Netscape: An End of an Era

[Ted Striker]

Though it's been long overdue for Netscape to step aside, and I haven't used it for over 3 years, I'll always have a sentimental place in my heart and soul for a tool that billions of us spent many hours with as the world transformed itself into an exciting, up and down, new era .

As the New Economy finally puts the last remnants of itself aside, so too, goes the vanguard of the Revolution -- Netscape.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/17/netscape.cuts.reut/index.html

[monkspider]

So long Netscape, you were the browser I grew up with.

[chequita guevara]

They sucked, they suck, they will continue to suck.

It's about goddamned time that crappy browser was kicked to the curb.

Opera all the way!

[DanS]

I switched to Netscape from Mosaic and used it until I switched to Mozilla (happily, I might add--Mozilla rocks!). 6 or 7 years, I guess.

RIP Netscape.

[chequita guevara]

Mozilla's okay. It's a little slow. I'm curious about Firebird, since it's supposed to be leaner and quicker. I use Opera a lot in my accessiblity testing, but most most things, I just use IE. It's fast, and displays correctly.

[Ted Striker]

There are still alot of employees at Netscape, but it sounds like they are pretty much going to be out the door.

AOL is giving Mozilla $2 million in funding and supposedly Mozilla is going to hire some of the people that got cut.

Though I don't use or see a need to use Mozilla anyway.

[PLATO]

Netscape was the first browser that I used. At he time it was top of the line and had a huge market share. Just goes to show you what Gates can do if you go head to head with him

[chequita guevara]

Yer one of those stinking Mac users, though. You have Sahara or whatever it is.


*chegitz is jealous.

[DarthVeda]

One uses mozilla to show that you are a man-hating feminazi who also happens to dislike Microsoft.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by PLATO1003
Netscape was the first browser that I used. At he time it was top of the line and had a huge market share. Just goes to show you what Gates can do if you go head to head with him

The absolute WORST mistake a company can make is to tell Gates you are going to fight him.

You will lose. Every single time.

Only way to win is to go around...

[Drake Tungsten]

One uses mozilla to show that you are a man-hating feminazi who also happens to dislike Microsoft.

I didn't know DanS was a femi-nazi. Interesting.

[Ted Striker]

Originally posted by DarthVeda
One uses mozilla to show that you are a man-hating feminazi who also happens to dislike Microsoft.

true

[Q Classic]

ever since aol bought netscape, i've shucked it in favor of mozilla.

mozilla doesn't install all those damned aol links everywhere.

[Q Classic]

and in any case, i prefer opera and konqueror, while still using ie and moz.

[Gatekeeper]

I know that MS is no longer making IE for the Macintosh. Something about the Mac OS environment being limiting or like that.

And now Netscape, the first browser I ever used, is going the way of the dodo bird. It's sad, in a way. When MS began bundling its browser with its OS, many folks predicted it was just a matter of time before NS died. And so it has come to pass.

Thank goodness for Safari ...

Gatekeeper