Anyone who has downloaded or used any recent release of Netscape will have noticed how very similar it is to Mozilla or Firefox.
The reason for this is that it is based on Mozilla, and susequently Firefox and is basically identical to these products except in appearance.
As a result the latest (and last) Netscape does everything Firefox does and will happily work with Firefox extensions.
Likewise Netscape Messenger 9 is basically Mozilla Thunderbird.
Suprisingly though the Netscape era has come to an end with Navigator 9 being the final release.
End of Support for Netscape web browsersI was somewhat suprised as whilst Navigator is basically Firefox and Messenger is just Thunderbird, they were still very good pieces of software held in high regard by Netscape entusiasts the world over.
The general sense on the web is that the long running MS vs. Netscape browser war has finally come to a close with the end of Netscape altogether, which I think is very sad since Internet Explorer 7 is such a poor excuse for a web browser by comparison and only remains so popular as it the default browser in Windows.
I have noticed that the users of this forum use a variety of browsers and was curious as to what you thought about Netscape in general and its demise?