Netscape 8.0 has been released.

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Michael Stevens

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Jerry Wong said:
Please try!

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
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Please don't, http://www.betanews.com/article/Newborn_Netscape_Has_Defects/1116622534
"Lead Firefox engineer Ben Goodger criticized the slip up, stating, "If security is important to you, this demonstration should show that browsers that are redistributions of the official Mozilla releases are never going to give you security updates as quickly as Mozilla will itself for its supported products," in his personal Web blog.

Goodger encourages Internet users to use Firefox in lieu of Netscape, deeming it a more secure Web browser. To prove his point, Goodger published exploit code demonstrating Netscape's vulnerabilities."

As any browser gains popularity it's vulnerabilities will be exploited. You must always be carefull when browsing the web. It is a shame that the low life mentality of a few disillusioned individuals impacts the usefulness of the internet.

Always check before leaping.
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Martin P. Hellwig

Michael Stevens wrote:
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As any browser gains popularity it's vulnerabilities will be exploited.
You must always be carefull when browsing the web. It is a shame that
the low life mentality of a few disillusioned individuals impacts the
usefulness of the internet.
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That's the point, however if browser "population" is more evenly spread,
the chances of a specific attack is spread accordingly.
Thus a heterogeneous environment has the potention to be more stable
then a homogeneous one.
To bad that a homogeneous environment has more potention to interoperate
then the heterogeneous. Of course this could be resolved by fully
following standards, but then again it if everybody does that, the
heterogeneous part disappears and by this the potential advantage of
stability. So choose your poison wisely.
 
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Rick

If you had read the article carefully, you would have noted that
Netscape updated their download file late Thursday and the current
download has the security risk fixed.

YOUR INFORMATION IS OUT OF DATE!
 
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Shenan Stanley

Jerry said:
Please try!

http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/
Click to expand...
If you had read the article carefully, you would have noted that
Netscape updated their download file late Thursday and the current
download has the security risk fixed.

YOUR INFORMATION IS OUT OF DATE!
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No - actually my information is not out of date - it is still correct - the
first security patches have been released since the initial release.
Sadly (predictably some would argue) only a short time after the browswer
was released to the public.

Not to mention that is why I pointed to the article... If it can have
defects on day 1... it will have defects on day 500.
Just proving there is no perfect browser... After all, if there was - then
there would have been no point in Netscape still trying in the first place.
heh
 
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Rick

They all have their idiosyncrocies.

Firefox won't save my login properly for my cellular account. The login
id is my phone number, but it's in 3 separate fields. Firefox only
saves the last field, 4 numbers. Netscape 7.2 & 8.0.1 save the entire
number correctly.

You just have to be smarter than the browser!
 
R

Rick

But the point is you did not read the article. The early release on
Thursday morning was based on Firefox 1.0.3 and Netscape quickly updated
the download version with the Firefox 1.0.4 security fix and that is
what is now available.

It is also a very real fact that there are fewer security and privacy
risks in Opera 8.00, Firefox 1.0.4, and now Netscape 8.0.1.

So, your information is still just as out of date as it was in the
beginning!
 
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Shenan Stanley

Shenan said:
No - actually my information is not out of date - it is still
correct - the first security patches have been released since the
initial release. Sadly (predictably some would argue) only a short time
after the
browswer was released to the public.

Not to mention that is why I pointed to the article... If it can
have defects on day 1... it will have defects on day 500.
Just proving there is no perfect browser... After all, if there was
- then there would have been no point in Netscape still trying in
the first place. heh
Click to expand...
But the point is you did not read the article. The early release on
Thursday morning was based on Firefox 1.0.3 and Netscape quickly
updated the download version with the Firefox 1.0.4 security fix and
that is what is now available.

It is also a very real fact that there are fewer security and privacy
risks in Opera 8.00, Firefox 1.0.4, and now Netscape 8.0.1.

So, your information is still just as out of date as it was in the
beginning!
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Perhaps you should read before you respond... I left my first response to
you above so you could go back and see that not only did I read it, but my
point still stands.
 
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Rick

Shenan said:
Perhaps you should read before you respond... I left my first response to
you above so you could go back and see that not only did I read it, but my
point still stands.
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Then, if you think you have made some valid point, give me an example of
any software that has ever been produced that didn't have a defect!

No such software has ever existed, and probably never will! So, your
point is absolutely pointless!
 
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Shenan Stanley

Rick said:
Then, if you think you have made some valid point, give me an example
of any software that has ever been produced that didn't have a defect!

No such software has ever existed, and probably never will! So, your
point is absolutely pointless!
Click to expand...

Thank you for understanding my point..
And pointing it out again.
Glad you agree, finally.
 

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