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Netscape browser is back... as a shitty Chromium fork.

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  • I vaguely recall its last version was an internet explorer skin too. So, 2 steps forward 1 step back?

    • sauce?

      • Had to refresh my knowledge of that era.

        But it was Netscape version 8 that let users use the Trident engine (internet explorer).

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(software)

        Under use cases.

        • to render web pages in IE mode

          Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility reasons back when websites had that "Best viewed in Internet Explorer" badge

          Plus, 8 wasn't the last release either

          • Sounds like a separate mode for compatibility

            Yeah it was, I don't know if they kept the feature in v9. It stopped being relevant a long time before that either way.

            I never made a claim to the accuracy.

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