Netscape Navigator

One year ago today, the nearly fourteen year old Netscape Navigator was finally killed off. It's final release was v9.0.0.6. It's been years since that browser has graced a computer of mine, but it was a Giant in its day - and I'm not just referring to the bloat which was Netscape Communicator.

To give you some perspective: In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic. That was THE web browser. In the years that followed, Netscape Navigator took everything forward by leaps and bounds until The Great Stagnation of the Internet Explorer Era of the Mid-1990's, a time that will aptly warrant the disdain of future generations and which represents Microsoft's single largest contribution to the Web: setting us back by more than a couple of years, technologically. No, thank YOU Microsoft.

Rest in peace, Netscape Navigator.