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Netscape 8

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SantaC

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so I just installed netscape 8. quick impressions:

* Firefox is still faster
* popup blocker works good
* File saving seems buggy

not bad, though I will probably stick with firefox

edit: ah it's based on firefox, so why the fuck is it slower...

netscape 8
 
Netscape 8 is based on Firefox, meaning they started by taking Firefox, which is the Mozilla core plus new UI code, and modifying from there. The difference between the old Mozilla Suite and Firefox/Thunderbird is that while Firefox and Thunderbird use the same Mozilla core as the Suite they have a new XUL toolkit and have new UI code based on that toolkit. One of the goals of the new Seamonkey project is to get the Suite running on that new toolkit.
 
SantaCruZer said:
so I just installed netscape 8. quick impressions:

* File saving seems buggy
I notice that when I'm saving multiple files, Firefox sometimes locks up for a second, whereas Netscape 7.1 never did. Anyone else notice that?
 
Teddman said:
I notice that when I'm saving multiple files, Firefox sometimes locks up for a second, whereas Netscape 7.1 never did. Anyone else notice that?

Like saving multiple files from the same server simultaneously? Firefox is set to only be able to download 2 files a time from the same server.

To change it type about:config in the adress bar and look for the setting

network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-serve

then right click it and select modify, and change the number to something like 20.
 
Anthropic said:
Netscape 8 is based on Firefox, meaning they started by taking Firefox, which is the Mozilla core plus new UI code, and modifying from there. The difference between the old Mozilla Suite and Firefox/Thunderbird is that while Firefox and Thunderbird use the same Mozilla core as the Suite they have a new XUL toolkit and have new UI code based on that toolkit. One of the goals of the new Seamonkey project is to get the Suite running on that new toolkit.

O_o
 
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