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Dienstag März 22, 2005

"New browser combines best features but captures eyeballs for AOL"
"The new Netscape, which is only available for Windows PCs, addresses the quandary through a regularly updated list of "good" and "bad" sites. If Netscape deems a site good, a green shield appears and the browser displays the site using the IE software engine that is built into Windows. Netscape figures such sites present little security risk, so why not enable all the features? I succeeded in accessing Microsoft's Windows Update site along with the advanced features of my company's Web-based Outlook e-mail, neither of which works with Firefox. Netscape displays a yellow shield when a site is absent from its list. In such cases, deeming Firefox safer, Netscape uses a Firefox engine that is embedded in Netscape's software. Red shields along with a warning page appear when sites are on the bad list."
The full article can be found here.
( Mrz 22 2005, 07:34:44 AM CET ) Permalink

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