Netscape 8 disturbs IE

Microsoft urged the Netscape 8 browser to remove it from their systems.
It is causing certain parts of Internet Explorer to stop functioning
correctly. Specifically, after Netscape 8 gets installed in a computer, the
Internet Explorer is no longer capable of rendering XML. This means that
RSS feeds or XML files with XSLT transformations applied will display as
blank pages, instead of their content.

Microsoft suggests that users uninstall Netscape 8. However, since users
whose choice is Netscape may not be bothered that it breaks Internet
Explorer which they do not use in first place.

However, this is not a good impression that Netscape is giving to its thin
user base. First of all they launched a browser with known security holes,
now they are intervening in parts of the Microsoft Operating System. Also
a number of downloaders have complained of the problems arising in
'profile manager' feature of Netscape.

AOL have stated that they are in the process of producing a patch to
resolve the issue which should be out next week. Two updates in the
course of two weeks is not good news for this supposedly secure browser,
especially if it wishes to regain its popularity it enjoyed quite some time
back ...