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 early adopters find the inevitable bugs that Microsoft will have to fix. Frankly, after five years, you would think Microsoft could do better than come up with a browser that basically mimics the best features of Firefox and its other (much smaller) competitors. This looks mostly like catch-up and very little like innovation. If you are going to use Netscape, another Mozilla-based browser, I do not recommend using Netscape 8x because it has many reported problems. Stick with either Netscape 7.1x or 7.2x. Also, if you prefer a streamlined version of Netscape 7x without all the annoying "extras," I can recommend one from Sillydog (silly name, great tool). "Netscape 7.1 is based on Mozilla 1.4. Both applications share almost identical features, such as tabbed browsing, custom keywords, and Sidebar. Exceptions are additions of proprietary features such as the support for Netscape WebMail and AOL mail." Netscape 7.2 is based on Mozilla 1.7.2. "In addition to the technologies that Netscape 7.2 shares with Mozilla 1.7.2, it includes additional features such as a number of installed plugins, support for Windows Media Player Active X control which are not available in Mozilla."

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