AOL: Netscape Navigator is history

AOL: Netscape web browser is history

Netscape web browser has been part of a glorious history. It was the most popular browsers in the 1990s enabling people to surf the web.

Then Microsoft entered the scene with their Internet Explorer which was later bundled with their Windows operating system.

Times have changed and now Mozilla Firefox is working hard to make sure that the web browser market is no longer dominated by Internet Explorer.

And Netscape web browser is now going to be confined to the history itself.

AOL is the owners of Netscape and they have confirmed that Netscape browser would no longer be developed.

The development work on Netscape’s latest edition would stop in February next year. Tom Drapeau, lead developer for Netscape.com wrote in a blog post on this development: “AOL’s focus on transitioning to an ad-supported Web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL’s current business focus… we feel it’s the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reins fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox.”

Checkout: Netscape Browser