People all over the web are saying good bye to Netscape. Since Mozilla and Firefox started to get better, Netscape sort of faded away. Now it faded away so far that AOL decided to end the support for the browser. This is the time when thousands of people all around the world, including yours truly, suddenly felt very old and broke out into uncontrollable nostalgia…
If you want to read more about the sentiment, here are some links for you:
- Slashdot:Â AOL to Shut Down Netscape Support/Development
- Boing Boing:Â Â RIP: Netscape Navigator (1994-2008)
- Web Worker Daily: End of a Browser Era
I find this sad, as I used Netscape before Firefox was around. But of course, it is now utterly eclipsed by Firefox and Mozilla, so it’s the logical move by AOL. But it’s sad anyway, at least for old-timers!
Indeed so…
I still use netscape 9 end I can’t see why I can stop I like it.
Martin,
you probably aren’t on the front lines of the Web then. Good for you. :)