AOL to End Support for Netscape Browser

by admin December 29, 2007 at 1:32 pm

Once the dominant Web browser, AOL has discontinued development and active support for the Netscape browser.

An historic name in software will effectively pass into history in February as AOL discontinues development and active support for the Netscape browser, according to an official blog.

AOL will keep delivering security patches for the current version of Netscape until Feb. 1, 2008, after which it will no longer provide active support for any version of the software, according to a Friday entry on The Netscape Blog by Tom Drapeau, lead developer for Netscape.com. The Netscape.com Web site will remain as a general-purpose portal.

Full article: pcworld.com