It’s a sad day for the Internet, as this day marks the final day of Netscape Navigator, the first mass market graphical Webrowser and the precursor to our favorite, Firefox. As of tomorrow, AOL, who owns Netscape, will cease support of the browser entirely tomorrow. At one time, Netscape was the de facto Internet browser, but due […]

It’s a sad day for the World wide web, as today marks the final day of Netscape Navigator, the first mass market graphical Webrowser and the precursor to our favorite, Firefox.

As of tomorrow, AOL, who owns Netscape, will cease support of the browser entirely tomorrow.

At one time, Netscape was the de facto World wide web browser, but due to some nefariousness on the part of Microsoft, World wide web Explorer took over. Now, the spiritual successor to Netscape, Firefox, is chipping away at IE’s market dominance.

Still, it’s sad to see an old friend leave forever. So take a moment today to thank Netscape, for without it, the World wide web would likely be a much different place than it is today.

Final goodbye for early web icon [BBC]

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