In addition to the Themes support in Netscape 6.0, the new My Sidebar component quickly stands out from an impressive collection of new additions and enhancements. My Sidebar is a collection of tabs displayed on the lef-hand side of the Netscape 6.0 interface. The tabs present a wide range of information, including Web Search Results, stock and news reports, a Buddy List, a What's Related list of Web sites, weather forecasts, and much more. The sidebar can easily be minimized if desired, and you can also customize it by adding or removing tabs at will. Finally, Web developers can create their own customized tabs which can then be added to a user's My Sidebar.
Additional new features in Netscape 6.0 include an integrated Instant Messaging client (based on the AOL Instant Messenger client), personal privacy enhancements in the form of a Personal Security Manager and cookie/password management tools, support for multiple POP mail accounts (finally!) and AOL e-mail accounts in Netscape Messenger, a redesigned address book with a three-pane layout for quickly viewing contact information, the ability to search for sites directly from the URL bar, instant message icons in e-mail messages, AutoTranslation tools for translating Web sites from one language to another, and an integrated Net2Phone client.
