Browser Poll

[geoffgarcia]

Last I checked, Netscape took an older version of Mozilla, added in their adware and other 'features', and called it Netscape.

I'm not positive, but I believe Netscape is inferior to Mozilla in just about every way.

Incorrect-amundo!
Netscape built their engine back in whatever, like 1992. In 1998 they decided to release their code into an open source format. They named it Mozilla.
Mozilla IS Netscape.

This is the press release announcing it (linky)

Netscape 7.1 is built on Mozilla 1.7.1
Netscape 7.2 is built on Mozilla 1.7.2

SO! now that we've cleared up that they are using the exact same engine, the only difference is bells-n-whistles that netscape adds to increase usability.
Obviously bells-n-whistles aren't for everyone and certainly the more code there is the more room there is for problems.
But to say Netscape is inferior to Mozilla, well...its not.

 

[cgrabe]

That code released in '98 was scrapped and replaced with the Gecko engine, but that's beside the point. The Mozilla code has gone through many hands over the last 6 years and, for the last year+, has been developed by the Mozilla Foundation independently of Netscape/AOL. Current releases of Netscape are dressed up versions of Mozilla. Those bells and whistles reduce stability and remove functionality (7.0 deliberately removed the ability to block popups). That, in my mind, makes it inferior. But that's all opinion, and I'm sure some will disagree with me.

 

[geoffgarcia]

That code released in '98 was scrapped and replaced with the Gecko engine.

Gecko is a rendering engine that is used by both Mozilla and Netscape.

The Mozilla code has gone through many hands over the last 6 years and, for the last year+, has been developed by the Mozilla Foundation independently of Netscape/AOL.

Its independent but there is still a close relationship...Netscape/AOL didn't just give up their code for nothing, they are relying on the ingenuity of developer fanatics/enthusiasts to come up with new/fun/cool things with as little red tape and beurocrazy as possible.

7.0 deliberately removed the ability to block popups

true but that version was 2 years ago, the functionality is in versions 7.1 and 7.2

 

[cgrabe]

Oh well. It doesn't matter.

I'd have to say my second-favorite browser is Lynx. That's a fast browser!