It begins to look like Microsoft have finally won. I noticed the "rumblings" of this story the other day, but it would appear the Netscape is sinking slowly into the mire.
In a way it doesn't surprise me. Internet Explorer is so dominant a browser, that everything else counts for little or nothing. But it is still a pity. Another nail in the coffin of internet competition.
But, luckily, things are not totally black. A lot of the technology has been transferred over to the Mozilla group ( have a look at Mozilla. org ) so you Netscape die hards still have somewhere to go.
To be honest I have just downloaded Mozilla version 1.4 - and it is pretty much the like of Netscape 6/7, although it does work nicely. I have, personally, taken a shine to the FireBird project from the same group of people. It is a neat and tidy little browser, with a very small footprint, size wise. the only thing is that it is under constant refinement, and as such, is probibly more suitable for a "fiddler" like myself.
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