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Netscape Navigator bows out after almost 15 years

Author: Hannah Gilchrist
Date: 29/02/2008

For many it was a significant part of their first ever web experience, but now after nearly 15 years as a web browser, Netscape Navigator will face it’s final shut down.

For many it was a significant part of their first ever web experience, but now after nearly 15 years as a web browser, Netscape Navigator will face it’s final shut down.

As from tomorrow the internet tool, owned by AOL, will no longer be supported for use with all users asked to upgrade as soon as possible.

As many as 90% of web users used the navigator in the mid-1990s and despite a desperate bid to resurrect the aging gem, it could not compete with it’s modern rivals.

But could you have ever predicted the impact of the web when you first heard the dial-up tone 15 years ago?

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