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Category: Netscape Navigator

  • URL Fixer Has Been Acquired

    They made me an offer I didn’t refuse.

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.3

    Navigator 9.0.0.3 has been released, bringing it up to par with Firefox 2.0.0.9. Blog post here; Propeller.com discussion here; download it here.

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.1

    We released Navigator 9.0.0.1 this morning; blog post is here, Propeller.com discussion is here.

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0 Released

    The final, official release of Netscape Navigator 9.0 is now available. The official blog post is here; the Propeller discussion is here. This marks the end of a 4-month beta period for Navigator 9; I am not sorry to see it go. On to 9.something-thats-not-zero!

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0 RC 1

    Release Candidate 1 of Netscape Navigator 9 is out. We took out the social integration, but we’ll be releasing those parts as Propeller extensions.

  • Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 3 Released

    Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 3 has been released. Read about it at the Netscape blog.

  • Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 2 Released

    We released the second beta of Netscape Navigator 9 today. Much praise to Richard for taking the lead on development and the roadmap this round.

  • Pownce has a big security problem

    Kevin Rose’s latest project, Pownce, has a glaring security problem on its front page. The JavaScript that Pownce uses in its login form can reveal your password in plain text on the screen. Here are the steps to reproduce the problem in Firefox: Login to Pownce via http://www.pownce.com/. Allow Firefox to save your login information…

  • Is Digg hiding stories from search?

    This link to the Navigator 9 download page was submitted to Digg around noon on Tuesday and received 10 diggs over the next 24 hours. A story about a Firefox-based browser release submitted by a top-100 Digger? That sounds like possible front-page material to me – why only 10 diggs? Maybe it’s because the story…

  • Coverage of the Navigator 9 Beta

    Articles about the release of the Navigator 9 Beta have been all over the Web today. Here are the major ones that I’ve spotted: Slashdot: First Peek at Netscape Navigator 9 Fark: Netscape releases a new browser. In other news, Netscape still makes a browser 456 Berea Street: Software Update Day Pronet Advertising: Netscape Navigator…

  • New Book of Mozilla verse

    If you’re running Netscape Navigator 9.0, type “about:mozilla” into the address bar to see the newest verse from the Book of Mozilla: “And thus the Creator looked upon the beast reborn and saw that it was good. — from The Book of Mozilla, 8:20” A cookie goes to the first person who can identify the…

  • Netscape Navigator 9.0 Beta Released

    The long national nightmare is over: the beta of Netscape Navigator 9.0 has finally been released to the public. Read the official announcement here. Read a more informal introduction to the browser here. Download it here. Read the release notes here. Discuss it here.

  • C.K.’s start-up life

    C.K. Sample III describes the last two years of working in various start-up environments inside and outside of AOL. I found this part especially interesting: Aside: I must take a moment here to implore everyone at AOL: release the new Netscape Browser. I’ve played with early versions of it and it’s great. The best browser…

  • Own a piece of history

    For the low, low price of $189,900, you could own this piece of Web software history: This is the very building where I worked on such projects as Slashdotter, Netscape Navigator 9, OPML Support for Firefox, ScribeFire, the Digg Top Users list, and most recently, Twits Like Me. If you act now, I’ll even throw…

  • New browser extension: AutoAuth

    AutoAuth is an extension for Mozilla-based Web browsers that automatically submits HTTP authentication dialogs when you’ve chosen to have the browser save your login information. (If you’ve already told the browser what your username and password are, and you’ve told it to remember that username and password, why not just have it automatically submit it…

  • Extending JavaScript

    There are a lot of common programming algorithms that are built into various languages as functions: checking if an array contains a certain item, trimming a string, mapping a function to an array, etc. JavaScript doesn’t have a lot of these built-ins, but with prototypical inheritance, it’s easy enough to add them. I’m thinking it…

  • Netscape 9 Teasers: Week XI

    See you later, Navigator.

  • Netscape 9 Teasers: Week X

    This week’s browser teaser is a big one: we’ve released Netscape 9’s theme (Netstripe) as an add-on for Firefox. “Netstripe is compatible with Firefox 2.0 through Firefox 2.0.0.*. To install the theme, you can either download it from Mozilla Addons or just complete the following steps: 1. If you are running Firefox on Windows, install…

  • Netscape 9 Teasers: Week IX

    My latest Netscape 9 feature update is up: “In Netscape 9, we’ve built upon Firefox’s option to load a bookmark in the sidebar by extending sidebar browsing to all links. In order to properly support this feature, we’ve enhanced the sidebar browser by adding a navigation menu, address bar, and link target toggle.” Check out…

  • Netscape 9 Teasers: Week VIII

    That is all.

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