Friday, June 08, 2007
They Still Make a Netscape Browser?
I read on the Mashable blog this morning about the release of version 9 of the Netscape browser. What? They still make a Netscape browser?
Netscape was the original browser, born from the original NCSA Mosaic graphical browser created at the University of Illinois. Then along came Microsoft, and Netscape fell by the way. AOL bought it, then spun off the codebase to the Mozilla Foundation, and Firefox was its new offspring. I am simplifying this story, but trying to make the point that Netscape has become the forgotten one.
As a Web developer who may have users of Web sites I develop, I will download and try it. Of course I will run it on a secondary workstation, just like I do Internet Explorer 7. If I haven’t said it before, I am loyal to Firefox and its sibling the Thunderbird email program.
Let me know if anyone reading will be installing Netscape!
Posted by
Mike Maddaloni on 06/08 at 06:14 AM
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Are you hitting the crack pipe?
Comment by
John Wall
on 06/08/07 at 07:48 AM
Dear John… smoking crack is illegal, so no, I am not. 
What specifically are you referring to, that I am actually thinking about Netscape or am going to install it? I run all kinds of test and software that, if I were not in this business, I would not. Take for example AOL - I have clients who use it.
I have to be aware of many things in my role. And I got the same comments when I told people that I had just installed Second Life… but I have only used it once.
mp/m
Comment by
Mike Maddaloni
on 06/08/07 at 09:38 AM
Huh; I naturally assumed the same thing you did, that the evolution of the Mozilla engine into Firefox meant no more Netscape browser. Of course, Netscape changes its business model every other week, so nothing they do surprises me. The only person on earth who thinks Netscape is still a viable company is probably Marc Andreessen.
Comment by
Dr. Pete
on 06/08/07 at 10:36 AM
Yeah, I think I’ll stick to my Mozilla as well…
Comment by
Daniel B. Honigman
on 06/12/07 at 05:50 PM
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