Netscape 6 Preview Release 2

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Preview Release 2! Now there's a new version of the first Internet
software to seamlessly integrate browsing, email, and instant
messaging. New features include Themes (or "skins"), new tabs for My
Sidebar and support for multiple email accounts (including Netscape
WebMail).

The most customizable, convenient and connected browser
The Internet has evolved at an extraordinary pace, and browsing
software has brought easy information access to millions of people.
While early browsers revolutionized the Internet, browsers have
grown in size and complexity with every release and have failed to
implement Web standards consistently, holding back the development
of richer web applications and content.

Netscape is fulfilling its promise to deliver a new browser that is
small in size, leads the industry in standards compliance and can
run across a wide variety of platforms from traditional PC desktops
to new computing devices. This new groundbreaking browser is
Netscape 6.

Netscape 6 offers users unmatched convenience features and the
ability to stay connected to important information, while offering
users the flexibility to deeply customize the browser to fit their
individual needs and personality. To deliver these benefits,
Netscape 6 offers innovative functionality in these key areas:

Small download size and speed
Standards support
My Sidebar
Search
Same time messaging integrated with browsing and mail
Themes
A preview release of Netscape 6 is now available for download.
Please check back here for up-to-date news about Netscape 6.

Small download size and speed ?quickly install the Internet software
you want

Netscape 6 is a full-featured yet lean browser that bucks the trend
in software bloat. Netscape 6 was developed from the ground up to be
as small as possible while still providing a rich feature set. The
result is a very powerful product that you can download quickly,
even over a modem.

Small size for faster download

Installer is less than a 300k download and allows you to customize
your installation with just the components you want.
Browser is only 7.5 MB download ?smaller than a comparable install
of Internet Explorer.
Typical installation is only 9.6 MB ?smaller than a comparable
installation of Internet Explorer 5.

Best standards support from desktop PCs to home appliances

As content developers take advantage of accepted web standards, the
result is a richer Internet for developers and consumers. The
revolutionary Netscape Gecko Technologies, developed as an open
source project, provide the basis for Netscape 6. With full support
for XML, CSS level 1 and DOM (among others), a new class of rich web
applications is possible. And Netscape not only delivers support for
rich web content and applications across a variety of desktop
platforms (such as Windows and MacOS), but also across a new class
of web appliances that run on the Linux platform

My Sidebar keeps you connected to what's important

Located on the left side of the Netscape 6 interface, My Sidebar
gives you a convenient place to keep track of the things that are
important to you. Read the latest news, set up a custom stock
portfolio, check your Buddy List for instant messaging, track
auctions or listen to music. With over 400 tabs available from
Netscape and third parties, My Sidebar is your customized connection
to the sites and people that you care about.

Hundreds of My Sidebar tabs give you the power to customize the
Internet

Over 400 Netscape tabs, including Stocks, News, Calendar, music and
more!
Instant Messaging Buddy List tab lets you keep track of your buddies
and communicate with them in real time
Third party tabs from CNN and other web sites from around the world
Open architecture enables web developers to easily create My Sidebar
tabs and link them from their sites

Same time messaging integrated throughout the browser and mail

Instant messaging is the third 멾iller app?on the Internet, after
browsing and email. Netscape 6 is the first Internet software suite
to seamlessly combine browsing, email and instant messaging. You can
now manage multiple email accounts and communicate with friends who
use the popular AOL Instant Messenger service (over 40 million users
and growing) ?all in an environment integrated with the Navigator
browser.

Integrated communications keeps you connected

Multiple email accounts, including Netscape Webmail and AOL email
accounts
Integrated instant messaging with Buddy presence in My
Sidebar and Mail messages
Automatic collection of contact information from the people you
communicate with in the Netscape 6 address book.

Fully customizable, integrated Search

Netscape Navigator now includes a search field in the main toolbar.
That means that at any time, from anywhere on the Web, you can type
what you want and click "Search" ?you no longer have to take the
time to load a special search page or open a frame.

This search field doubles as the web address field. So whether you
have a web address, an Internet keyword or a word or phrase to
search for, enter it in the search field and get what you want
quickly.

Search highlights

Includes the Netscape Search service (powered by Google, the #1
search engine) and Netscape Open Directory Project (the #1 search
directory)
Customize with your choice of Search services
Search results are opened in My Sidebar, allowing you the
flexibility to check multiple results without time consuming return
trips to a search engine

Themes add personality to your browser

With Themes, you can personalize the look of your browser. Consumers
can choose a custom appearance for their Netscape 6 software that
best matches their personality. Web sites and businesses can create
custom browsers to best suit their customers.

Customize the browser interface
Quickly and easily change the appearance of your browser
Any organization can create and distribute a custom browser

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