pr0gr4mm3r wrote: One day

greg — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:03:09 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r wrote: One day Google will pass on also.

Doubt it.

Yeah, we're not that lucky

I never used Netscape, and as I only began webmastery in the last 18 months, I never tested my sites in it either. But RIP netscape.

IE is still only going strong due to Microsoft's marketing strength and foot firmly in the door. Otherwise IE's popularity may well have fallen more than it has too.

Just like Linux Versus Windows, it was MS marketing strength that pushed Win above Linux - and of course their developing a more user friendly environment (Win 3.11) taking away the DOs command prompt, while Linux was still command prompt.
Which just goes to prove the best businesses don't always come out on top. Linux is a much better OS for many reasons, and had it been the world's choice instead of Win perhaps it would have been better. And Win would have been left with the small percentage like Linux has.

ahh, never mind.
"Windows cannot find this file, do you want to look for it yourself?"
:wall

Quote: One day Google will

pr0gr4mm3r — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:28:42 +0000

Quote: One day Google will pass on also.

Doubt it.

The only thing that is

myownfreeweb — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:40:22 +0000

The only thing that is certain about life is change and taxes. Unfortunately things change, and not always for the better. The old ones are dying. One day Google will pass on also.

Actually, I think I read

Megan — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:29:24 +0000

Actually, I think I read somewhere that they pretty much started over with the code. That was really one of the problems that led to Netscape's downfall - they open sourced it but found that the old code was too difficult to work with. So they decided to build a new browser from scratch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape#Open_sourcing

But, it is true that many engineers from Netscape were involved in the early development of Mozilla.

But does the e-mail client

JeevesBond — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:21:39 +0000

But does the e-mail client pass the Roo test? Is it as good as Netscape Communicator?

Wow I guess it is Seamonkey!

Roo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:39:06 +0000

Wow I guess it is Seamonkey! Wow how things change!

Isn't it called Seamonkey

JeevesBond — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:27:48 +0000

Isn't it called Seamonkey these days? I think the Mozilla foundation tried to ditch the suite, but people like it too much.

Netscape 8 was released a

Roo — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:15:20 +0000

Netscape 8 was released a couple of years ago..I have it.

Yes, it was the Communicator Suite that I first got into it with too...Netscape Composer. Actually I still have the old Netscape 4X installed solely for the purpose of it's e-mail client. I have not yet found one that I like as much as that old 4X Messenger.

I remember actually buying the Communicator Suite 2X at Staples way back in the day.

And yes Mozilla began with Netscape's engine so unless they have really changed the underlying programming Firefox pretty much is Netscape.

Hmmm...does anyone still use the Mozilla Suite now that Firefox has taken off and doing well?

I guess you could say that

pr0gr4mm3r — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:10:14 +0000

I guess you could say that Netscape still lives in Firefox since that's where it came from. Maybe Netscape isn't dead at all, but just in a new form.

Yes, I agree. I haven't

Megan — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:25:04 +0000

Yes, I agree. I haven't bothered testing anything in netscape for ages but it was a big player for so many years. They were such a big part of the early development of the web.