Browsing opportunities: 11 Web browsers tested


Contents
Introduction
Avant Browser
Camino
Faststone
Firefox
Internet Explorer
iRider
Netscape
Opera
Safari
Secondary Browser
UltraBrowser
Specifications
Editor's choice
About RMIT

Netscape

AOL provides Netscape as an alternative to Internet Explorer and as a base for its Internet services. It will import IE favourites to its own bookmark folder. Unlike IE, the Netscape history list allows you to hold open a list of pages from more than one site at a time and provides for tabbing between multiple open Web-pages. It has a tab providing access AOL's own propriety search engine.

Security facilities are comparable with IE, and AOL provide similar instant messaging services. Netscape makes use of the open source Gecko layout engine. A good all-round product for all users. Customer phone support is available at a price -- the software itself is free, although you can purchase disk and manual. Netscape operates under Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux.




Product Netscape 7.2
Price Free download
or ~AU$20 with disk+manual.
Vendor Wymea Bay
Phone 1-800-411-0707 (support-US)
Web www.channels.netscape.com/
 
Interoperability ½
For Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Futureproofing ½
Standards compliant, secure, plenty of add-ons.
ROI
Reasonable features.
Service
Paid phone support available.
Rating
Netscape
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