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Netscape Gecko is download.com’s top pick of the week

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 24, 1998

Edges out DreamWeaver and Net Vampire for December 19-25
honors.

And this, despite the bad news:

“you’ll find that many standard features–such as bookmarks,
printing, page history, and security options–are either missing or
disabled… you shouldn’t install Gecko at all unless you’re
prepared for some system crashes.”

Download.com is a believer:

“Weighing in at a mere 1.6MB, Netscape Gecko could well
represent the future of Web browsers. Using Netscape’s
self-proclaimed “Next Generation” client technology, Gecko fairly
screams across the Web.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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