Netscape Navigator 9 Release Candidate (RC) 1 Released

October 2, 2007

Netscape Navigator 9 Release Candidate (RC) 1 Not so long time ago Netscape Navigator team released Netscape Navigator 9 Beta 3, today they are even closer to the Netscape Navigator 9 Final as Release Candidate (RC) 1 was just released. What are the changes since Beta 3 was released?

Added splash screen

Fixed formatting bug in Mac license

Fixed a bug that was preventing custom background colors

Mini-browser enhancements

Removed social news integration

Exposed more preferences in the Preference Dialog for tabs and the mini-browser

Fixed reversed preference for opening searches in new tab

Fixed Mac bundle signature

Fixed default icon and file assocations

Moved custom FTP style out of userContent.css

Added URL correction preferences to Advanced Preferences page

Added drop-down menu to print button

Added drop-down menu to home button

Added Firefox profile importing

Added support for importing Netscape 8 bookmarks after the initial install

Fixed theme issues on Linux

Fixed truncation of Reload button label

Fixed bugs with URL correction and country codes

Added “Save to Linkpad” option to History context menu

Why did they removed social news integration? They’ve decided to be “a traditional news site” instead of being a social new site. However, as Netscape Navigator team explained, those features will be available as a Propeller (new Netscape site) extension soon.

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