In fact, when you want to download Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5, you’ll find on the download page that says: “Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 is based on Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11” Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 looks like…Firefox! The UI, the status bar, the look and feel, the menu, the options, the settings, basically almost everything! Netscape Navigator is actually based on the Gecko engine, hence the similarities. Surprise, surprise! Have a read on what I found out. I was amused that there are people who still want to download and try Netscape again, but I’ve decided to give it a go. That was the era before Mozilla, IE, and Opera stepped in (alright, alright, and Flock and Maxthon and K-Meleon and other zillions of browsers out there!) Sitemail Notification - This icon will sport an exclamation point when you have new sitemail messages waiting for you.Remember the old days of Netscape decades ago? It’s probably the only browser that you would ever use back then. This sidebar lets you view your friends latest votes, comments, and story submissions.
Because you never need both at the same time, the toolbar will only show the relevant half of the pair.įriends' Activity Sidebar - If you are a member at, you can keep tabs on what your friends find interesting. Click on it any time to visit .Ĭombined Stop/Reload button - To save space in your toolbar, we've combined the stop and reload buttons.
Throbber - By popular demand, the Netscape 7-style throbber is back. OPML Support - Netscape Navigator supports importing and exporting your bookmarks in OPML, a popular format for sharing lists of newsfeeds. Tab History - Opening a link in a new tab will give the new tab the same history as the source tab for a more seamless tabbed browsing experience. Resizeable Textarea - Drag the bottom-right corners of text fields in forms to add more typing space. Restart Netcape - A smalll but oft-requested feature: you can now restart Navigator (and keep your current tabs intact) by selecting "Restart Navigator" from the File menu. Just right-click on a link and select "Open Link in Sidebar" to get started! Additionally, we've added a navigation toolbar to the sidebar for even easier split-screened browsing. Sidebar Mini Browser - You've always been able to have bookmarks open in the sidebar, but we've improved this functionality and extended it to all links, not just bookmarks.
In-browser voting - Share your opinions with the world! The icons in the Navigator address bar let you share interesting stories you find and vote on stories shared by others.Įxtension Compatibility - Navigator 9 shares an architecture with the latest Mozilla technologies as such, Navigator 9 will let you install extensions that are compatible with Firefox ® 2. News Tracker - The Netscape Tracker sidebar lets you monitor breaking news as it happens, via.
By default, clicking on an item in the Link Pad will open it in the browser and remove it from the list, saving you the step of deleting it. Just drag a link over the Link Pad status bar icon and drop it to save it in the Link Pad. Link Pad - The Link Pad is a new sidebar feature that allows you to save links/URLs that you want to visit later without cluttering your bookmarks. You can also open the News sidebar to always keep an eye on what's happening. Provided by, you can customize the menu to only contain the news sections you want to monitor. News Menu and Sidebar - The latest news is built right into the browser, under the News menu. The browser will watch for nearly 30 different types of common mistakes and correct them for you (asking you to confirm, if you choose to enable confirmation). For example, if you accidentally type googlecom, Navigator will fix it be to. URL Correction - Navigator 9 will automatically correct common typos in URLs. Visual Refresh - Netscape Navigator 9's theme has been updated to save screen-space and leave more room for the websites you visit.