AOL pulls plug on Netscape Web browser

[Ladywriter 7,783]

Netscape Navigator, the world's first commercial Web browser and the launch pad of the Internet boom, will be pulled off life support Feb. 1 after a 13-year run.Its current caretakers, Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, decided to kill further development and technical support to focus on growing the company as an advertising business. Netscape's usage dwindled with Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the browser business, and Netscape all but faded away following the birth of its open-source cousin, Firefox.

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I didn't even know Netscape was still alive to be killed in the first place. Talk about old, Netscape was back in the everybody had a geoshitties site days X'D

[Pchan 5,162]

Yeah, I read about this over the weekend ... when I started out using the web browser Netscape was always quicker than IE back then ... this's 8-10 years back.

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

Geoshitties X'D

[gokuDX7 2,871]

and tripod lawl.

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Netscape didn't stand a chance against firefox as an alternative to IE.

[Wardog 100]

I'm surprised Netscape made the news. I'd forgotten about it long ago.