Tag: netscape
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Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.4 Available
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. 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…
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Netscape Navigator 9.0 Available
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. 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…
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Netscape Navigator 9 Release Candidate 1 Available
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. 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…
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Flight of the Navigator
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. 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…
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Netscape Browser 8.1.3 Released
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. 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…
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Netscape 9 Saves You Time
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. Ever tried to visit google.cmo? How about irs.gvo? I’m sure that everyone has, at one time or another, made common mistakes like these when typing addresses in the location bar. What normally happens is that you notice your mistake after waiting for the page to load and…
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Netscape 9 Target Platforms
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. After last week’s announcement, many of you inquired about the target platforms for Netscape 9. The previous version of Netscape (8.x) was only available for Windows, but the news that I have to bring this week is that Netscape 9 will be released simultaneously for Windows, Linux,…
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Netscape 9.0 Teaser
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. What you are looking at is a draft of the main toolbar of Netscape 9.0, running on Windows XP. Netscape 9 will be a standalone browser, and from this screenshot, you can infer several things: unlike Netscape 8, Netscape 9 will contain more standardized support for newsfeeds…
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Long Live RSS
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. Earlier this week, I wrote about our decision to stop hosting the DTD for RSS 0.91 after July 1, 2007. Since then, we have received a torrent of feedback from users in both support and opposition to our plan. Based on this feedback, we have decided to…
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To DTD or not to DTD
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. Over the weekend, the tech community noticed that a file crucial to the operation of certain RSS readers was MIA. This file, the DTD for RSS 0.91, had been hosted at my.netscape.com, and its purpose was essentially to explain the structure of RSS 0.91 documents and to…
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WTB: Software Engineer, Designer
This post originally appeared on the Netscape Blog. We’re expanding our team! Software Engineer We’re currently looking for a developer to supplement our browser development team that could also lend a hand with Web development. The ideal candidate will have: 3+ years experience in software development. Strong PHP/MySQL skills Substantial C/C++ skills Strong Javascript, XML,…