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Wow. is all I can say. I started my internet life using Netscape back in 1994. I think Jay Garcia has spent his entire life answering stupid questions from users like me. I really hated to stop using Netscape but it was just not the best browser available for a long time and obviously just got relegated to the dust bin.
RIP Netscape.
You misspelled "reins." It is not "handing the reigns," it's "handing the reins."
I worked on two editions of the Netscape Browser, and remember it fondly. Even today, there are things in the NS codebase that have never been replicated elsewhere. So answer me one last question - will AOL open the NS codebase before the team is disbanded? A little tri-license love, maybe?
I cannot believe that this is going to be the end of one of the most reliable of web browsers in terms of performance. This does not make sense how popularity rather than reliability tends to be the norm for developers. I mean Microsoft in the lead on Internet Explorer 7? It's insecure let alone buggy so I wouldn't even trust it at all on personal accounts i.e. banks, stores, etc.
At the last moment, I'd just reinstalled Firefox which still is slow to use if you wanted everything up to the minute, although my impression is, it's still buggy and unpredictable at times. Having said that, I put that over Internet Explorer in 2nd place behind Netscape, in terms of overall performance.
One final thought is, I think they made a big mistake in scrapping the browser. Despite the politics behind such a ludicrous decision, until they improve the Firefox browser to be in line with the same performance as Netscape, I'll stick with what I got when common sense prevails.
Yes, sad to hear about the official end of support for what can only be described as a legend. But it's not the end! Mozilla picked up the pieces long ago with Firefox (both Netscape 8 and 9 were built on top of Firefox).
I think the advice to go get Firefox (www.firefox.com) is incredibly sound, and I only add "go get Flock - www.flock.com" as an alternative. Flock is built on top of Firefox, just like NS 8.x and 9 were, and has compelling features that will appeal to social network users (the facebook and myspace, etc crowd) and folks who like to consume and share media, blog, and upload photos.
Firefox is great, and you should check it out for a stable, secure browser. Flock is also great, and you should check it out if you want built-in social features in your stable, secure mozilla-based browser.
Goodnight Netscape - and thanks for all the code.
I used to be a big user and promoter of Netscape back in the mid-90's,
I'm glad that AOL atleast gave the Mozilla foundation money and that helped start the Firebird/fox dev which was great, after Firefox got popular it seemed pointless to just keep trying to rebrand the gecko engine for use with Netscape.
Instead Netscape should have just gave a version to download that had a netscape toolbar similar to what Google do now,
Oh well, its a shame to see the product of one of the real first dot com companys to finally be shut-down, but at this stage there was no point keeping it alive
Thanks for the Good Times Netscape
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netscape 9 source code
you should release the netscape 9 source code so others can continue its secuity updates
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Sorry to see you give up to IE"
Did you not read this posting? They didn't give up to IE. They gave up to Firefox. The browser that made the Mozilla browsing engine popular. The browser Netscape has been built around for years now.
AOL's doing the right thing, the same thing they did when they made the Mozilla Foundation. Leave this in the hands of the people that do this well.
Netscape was a grand browser. But if the developers aren't developing, the product's not innovating, and the browser's going to die.
For those of you that have been around since the inception of Netscape, you remember the origins of this once great company. I remember when I first saw Mosaic after talking to a friend that attended UIUC. The Internet was a great tool before graphics, but it became a great tool after graphics were added.
Netscape and it's founder Marc Andreeson were pioneers in what will always be known as "The Information Revolution"
Back when Mosaic/Netscape first launched, the Internet faithful were extremely fearful of what would happen should the capitalist pigs of corporate America find out how to make money off this brave new technological world. Everyone shunned postings on usenet that were commercial in nature. That all went by the wayside as everyone realized how much $$ could be made when Netscape went public on that special day in August, 1995.
True story...I owned a small internet marketing company back then, and was trying to figure out how to make money for my new organization. One of the small business owners I spoke with told me that he figured the Internet would simply be "The CB (1970's) of the 1990's." As I explained to him, he was oh so wrong!
P.S. take a look at my ad site. This is what the Internet has become. Thanks Netscape R.I.P
It's kind of reaching to say that Netscape was the browser that "started it all." Wouldn't Mosaic get those honors? Sure, Netscape extended HTML in all sorts of nifty ways, but IE did the same thing (although in much uglier ways.)
I can't say this is a big surprise. I don't actually know anybody who still uses Netscape, everyone having switched over to Mozilla and/or Firefox.
Well, it's not all that surprising. In fact, it's a move that I have seen coming for sometime. Netscape is a quality browser, but it's also considered by many to be an antiquated browser. Despite the validity of such a statement, a brand's image is really the most important thing. I actually quite liked the recent Navigator 9 but I did eventually return to Firefox.
I've used Netscape since 1994 and have been a satisfied customer. I'm one of the people that actually bought Netscape on disk. Over the years this graphic designer had to learn how to do web design to stay in business and be competitive. Netscape was always compliant unlike IE. Here goes an old friend and i will mourn the loss.
The browser survives that makes everyone design around it's eccentricities and the one that always worked goes away. Life in the 21st century
Goodbye, old friend.
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I always loved this browser. This is terrible news.