Netscape 7.2 Release Within the First Two Weeks of AugustFriday July 30th, 2004eWeek have obtained confirmation from AOL that Netscape 7.2 will be released in early August. AOL spokesperson Andrew Weinstein told eWeek that the new version will be available within the first two weeks of August. Previous speculation has centered around an August 3rd release but Weinstein says that this date is just the deadline for placing early CD orders. He also confirmed that Netscape 7.2 will be based on Mozilla 1.7 with "not a lot of additive features". However, eWeek mentions the possible inclusion of the Netscape Toolbar, which is currently only available for Internet Explorer. A screenshot from former Netscape employee Pascal Chevrel seems to confirm this. Correction: Pascal Chevrel was never employed by Netscape. Oops. Pascal's going to be flattered by this article, but he never was a Netscape employee AFAIK :-) "Pascal's going to be flattered by this article, but he never was a Netscape employee AFAIK :-)" You're right. I was thinking of someone else. I remember now. Just you, Tristan and the other guy. Alex ...a collective yawn. The train has sailed. No one cares. To alot of people the netscape name means a hell of alot more than the mozilla name. I'd say mozilla is definetly the better product in my oppinion, but there are those that like the extra additions and then there are those that have no idea what Mozilla is. I care too. Every time NS gets released, I can continue politely notifying webmasters that their site doesn't work in the latest version of Netscape, which was just released. Netscape at least still carries a bit of weight, compared to Mozilla which carries almost none. Note, this is changing fast in FireFox's favor, but will still be true for a while. I just hope that Netscape 7.2 doesn't pick up the bug that is in Mozilla 1.7.1 that makes the user continiously go into preferences and activate and reactivate the tabbed browsing. i sincerely hope that this new netscape launch will not end up overshadowing the firefox 1.0 launch or end up confusing end-users and distracting them away from the better product. i think the netscape brand name was fatally tarnished by the flaws and delay with the 6.0 release, and many people will lump firefox with netscape and ignore the whole lot. not to mention, it irks me that aol is managing to cash in on mozilla and netscape after all but dumping the whole thing. They paid millions to create the mozilla foundation. Give them some credit. Netscape still is a strong brand and the netscape browser is an important asset if you want the gecko-based browsers to succeed. I've seen many times in the past a small Nescape advertisement on the first screen of CNN, US edition: http://us.cnn.com , and it is still there now, of course. I'm wondering if it's a permanent Netscape ad on CNN (a Time Warner company, you know). Have to go with the earlier reply, Netscape is important. Just wait until 7.2 is released, it will be a slow day for netscape servers as copy after copy gets downloaded. Netscape still has the perception of being the product and Mozilla the geeks development browser or just plain not known at all, certainly at an enterprise level. It will be far easier for me to get Netscape 7.2 on everyone's desktop in work than Mozilla. Admittedly I am installing Mozilla 1.7.1 but I'm not yet able to remove access to IE. My plan is Firefox 1.0 will be enough to get the company there, every user who get's hit with a virus or spyware will be told to switch. |