Web icon set to be discontinued

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BBC: Web icon set to be discontinued

The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users.

Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said.

In the mid-1990s the browser was used by more than 90% of the web population, but numbers have slipped to just 0.6%.

In particular, the browser has faced competition from Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE), which is now used by nearly 80% of all web users. …

Netscape Navigator demise

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2 responses to “Web icon set to be discontinued”

neil

January 2, 2008

I haven’t used Netscape in over 5 years. Sorry to see it go away but there is a time for everything… farewell old friend.

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Michael W. Kruse

January 2, 2008

I used Mosaic back in 1994(?) when it first came out but never really used netscape that much. It does seem weird, though, to see it go.

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