What if Netscape had won?

Charles Cooper argues the world would be a better place if Netscape had been successful in its bid to outperform Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Or at the very least, the Net would have been a cooler place.

What’s a bit troubling to my mind is that he discards Netscape as completely irrelevant to the Net today. I wholeheartedly disagree. True, Netscape is currently nothing more than a front for AOL nowadays, but the browser is so much more versatile than IE 6.0 ever was. Not to mention the alterable skins, the conveinient tabs, the password memory settings, etc. It’s perfect for Bloggers, WinAmp enthusiasts, and anyone who has used AOL IM. The only downside is that Blogger supports IE a bit more than Netscape, which is a fair trade considering that IE 6 consistenly crashes on my computer.

I can’t be the only one who believes that Netscape 7.0 is a better browser that reflects current trends among serious web surfers. But I could be wrong.