No more Netscape
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http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?48220
AOL finally pulled the plug. About time to, since Firefox has overshadowed it. -
Hmm seems that I have forgotten to include Netscape in my image siggy. No wonder got so many ? hits. Now no need liao.
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it's kinda sad because Netscape was the first browser i used in around 1994/95
in fact, i think it was the only browser then...
in the days when the internet required stuff like gopher, archie and other stuff like that, netscape was revolutionary for that time
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Bill Gate is smart.. No doubt abt that!
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Same here... but I didn't have any net connections back then. Was introduced to Netscape in my primary school years. It also introduced several nice features... but I guess with the free IE, Netscape doom is already predicted.Originally posted by the Bear:it's kinda sad because Netscape was the first browser i used in around 1994/95
in fact, i think it was the only browser then...
in the days when the internet required stuff like gopher, archie and other stuff like that, netscape was revolutionary for that time
And AOL further killed it. Funny thing is, AOL implemented a browser called AOL Browser, which is actually based on IE... which partly caused the downfall of Netscape. -
I followed through the comments for the article above and found this interesting one. It was written by Blake Ross, one of the co-founders of Mozilla Firefox, and he describes his experience he had with Netscape and how AOL killed it. Wikipedia even states that he was working as an intern at Netscape Communications Corporation when he was 14.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Same here... but I didn't have any net connections back then. Was introduced to Netscape in my primary school years. It also introduced several nice features... but I guess with the free IE, Netscape doom is already predicted.
And AOL further killed it. Funny thing is, AOL implemented a browser called AOL Browser, which is actually based on IE... which partly caused the downfall of Netscape.
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Blake_Ross_on_Popup_Suppression.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Ross
And, the essence of that article would be:
Unfortunately, the release also contained a feature called the "popup suppression whitelist." This was a list of sites that were still allowed to open popups, and it was seeded with all of the AOL properties that used them, such as Netscape.com.
By the way, Netscape.com was the default homepage.
When dozens of people eagerly fired up the New Netscape 7.01, Now With Popup Blocking!, the very first thing they saw was a popup ad. WTF? -
Haha
Me was young then. What pop up blocking crap, who cares. -
It's finally dead.
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R.i.p netscape.
1994 to March 1st, 2008
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R.I.P Netscape.