AOL releases Firefox-based Netscape 8.0 beta

Netscape Browser 8.0 beta is based on Firefox 1.0. Co-Published with BIOS

America Online’s (AOL) Netscape team has finally made Netscape Browser 8.0 beta available to the public.

The free browser is based on Firefox 1.0 technology and has more security options and features including tabbed browsing and form saving.

The beta release was originally scheduled for mid-February, but was delayed to fix some last-minute bugs. A preview version of the browser has been available to a select group of testers since late November.

It can be dowloaded here (11,700KB).