Editing Netscape (section)

====Netscape Browser (version 8.0–8.1.3)====
Between 2005 and 2007, Netscape's releases became known as ''Netscape Browser''. AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on the relatively successful [[Mozilla Firefox]], a re-written version of Mozilla produced by the Mozilla Foundation. This release is not a full Internet suite as before, but is solely a web browser.

Other controversial decisions include the browser only being released for [[Microsoft Windows]] and featuring both the [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] [[Web browser engine|rendering engine]] of previous releases and the [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] engine used in Internet Explorer, and switching between them based on a "compatibility list" that came with the browser. This effectively exposed users to the security vulnerabilities in both and resulted in a completely different user experience based on which site they were on. Examples are handling of right-to-left or bi-directional text, user interface widgets, bugs and web standards violations in Trident, etc. On top of this, Netscape Browser 8 even broke Internet Explorer's ability to open XML files by damaging a [[Windows Registry]] key, and would do so every time it was opened, even if the user fixed it manually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2005/05/25/netscape-8-and-internet-explorers-xml-rendering/|title=Netscape 8 and Internet Explorer's XML Rendering|date=May 25, 2005|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226133904/https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ie/2005/05/25/netscape-8-and-internet-explorers-xml-rendering/|url-status=live}}</ref>

AOL's acquisition of Netscape Communications in November 1998<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/8869/deal_is_done_aol_buys_netscape.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629200157/http://www.pcworld.com/article/8869/deal_is_done_aol_buys_netscape.html|url-status=dead|title=PC World Article Nov 24, 1998 12am|archivedate=June 29, 2012}}</ref> made it less of a surprise when the company laid off the Netscape team and outsourced development to Mercurial Communications.{{When|date=August 2010}} Netscape Browser 8.1.3 was released on April 2, 2007, and included general bug fixes identified in versions 8.0–8.1.2<ref>[http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=6596 Netscape Community – Netscape 8.1.3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528233756/http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=6596 |date=May 28, 2008 }} Retrieved on February 8, 2007</ref><ref>[http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=7647&redirCnt=1 Netscape Community – Netscape 8.1.3 released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110115035/http://community.netscape.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=ws-nscpbrowser&tid=7647&redirCnt=1 |date=January 10, 2009 }} Retrieved on April 2, 2007</ref>