AOL pull the plug on Netscape...

[davidd]

www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31765.html

Does anybody care??

[tim_s]

well its about time! what a nightmare that thing is!

[FourWheelDrift]

davidd said:

www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/31765.html Does anybody care??

Nope!

[Don]

Is this true? Can I breathe a sigh of relief and state to my user base - Netscape? You didn't want it to work on that unsupported bit of old tat now did you?

Long live propritary but extremely useful extensions to the browser that you cannot avoid using...

[arwebs]

Don said:

Is this true? Can I breathe a sigh of relief and state to my user base - Netscape? You didn't want it to work on that unsupported bit of old tat now did you? Long live propritary but extremely useful extensions to the browser that you cannot avoid using...

I concur!

[zumbruk]

That just leaves Mozilla, Konqueror, Galeon, Opera and Lynx, then. And a couple of others under development. You stick to IE if it makes you have happy to have Microsoft ream you up the butt.

[arwebs]

Mondo Dynamo said:

What amazes me more than anything is that Microsoft is the Vauxhall of the computer world. Big bland and crap but good at shifting product. And so many of you guys are quick to rubbish the alternative products.

Errm, no actually.

I'd like to use ANY product but I develop internet sites and the biggest pain in my job is developing cross-browser compatible code on multiple platforms. Browsers are inherantly rubbish at displaying content so extra features are all-important. IE is better than most at doing this and most people use it, so whether I like it or not it's the one that will get most of my development time. That's life I'm afraid.

But don't think browsers like Opera are totally great. They've recently started deviating from the "standards" and the current version of Opera is very buggy.

[davidd]

Mondo Dynamo said:

Netscape is (was) a much better platform than Microshaft IE.

And betamax is better than VHS...

Netscape was better, IE is now better.

Do you reckon Gareth Gates is one of Bill Gates beta children?

D.