As mentioned previously, the Netscape Archive has been created to preserve a final resting place for client side Netscape applications, given that official support is ending March 1, 2008. The archive is now available at archive.netscape.com, and contains the following pages:

Home is the archives landing page. The left hand column consists of the end of support notice and our recommendations for software replacements. The right hand side consists of two boxes. The top box contains links that can be helpful for Netscape discussions. The bottom box has links you may find helpful in navigating around the Netscape universe.

History has information about the Netscape/AOL history and the decision to end Netscape support. The page contains a link to the blog post for any discussion you may want to have about the decision.

Releases is a table with links to all prior Netscape client software releases. This table covers releases on all three platforms starting with Navigator 4.78 and ending with Navigator 9.0.0.6.


Add-ons is a page we created to help you to regain the Navigator 9 functionality in either Flock or Firefox. The left hand side of the page has all the extensions you will need. These extensions are not a one for one match, but will give you back the same functionality. Some of them have even more functionality than what was built into Navigator. The right hand column provides some information about the Mozilla sandbox. It also provides links to the propeller extensions which were part of the early Navigator 9 betas.

Netstripe was the Netscape Navigator theme we previously released for Firefox. The Netscape team is discontinuing our development of this theme and is disabling it from the Mozilla add-on website.

Sailfish, a long time theme editor and Netscape champion, has created with our approval the successor to the Netstripe theme. This new theme is called Simple Green.

Simple Green is a bundled theme containing both the browser (Navigator) and mailnews (Messenger) skins thus working for both Firefox and Thunderbird. It contains bug fixes and minor enhancement work. His plan is to support the theme through Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2, at minimum.

The theme can be located on the Mozilla add-ons website or you can get it with all the latest changes from https://www.projectit.com/.

All bug reports, enhancement requests and questions should be sent directly to sailfish@unforgettable.com.

Previously, the Netscape Team recommended that Netscape browser users adopt Firefox as their next web browser. We would also like to suggest Flock as another alternative to the Netscape web browser. Flock is a web browser that combines all of the advantages of Firefox with the addition of social integration. If you are looking for your next browser and are interested in Firefox with social integration, give Flock a try.

Don't Know Much About Flock?

Flock is a web browser, built on Mozilla's Firefox codebase, enhanced to deliver your friends, feeds, sites and media in one convenient view, putting you at your own epicenter of interests and activity. It eliminates the need to continually click from site to site to stay up to speed with your friends and interests.

Flock is the browser for people who like to be connected, informed and in control.

• Connected to their community of friends and family
• Connected to their favorite services, like Facebook, Twitter, Delicious, and others
• Connected to their favorite content, from anywhere on the web: Nytimes, CNN, etc
• Connected to their favorite video and photos from Flickr, YouTube, Photobucket, Truveo and others

My World	People	Sharing

For those interested in trying Flock, you can download it here.

Some people may be confused by the recent end of service announcement and how it relates to the Netscape ISP. To clarify, the previous announcement does not effect the internet service provider in any way. The Netscape Internet Service Provider will continue its operations. http://isp.netscape.com will continue to exist as the ISP's homepage, and will continue to be programmed.

Visit http://help.isp.netscape.com/Netscape/supportcentral/supportcentral.do?id=m1 for any Netscape Internet Service Provider questions you may have.

Now that we have recommended users adopt Firefox and Thunderbird for their browser and e-mail needs, some people have asked how to go about migrating their data. Thanks to the Netscape Champions we now have some FAQ on how to accomplish this.

Q: How Do I Migrate From Netscape Navigator 9 To Firefox?
A: Note: This will only work with a new installation of Firefox
Note: Make sure that Navigator and Firefox are NOT running

1. Install Firefox and make a note of where the profile is located, usually in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox

2. Locate your Navigator 9 profile, usually in C:\Documents and Settings\usernameApplication Data\Netscape\Navigator

3. In the Navigator directory, hilite both "profiles.ini" and the /Profile/ directory and copy both to the clipboard using CTRL+C

4. Go to the /Firefox/ directory and paste the contents of the clipboard using CTRL+V and when prompted to overwrite, answer YES

That's it, when you start Firefox, the Navigator 9 profile will now be in Firefox

Note: You MUST have "Show hidden files and folders" enabled in your explorer view options
Note: If you have multiple profiles, all will be migrated using this method.

Q: How Do I Migrate From Netscape Messenger 9 To Thunderbird?
A: The best way is to move the profile directory and profiles.ini in the same fashion as moving from Netscape Navigator 9 to Firefox that is outlined above.

Q: How Do I Migrate From Netscape 8 To Firefox?
A: There is no direct way to migrate to Firefox successfully as there is no import routine included in Firefox to migrate from Netscape 8.

However, through a lot of trial and error on my part, I have come up with a successful method. Assuming that you have not installed Navigator 9:

Note: Make sure any master passwords are removed before migrating.

1. Make sure that Netscape 8 is your default browser => Tools => Options => General => Default Browser

2. Download (http://browser.netscape.com) Navigator 9.0.0.5 and install. During installation you will be prompted to migrate from a list of applications, choose Netscape 8. That's it, all there is to it

If Navigator 9 is already installed:

1. Make sure that Netscape 8 is your default browser **IMPORTANT**

2. Edit your Navigator 9 desktop shortcut by right-clicking the shortcut and select "Properties"

3. Edit the commmand line, so that it reads: "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Navigator 9\navigator.exe" -p "default" -migration

Note: "default" is the profile name, yours may vary.

4. If you have more than one profile, substitute "default" for the name of your other profile(s)

5. Double click the shortcut to initiate the migration routine.

Now the move to Firefox:

1. Install Firefox (latest version)

2. Locate your profile path for Navigator 9, usually in: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Netscape\Navigator

Note: There is one directory /profiles/ and two files => pluginreg.dat and Profiles.ini.

Hilite the profiles directory and profiles.ini only and hit CTRL+C to copy to the clipboard

3. Locate your new Firefox profile in: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox Now, hit CTRL+V to paste from the clipboard and when prompted to overwrite, answer YES

4. Your Navigator 9 profile has now been transferred to Firefox which was originally migrated from Netscape 8

Q: How do I migrate from Netscape 6 or 7 to Firefox?
A: New installs of Firefox will present you with a migration wizard dialog allowing you to select to migrate from Netscape 6 or 7.

Q: How do I migrate from Netscape 6 or 7 to Thunderbird?
A: New installs of Thunderbird will present you with a migration wizard dialog allowing you to select to migrate from Netscape 6 or 7.

Navigator 9.0.0.5 was released earlier today in order to incorporate the security fixes included in Firefox 2.0.0.11. Please be sure to update your installation of Navigator when prompted by the automatic updater, or you can force the update manually by choosing "Check for Updates" from the Help menu. The release notes for this release are here.

You can also download the full installer for Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.5 from browser.netscape.com.