Netscape RIP - AOL puts dying browser out of its misery

Shogun · 28th December 2007, 23:47

AOL on Friday stopped development of the Netscape browser, saying the respected brand that launched the commercial Internet in 1994 had little chance of ever regaining market share against its archrival Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=205204433

Shogun · 28th December 2007, 23:48

It looks like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are the two Internet browsers left standing to battle it out in the future.

Kougar · 29th December 2007, 02:17

And Opera

FireTech · 29th December 2007, 03:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kougar

And Opera

Just a side-show... IE vs FF is the main event

Kougar · 29th December 2007, 09:39

Hmm, sadly is rather true that. But I'll sit on the sidelines and watch!

IE7 is a clunker and FireFox... Firefox was great, but had way to many plug-in problems to deal with to get features I wanted. Then with every minor update some plugins would break and I had to spend time tracking down which ones were crashing the browser all over again. Not a problem with Opera, it just works and works great with everything I want.

wutske · 29th December 2007, 10:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kougar

Hmm, sadly is rather true that. But I'll sit on the sidelines and watch!

IE7 is a clunker and FireFox... Firefox was great, but had way to many plug-in problems to deal with to get features I wanted. Then with every minor update some plugins would break and I had to spend time tracking down which ones were crashing the browser all over again. Not a problem with Opera, it just works and works great with everything I want.

I second that

28th December 2007, 23:47	#1
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28th December 2007, 23:48	#2
Shogun [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calif. Bay Area, USA Posts: 1,748	It looks like Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox are the two Internet browsers left standing to battle it out in the future.

29th December 2007, 02:17	#3
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,640	And Opera

29th December 2007, 09:39	#5
Kougar Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,640	Hmm, sadly is rather true that. But I'll sit on the sidelines and watch! IE7 is a clunker and FireFox... Firefox was great, but had way to many plug-in problems to deal with to get features I wanted. Then with every minor update some plugins would break and I had to spend time tracking down which ones were crashing the browser all over again. Not a problem with Opera, it just works and works great with everything I want.