Netscape has finished their beta of the new version 8 browser that incorporates features from both Firefox and Internet Explorer. Right now, a visit to Netscape.com in any browser but Netscape 8 results in a ad page telling you your browser is out of date and suggesting you download the new browser. Following the link provided takes you to the NS8 page.
Netscape 8 looks pretty slick, and it might be an option for companies that don’t want IE, but have some reliance on it’s rendering engine for corporate intranets. Myself, I’m quite happy sticking with Firefox, Netscape don’t have anything like Firefox extensions and those extensions are the main thing that puts Firefox ahead of the competition. The other side of the coin is that Netscape are touting the security of their new browser, when in fact the Firefox code Netscape 8 includes is out of date and contains flaws that Mozilla themselves fixed in Firefox some time ago. Update: Within hours of Netscape’s version 8 release, 8.0.1 has come out containing fixes for all the flaws in 8.0, so if you were an early adopter, you need to go and get the newer version.
