netscape browser 8.0 beta (13)

1 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-03 21:24 ID:v/d0/qea

http://browser.netscape.com/nsb/download/default.jsp
ugly, bloated, buggy, and windows-only...

2 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-03 21:39 ID:h2IAq28u

who uses netscape?

3 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-04 00:28 ID:TYwDEHhz

Oh no, it crashes on startup under VMware! :(

I was curious to see how quickly I could break it, but that was too easy.

4 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc 2005-03-05 06:16 ID:Heaven

Why is Netscape still trying? Anyone know? I'm serious...

5 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-13 08:36 ID:AXaTV+FA

>>4

Because AOL thinks it still has a chance.

I mean, christ, everything AOL touches turns to shit. Look at Winamp.

6 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-03-13 13:06 ID:Rf8sP4Zc

>>5

Winamp 3 was a resounding failure, but Winamp 5 is quite awesome.

7 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-16 21:25 ID:TYwDEHhz

Except for the bit about eating 100% CPU and still lagging graphically, I agree.

8 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-03-17 15:31 ID:JekMmWGn

Your computar machene must be broken, because it does none of that for me.

9 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-17 19:28 ID:Heaven

Nope, just old. My fastest Windows (2k) box runs on a 333 MHz Celeron. Well below the minimum hardware requirements, I know, but how much CPU does Winamp5 consume even on a 1+ GHz box? I'm not sure I want everything else to be 50% slower because I'm listening to music while I work.

Classic mode is lighter, but I want my eyecandy...

10 Name: dmpk2k!hinhT6kz2E 2005-03-17 21:53 ID:gx0AYsTx

And then, for the truly hardcode speed-demon, there's mpg123.

Joke aside, what's so important about eyecandy? Are you sitting there watching your player play?

11 Name: CyB3r h4xX0r g33k 2005-03-18 03:00 ID:TYwDEHhz

Getting distracted helps me get unstuck when I find myself going over the same logic again and again and coming up with nothing new. Tastefully done eyecandy can be very distracting without being annoying.

There's also the less utilitarian application of making my hardware appear higher tech than it is.

12 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-03-18 11:39 ID:d0tRABMJ

>>9

On my 1.4 GHz machine, Winamp 5 is using below 1% while playing (task manager shows 0%, and says it's used about 3 minutes of CPU time out of 4 hours or so of uptime, when playing constantly). Even a 333 Mhz machine should not be significantly burdened by it unless something is wrong.

13 Name: !WAHa.06x36 2005-03-18 11:40 ID:d0tRABMJ

>>10

If it's going to be sitting there, it might as well look pretty while it does it.

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