Comments on: People trying to game Netscape.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:19:59 +0000

Netscape has been my homepage since it first became available but I have changed to MSN. This new format is just plain awful. Every once in a while as I did today I check back to see if it has returned to its old format but each time I leave disappointed. This is my first e-mail about it and it will be the last as I doubt that I will be back again.

By: c.k.

c.k. — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:10:51 +0000

Dear everyone,

While I am sorry you are not enjoying the new Netscape, there are plenty of new users who do. All signs point to increased traffic since the switch.

That being said, this post has absolutely *nothing* to do with your complaints. They don’t belong in the comments of this post. They belong in Netscape’s feedback. If they continue, I’ll be forced to close comments on this post; something that I’ve never done before.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:09:08 +0000

I agree with many of the negative comments regarding the bad choice of how the Netscape home page has been changed. I you pay attention to the regular news AOL is in financial trouble. If AOL is actually paying people to sit around and change something that isn’t broken, I can understand why the financial troubles exist. It would also appear that these people have created more work for themselves to police this kind of contantly changing content. Just like the government, It isn’t broke so well fix it to insure job security. I say change it back and fire some people!!

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:45:25 +0000

Alas, the day of reckoning is here. the absurdity of the present look of netscape is so obvious, to become the new rallying cry for most of us faithful users of netscape.

AOL’s groupthink has solidified its stranglehold on the netscape…alas, is this now the choking cry of the faithful…

By: Celeste Allen

Celeste Allen — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:28:45 +0000

I hate to tell you but I too am in favor of changing back to the old format for Netscape. I have been completely unsuccessful in establishing a working mailbox, I have an AOL mailbox which I use when I want to use AOL’s products, (which is less and less these days). Every time I try to establish my new Netscape mailbox I get a “please try again at a later time” message. I was planning on dropping AOL all together for Netscape before you started this “You choose the news” type of format which is redundant, tedious and boring. I am actively looking for a new homepage, one like the old Netscape, which I really loved. I may be forced to use IE but I really hate their security problems. Perhaps you could make everyone happy by offering a choice of the old or new format. Even hapless AOL offers a choice of formats for taskbars and news set-ups and I hate to see AOL performing anything better than anyone else since their latest security debacle. Please listen to growing wave of distaste you are hearing from your loyal users and consider their needs and desires. The cost of ignoring them might be higher than you realize. Thank you for your time,
Celeste

By: steve

steve — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:14:36 +0000

I have had a netscape email for 10 years, and have had netscape as my homepage, but now that it has changed, I am unhappy with the content. I had it as my homepage because i could get the daily news everymorning, usually before they had it on news channels. now it is just a big opinion poll.I liked the old format better. why didn’t they do a survey and give people a chance to beta test it or something like that. ?change is not always a good thing….

By: Mayank

Mayank — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:25:53 +0000

Oh! my GOD, look at the comments and you know it that it is from no one but all those Digg fans!

Come out of these small stupid things kids. Don’t you know that having competition is extermely neccessary.

What some time I feel that it may be Mr. Kevin Rose who’s friends must be supporting and doing all negative marketing of Netscape

Keep up the good work Jason Calacanis!

By: madmack

madmack — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:43:58 +0000

GO BACK TO WHAT EVERYONE WENT TO YOUR SITE FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! NEWS. Let the geeks have this page but please give the normal people back their real netscape?
The new format really blow’s. If anyone know’s a site like the old netscape post it so we can go there!

By: Wookie

Wookie — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:32:58 +0000

I agree that the new Netscape is total rubbish. Take a leaf out of your own book and have a vote to see if it should be kept or not. I can take it if the vote goes the wrong way and the new format stays. However, if the format stays – I wont.

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:23:17 +0000

You could not leave well enough alone. PLEASE change Netscape back to its original format. This new format is horrible. Give me the ACTUAL news, not the news some “people” think are popular by vote.

Wake up and smell the coffee…REAL Netscape users hate the new format….go back to the old format PLEASE.