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Title: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Clive on December 28, 2007, 22:31

The browser that helped kick-start the commercial web is to cease development because of lack of users.

Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 February 2008, the company has said.

FULL STORY (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7163547.stm)
 

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Simon on December 28, 2007, 23:36

That's a shame, because Netscape 9 is actually quite good, and I use it on my laptop.  :(

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Rik on December 29, 2007, 00:27

I bought Netscape, on a set of floppies, all those years ago. A sad day.  :cry:

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Simon on December 29, 2007, 00:29

Unless, like Mozilla, someone else takes it on.  :)

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Rik on December 29, 2007, 00:32

Another open-source browser. I can't see it, can you?

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Simon on December 29, 2007, 00:33

Probably not, so I guess it will be back to Firefox, seeing as Sea Monkey doesn't like my laptop for some reason.

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Rik on December 29, 2007, 00:41

Vista issue or more than that?

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Simon on December 29, 2007, 11:50

It is a Vista issue, but indirectly, and I don't know the cause.  One of the add-ons which is essential to me is the Home button (I say essential, OK, it's not life and death, but I would seriously miss it if it wasn't there), and the installation of this seems to somehow conflict with Roboform, as once installed, Roboform won't work, I get a blank, but unremovable, toolbar, and I get an error message every time I open or close Sea Monkey, to the effect of the Roboform adapter isn't compatible with my version of SM.  Well, they are both the latest versions and it all works fine on my XP machine, so I can only assume that something along the line isn't Vista compatible, and it seems to be the Home button add-on.

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Rik on December 29, 2007, 12:41

Well, you know the answer...  :devil:

Title: Re: Web icon set to be discontinued
Post by: Simon on December 29, 2007, 12:52

There are several answers, but the easiest is to use Firefox instead.  :)