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Entries from September 2007

Netscape Navigator 9 Splash Contest

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Netscape Navigator 9 is still in beta but RC1 is expected to be released next week according to sources.
Over at the Netscape blog, they are running a design contest for the splash screen for the new Browser. The submissions are beautiful! I personally like #14.

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Tags: Browser · buzz

Propeller Is About People - AutoParts Place Run Down

September 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments

There is a nice write up over at Auto Parts Place with their take on Propeller. They did some digging and concluded that Propeller is awesome. We concur!
Check it : http://www.autopartsplace.com/netscape-propeller.htm
Their argument why propeller is great:

Propeller is about people!
Propeller has its own browser.
Anchors make original videos ad content

Videos remain indefinitely

They Wrap up the article with […]

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Tags: buzz · praise

How To Find Stories On Propeller

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Brandon Kumm of Web Upon Writes a nice guide to finding stories on Propeller. Great Write up!
http://www.webupon.com/Social-Bookmarking/Propeller-How-to-Find-Stories.47796

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Tags: Guides

Propeller Gets More Traffic than Netscape

September 24th, 2007 · No Comments

Check out the Alexa Graph
I believe this is proof that Propeller can stand on its own as a separate brand in spite of traffic being down after the switch.

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Tags: Rebranding · Traffic

Propeller Wish List - Add yours!

September 20th, 2007 · 20 Comments

Tom Announced in his blog yesterday that a new site for Propeller is in the works. The Netscape team has always been good about listening to member feedback and I assume will continue to do so with Propeller.
So, I want to start a list of ideas that you might like to see on Propeller. Is […]

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Tags: features · new site

Read/Write Web Discusses Propeller and the Social News Model

September 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Marshal Kirkpatrick writes on Read/Write about the launch of Propeller and the success of Netscape/Propeller’s social news model. It is a good read, check it out!
Quote from the article

“Perhaps then the Netscape team got a few things right after all. Digg’s turn towards social networking looks to me like a move toward a more standard […]

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Tags: buzz · praise

Digg Launches Features that Netsape had in Spring 2007 (who is the clone?)

September 20th, 2007 · 9 Comments

The folks over at Digg launched a new set of features today that have all the digg lackeys drooling over. The sad part is that Netscape/Propeller had these features long ago.
Some of the new features seem far more oriented towards a myspace type site (personal photos, age info, etc). Either way here is a list […]

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Tags: buzz · features

First Post Propeller Blog from Tom Drapeau

September 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Tom from Netscape has been informing us Netscape members for weeks now on the latest changes leading up to today’s launch.
Tom’s first post under the new brand Propeller was posted shortly ago. Check it out:
http://blog.netscape.com/2007/09/19/propeller-lives/

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Tags: Uncategorized

Propeller is Live!

September 19th, 2007 · No Comments

As of around 9:30 or so today, Netscape is now moved over to Propeller! Except for Propeller logo, the site looks and appears to function the same. This is an exciting first step for the social news network to shed some of the stigma associated with the Netscape brand.
In related news, netscape.com is now back […]

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Netscape Slip-Up Reveals the Propeller Within

September 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I was just checking out Netscape when I realized that the site’s header had been substituted with what I assume will be the header for the site’s new location. Within minues the logo was reverted back, so I assume this was a slip up. Either way, it is exciting to see the new logo in […]

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