End of Netscape Navigator


AOL is going to stop support for Netscape Navigator from February 1, 2008.

Q: What will this mean?
A: We’ll continue to release security patches for the current version of the browser, Netscape Navigator until February 1, 2008. After February 1, there will be no more active product support for Navigator 9, or any previous Netscape Navigator browser. This includes Netscape v1-v4.x, Netscape v6, Netscape v7 Suite, Netscape Browser v8, and Netscape Navigator/Messenger 9.

And they recommending Mozilla Firefox

Q: I use Netscape now. Now that Netscape is stopping support, what do I do?
A: The Netscape Team fully stands behind the fine work being done by the Mozilla Foundation. We recommend that you download Mozilla Firefox and give it a try. We know you’ll enjoy it!

Q: Will I still be able to use Netscape?
A: You will still be able to download old versions of Netscape from the Netscape Archive (link coming). However, these products are no longer supported. Our recommendation for the nostalgic out there is to download Mozilla Firefox, and add on the Netscape theme and Netscape extensions which are available here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/56836

Read Netscape blog for more details »

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5 Responses to “End of Netscape Navigator”


  1. 1 Waruna

    Very useful info. Keep it up. But some times I hate mozilla coz css doesn’t work properly. (I am not web designer). but some times I design pages. If you can pls provide some thing to get rid of dat css different in IE and mozilla

  2. 2 Chamara

    @Waruna
    Mozilla FF is supporting CSS better than IE and FF is better supporting Web Standards where IE cannot think about at the moment :)

    anyway go through following my posts
    Writing valid XHTML
    Web Stanadards round-up
    Optimize CSS
    Browser specific CSS selectors
    Testing web pages in different browsers
    Making website for ALL

  3. 3 Chamith

    Cheers for Mozila..:D 5thnx for the info Chama…:D

  4. 4 Mohamed @ Planet Apex

    Wow, how soon things change. just a few years ago Netscape was a big name. now it is nowhere. Firefox just skyrocketed and no one even remember Netscape except web masters. In that way MS has done well with IE keeping it up with new trends.

  5. 5 Chamara

    @Planet Apex
    Yes Firefox is moving forward but still IE has a majority as it’s comes bundled with Windows :)

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