If you’ve been using Microsoft® Internet Explorer, you'll find that it's easy to begin using Netscape Browser. This chapter describes some of the differences between Netscape Browser and Internet Explorer, and how using Netscape Browser will improve your web surfing.
In this section: How is Netscape Browser Different Than Internet Explorer? Netscape Browser and Internet Explorer Terminology Differences |
Netscape Browser has been re-designed from the ground up to make browsing easier and faster.
Switch rendering engines | Netscape Browser's default rendering engine is based on Gecko, Mozilla's fast, powerful browser engine. But if you need to view a site in the same way as Internet Explorer, you can swap your layout engine to use Trident, the rendering engine used by Internet Explorer. |
Tabbed browsing | Instead of opening a separate browser window for each site you want to visit, you can open multiple sites within the same window and tab between them. You can even have multiple home pages. |
My Sidebar | Rather than using multiple sites and programs to search the web, get news, review stocks, find maps and directions, chat with friends, and so on, you can customize My Sidebar to include your frequently-accessed content and tools all in one place. My Sidebar is your "one-stop shopping" for the web, all stored in a single, space-efficient, hideable toolbar. |
Built-in chatting | Using My Sidebar, you can also chat from directly within Netscape Browser. No more need to install separate chatting software! |
Pop-up & cookie blocking | Block popups, cookies, Java, images, and more, and control privacy options on a site-by-site basis, right from the tab bar. |
Dynamic, personalized toolbars | Scroll headlines from your favorite news source. Display current weather conditions for your region. Search the web using your choice of search engine. You can even view your daily horoscope. Dynamic toolbar buttons can display up-to-the-minute, personally tailored information while taking up minimal desktop space. |
Change your look with themes | Change the entire look of Netscape Browser with the click of a button. Download new themes for a new look every day! |
Internet Explorer | Netscape Browser |
Internet Options | Tools > Options |
Temporary Internet Files
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Cache |
Favorites | Bookmarks |
Address Bar | Location Bar |
Refresh | Reload |
Links Bar | |
Copy Shortcut | Copy Link Location |
When you install Netscape Browser, the setup program asks you whether you want to import all of your IE Favorites (as well as internet options such as your default home page).
After starting Netscape, you can access your Internet Explorer Favorites through the Bookmarks menu.
April, 2005
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