Like Richard Pryor, Netscape has been saying “I Ain’t Dead Yet”. But AOL finally pulled the support plug. I almost feel a kinship and certainly a bit of remorse over it’s death. I was introduced initially to the graphical web in 1994 as a freshman at Drexel University. Almost as soon as I started using Mosaic, along came Netscape. Back then everything on the ‘net had table borders, and all 16 colors. A slick interface included an animated mailbox (shame is I still see those!). Really, though Netscape has been dead since 4.x, when Explorer dominated (who cares that there is apparently a version 9 out there). Hard to think that it’s been 13 years, makes me feel old. Anyway, Netscape enjoy the browser afterlife. I’m sure it’s a lonely place and don’t worry, I’m sure there are users out there who will keep your memory alive.
January 2008
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