New Netscape project shades of Firefox

More specifically, it's based on Firefox. According to MozInfo701, AOL's Netscape division is creating a new version of their trademark browser, titled as "Netscape Browser". This new web browser will be based on Firefox code, much as the Netscape Communicator suite is based off of Mozilla 1.x code. Posters on mozillaZine have compared this to a Gecko-based Netscape Navigator.

The prototype browser will be available for testing on 30 November 2004. This program is (so far) "hidden" behind AOL's ScreenName servicel; however, if you have an AIM account, you should also have a ScreenName account, so check it out, if you're interested. The one-time registration code is prototype1104.