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Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Brian Tkatch — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:54:18 -0000

My first browser was either the AOL browser or GNN Navigator.

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Jake — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:45:11 -0000

Wow thanks for reminding me of that. I actually had that installed and used it a few times back in 1997. I think Larry had his cat whip up a browser just to prove Barksdale and Andreessen wrong.

PowerBrowser, FTW!

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Paul — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:33:35 -0000

Oracle PowerBrowser, Baby!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

ok, not really...

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Matt — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:01:39 -0000

I used Mosaic first in 1994 at Syracuse University but switched to Netscape as soon as I found out about it. Netscape seemed cooler for reasons I don't recall. Then came their huge IPO and all the cool stuff Netscape did as a company to demonstrate the web. Remember their web page that let you enter a message in a form and it would display your message on a scrolling LED sign somewhere at Netscape headquarters and show it to you with a web cam? Much better than the "blink" tag.

I still used Netscape up 'till version 7.something until switching to Firefox when it became unbearable to use with AOL's foulups. RIP Netscape, old pal.

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Gary — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:44:16 -0000

Oldie here. My first browser was Lynx, through a telnet session from a CompuServe account. Graphics ? Who needs 'em ?

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Justin Kestelyn — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:23:53 -0000

Mosaic Netscape, not too long after my first Internet forays via gopher etc. - that pre-Web toolset which was widely available in those "Internet in a Box" kits of the early 90s. This was the only popularly accessible alternative to AOL or Prodigy at that time, if I remember correctly.

Re: RIP Netscape Navigator

Jim — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:52:19 -0000

My first browser was Netscape. I remember using it at Birmingham University in 1994. It all seemed very strange and new back then...