AOL has released a preview version of its new browser – a version of the open-source Firefox but with support for Microsoft Internet Explorer tied-in.

Explorer remains the dominant browser on the Net, and many websites have been designed specifically to work with it, to the extent that they do not work correctly in other browsers.

While current Firefox users may switch to Explorer when they have a problem with a site, AOL’s Netscape unit has found a different solution. If a website does not display well in the standard Firefox-based configuration in Netscape, it takes two clicks to display the page using the Explorer engine. The browser then stores engine preferences for different websites.

The Netscape browser does not actually include the IE engine, but uses the engine that is part of Windows. As such, the browser only works on Windows computers.

Source: TechWorld