# Internet Explorer or Netscape? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 26, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017 "2003-07-26T03:20:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/1 "2003-07-26T03:20:18Z")
I’m Netscape thru and thru! The (current) main things that keep me adherent are the fact that I can go back and forth in my history with the mouse wheel! Net. 7.1 has an awesome pop-up stopper built in too! (If you’re into it) [mlb.com](http://mlb.com) puts up a pop-up EVERY time you click on something, and then ANOTHER pop-up EVERY time you go back. The newest Netscape blocks ALL of those. But it still let’s you open a new window if you want to “watch” a game, or open another window. ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/2 "2003-07-26T03:37:47Z")
IE. Netscape is too huge of an application for its purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/3 "2003-07-26T03:40:27Z")
> **[Internet for people, not profit](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/)** > > Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. We put people over profit to give everyone more power online. Nuff said ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/4 "2003-07-26T04:05:27Z")
What **Reeder** said. Recent versions of Netscape are actually based on Mozilla. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/5 "2003-07-26T04:06:03Z")
As a fomer Opera user, and current Safari user, I had no idea that [mlb.com](http://mlb.com) has pop-ups. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![modro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@modro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/modro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/6 "2003-07-26T04:45:04Z")
Safari. When not using Safari, I use Camino, which is Mozilla based. I like my browsers to do just that, browse. I rather dislike overly bloated browser packages that try to do everything. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/7 "2003-07-26T04:49:11Z")
Whichever one is right for the website I am going to. Usually Netscape 4.78, but I use Netscape 7.1 or IE 6.whatever when I hit a browser specific site. I hate those. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/8 "2003-07-26T05:11:57Z")
I’m using Mozilla for my email. All the functionality of old Netscape. None of the slowness of new Netscape. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explorer-or-netscape/191017/9 "2003-07-26T05:55:41Z")
Hmm…my reply disappeared. It went, more or less, like this… Whatever floats yer boat. As long as your using the latest-ish version, you shouldn’t have any problem, since most sites should be built to be standards-compliant. That being said, most designers will probably make sure their site works perfectly well in IE. I use IE, mainly for familiarity.