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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 16, 2007
- Total Downloads: 2,553,098
- Downloads last week: 4,121
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A newer version of Netscape Navigator is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 349 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The new Netscape Navigator takes a Firefox foundation, some neat Sidebar innovations, and an inside track to the Netscape.com social-networking and news site to create a browser that has some great features with minimal wonkiness.
Netscape.com is a huge part of the new Navigator: some new features might not be of interest if you don't hang out there. The Share button inside the address bar connects you directly to Netscape.com. Highlight content from the page and hit Share. The content becomes a summary, in a box that just needs a few tags to be submitted to the collective. Already-posted articles show Vote and Discuss icons instead of Share.
Bookmarks and History are self-explanatory sidebars, but a series of Netscape.com-related ones work well, too. Netscape Friends' Activity shows you what your friends have been doing, Netscape Tracker tracks the latest site updates, and Netscape News tracks only news posts. Non-Netscape.com users--a small, rebellious group, no doubt--will appreciate the Mini-Browser sidebar, which is essentially two tabs opened simultaneously, and the Link Pad, a savable URL notepad. Drag-and-drop adds a URL, clicking on the saved link opens it in a new tab. This is one of Navigator's new tricks that we love, but wish had more traditional notepad functionality. All Sidebar features have toolbar icons that you can add at will.
Most of the bundled features from version 8 have been removed. IE mode, integrated AOL IM, RSS reader, form filler, and security suite are gone, but the compatibility with Firefox 2 extensions and LinkPad more than make up for the loss. The innovations here might make this more than a backup browser.
Publisher's description
From Netscape Communications :In addition to high-speed browsing and instant-messaging capabilities, Netscape features one-click searching from the address bar; Quick Launch, which reduces the browser start-up time; Click-to-Search, which allows users to select a word within a Web page and search; improved instant messaging, including support for buddy icons, file transfers, and buddy alerts; and tabbed browsing, which allows users to view multiple Web pages in a single browser window.
Version 9.0.0.5 includes unspecified updates.
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Version 9.0.0.5 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
- Average user rating: 3.6 stars out of 349 votes
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
Pros: Simple interface that is fast and reliable. Just as good as any alternative to IE.
Cons: Netscape will no longer be supported by AOL (which owns Netscape). By February 2008, there will no further updates (including security updates) for any version of the Netscape browser.
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5 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
Pros: I've been using Netscape Navigator 9, from its launch with Firefox-Engine.Whenever Firefox updates,Navigator also gives corresponding updates.The latest Firefox is 2.0.0.11 and Netscape Navigator is 9.0.0.5.Now,it has stabilized and gives lot of features,faster-browsing,tabbed browsing with a choice of opening of windows,one-click-search and very secure similar to Firefox.It supports most of the Mozilla Addons/extensions, except skins(theme).It retains the old Netscape skin.I've enabled its automatic update option,and I get regular updations.Those who like Firefox will definitely like Netscape Navigator,too.
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
"AOL is stopping support but,..."
Pros: This browser will still continue to work. I guess I'll have to depend on my security programs to keep me safe on line with Navigator. This just gives me another reason to hate AOL which I canceled after four years because of scam emails telling me I won some European Lottery I never entered. This is still my #1 browser.
Cons: The only con I have is that it's owned by AOL!
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
"I've allways loved the "Navigator",It was My 1st;Thanks for the download!"
Pros: All But AOL.
Cons: AOL.
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5
Pros: I'm no PC guru so I can't say exactly why, but it works great for me. It's quick, saves my passwords and logs me into sites requiring login all by itself. I just click the link and bamm, I'm in. No hassles with Java or anything. It has become the browser I use more then any other.
Cons: Still, I cant ind any themes for it but the default aqua matches my "Vista" color scheme.
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