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Netscape Founder Helping to Make New Browser

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/netscape-founder-helping-to-make-new-browser.120263/

desiibond
desiibond Original post #1
Aug 15, 2009 at 8:21 PM
New browser might be a social networking tool.
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The modern day web experience all started with Netscape 15 years ago. Since then, Netscape has fallen due to Microsoft's aggressive hand with Internet Explorer, but in its place have been alternatives such as Firefox.
Netscape's original father, Marc Andreessen is making another stab that changing the web market again with the secret development of another web browser.
Andreessen is backing a start up company called RockMelt. Little is known about the company and its products at this time, but the New York Times reports that a now-removed privacy policy on the RockMelt webpage indicated that there would be some link to Facebook.
This leads some to believe that the RockMelt browser would tie in closely with social networks.


Source: tomshardware
NucleusKore
Aug 15, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Not another one. Thought we had enough already !
desiibond
Aug 15, 2009 at 9:49 PM
In webworld, nothing is enough :)
hellknight
Aug 15, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Just installed Firefox 3.7 alpha 1
results while running peacekeeper benchmark :-

Firefox 3.5.2 = 1948
Firefox 3.7a1 = 3163
Chrome 3.0 = 3595
Safari 4 = 4011
Opera 10 beta 3 = 2152
Midori = 3189 (based on Webkit)
IE8 = 943.

I should think that Microsoft should abandon IE 8 :D

Will see what this Rockmelt has to offer...
x3060
x3060 #5
Aug 17, 2009 at 11:57 PM
one more browser... soon a day will come, that there will be the introduction of the 500th browser.
desiibond
Aug 18, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Just installed Firefox 3.7 alpha 1
results while running peacekeeper benchmark :-

Firefox 3.5.2 = 1948
Firefox 3.7a1 = 3163
Chrome 3.0 = 3595
Safari 4 = 4011
Opera 10 beta 3 = 2152
Midori = 3189 (based on Webkit)
IE8 = 943.

I should think that Microsoft should abandon IE 8 :D

Will see what this Rockmelt has to offer...

True. And acquire Mozilla Foundation :)
chooza
chooza #7
Aug 23, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I think, all the users are MS bashers. So you earn money by that?