop a link onto the sidebar if it is already open.) In order to properly support this…

  • Netscape 9’s Revolutionary Feature

    What is the biggest feature lacked by Web browsers today? Security? No. Advanced privacy settings? Not even close. Full-size 24×24 activity indicators? Absolutely. For Netscape 9, we’ve brought back the big throbber from days of old and stuck it right on the end of the toolbar – Bam! (Throbber 9.0 is not content to hide…

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