Of all the new things in 2026, I wasn't expecting friking Norton coming out with a web browser. Too bad that it's yet another Chromium skin, with integrated AI that no one asked for.
Not that I expected any better from Norton tbh, but it's a shame to see a beloved brand from my childhood days fall so far from grace. Norton Utilities for DOS/Win9x used to be the bomb... NCD, NDD, SPEEDISK etc. My last good memory of it was introducing me to Darude Sandstorm. But now... sigh.
I know that the current state of affairs with the AI labs bros can make the old antivirus villains look like lambs; still, I don't see how anyone would like to have anything to do with those guys.
By all reports a sound bike, save for some quirk that might fire both cylinders on the first catch giving a starting kick from zero to rocket in under unprepared reaction time.
i don't need all this shit, can i have a modern browser that run in 10 mb ram and doesnt multiply the memory with tabs. something like kmelon but works on all sites.
Norton is very heated in the comments here. But even separating this concern.
Personally, the landing page itself hurts my trust of the goal.
Why?
When we think of a browser, before anything. We want something that feels snappy and performant. Even if the browser IS snappy. the fact that this page feels unresponsive in a way on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro. already raises concerns of performance.
For my sanity, I've tried Vivaldi's website, Brave's website.
All feels "light" and scrolling is a breeze on Safari.
Those are just my few cents, but I'm pretty sure others might feel the same when making a landing page for any product where it should feel responsive.
What an evil website. Just navigating to it deleted the history, so I couldn't navigate back to hackernews. Ctrl+L wouldn't highlight the navigation bar, either and instead closed the tab.
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[ 0.27 ms ] story [ 8.1 ms ] threadNorton is owned by Avast owner which sold data for ads.
(in my day we were warning people off Avast on account of its similarities to Norton)
I have no idea why anyone would install and use their browser.
Blasting out my PC speakers at 2am...
Why would anyone use Norton? It's just malware.
Not that I expected any better from Norton tbh, but it's a shame to see a beloved brand from my childhood days fall so far from grace. Norton Utilities for DOS/Win9x used to be the bomb... NCD, NDD, SPEEDISK etc. My last good memory of it was introducing me to Darude Sandstorm. But now... sigh.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Model_77_Dominator
500cc version of this reviewed 600cc variation: https://www.classicbikehub.uk/buying-guide/article/norton-mo...
By all reports a sound bike, save for some quirk that might fire both cylinders on the first catch giving a starting kick from zero to rocket in under unprepared reaction time.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-twin_engine
They had a lot of models, some were famous for racing and hill climbs.
I wonder what Microslop would think if a pre-installed antivirus decided to set this browser as the default over Edge.
Personally, the landing page itself hurts my trust of the goal.
Why?
When we think of a browser, before anything. We want something that feels snappy and performant. Even if the browser IS snappy. the fact that this page feels unresponsive in a way on my MacBook Pro M1 Pro. already raises concerns of performance.
For my sanity, I've tried Vivaldi's website, Brave's website. All feels "light" and scrolling is a breeze on Safari.
Those are just my few cents, but I'm pretty sure others might feel the same when making a landing page for any product where it should feel responsive.