I check my webstats about once a month, and last month (yeah! more than 100K hits! ), 95% of the users were on one version of IE or another, only 5% were using Netscape. Is Netscape dying?

 

I'm using netscape 6 now, but it's really awfully unpractical & slow.
I just can't switch to IE, partly because of a design trauma induced by the uglyness of the interface, partly because of a gut feeling against all Microsoft products (I'm a Mac man)...

 

Netscape is dying. The preview version of IE6 is more stable and faster then the release version of Navigator 6. I belive that AOL bought Netscape, and most people know how well AOL can program. I know many people that have said that they would never use IE. After they have used IE5, they have now said they will never go back to Netscape.

Lance

 

I still use Netscape as my primary Web browser (v4.75) on the regular basis. However, on certain sites, I have to use IE. IMO, I don't think AOL has Netscape on the top of their priority list so their is still lots of improvement need to be made for Netscape in the future...

 

Mac user here too. But I have to give credit where credit is due, and on the Mac platform IE is the far superior product.

I may not particularly like Microsoft, but I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face.

 

AOL is currently experimenting with using Netscape instead of IE in a subset of their users (mmm...users of their CompuServe service as I recall). If they decide that works and they move all of their users over to Netscape, expect to see a big jump in the number of Netscape users on the net.

 

AOL to get their software to work?

Lance

 

You mean there's still people using Netscape??

 

OK, I'm a mac guy (since '84!!), too. I use IE, even though I hate it. I'm starting to rely more heavily on Omniweb when I'm working in OS X, though. There *is* hope! Also, Omni should satisfy your aesthetic sensibilities, le car, since all text is display PDF!

 

[QUOTE][i]OK, I'm a mac guy (since '84!!), too.