Download Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6

At the end of December, AOL indicated that it would not continue with the Netscape Navigator web browser. Netscape was one of the early players in the browser market, holding an 85 percent market share at the peak of its popularity. However, that quickly changed when Microsoft began shipping Internet Explorer with the Plus package for Windows 95. Netscape version 9.0 is based on Firefox 2.0 and is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. In version 9.0.0.6, all Security updates from Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 have been integrated, but a warning has also been added that support for Netscape Navigator will expire on March 1. Users are advised to switch to Flock or Firefox:

Netscape 9 Users: Time to Flock or Firefox

Users of the Netscape Navigator 9 browser will see the following major upgrade notice available today, released as Netscape 9.0.0.6. When the Netscape 9.0.0.6 upgrade is accepted and run, the following notice will appear, denoting the end of support date (March 1) and the recommendations of Flock and Firefox:[break]

The “Remind me later”, followed by clicking the “Stay with Netscape” button, can be used in case one wants to keep Netscape 9 after the end of support date. For those who are keeping Netscape, the Navigator 9.0.0.6 release contains the security patches contained in Firefox 2.0.0.12.

If one of the Download links are clicked, a progress will begin that downloads and installs the new browser, and migrates preferences/settings from Navigator.

People who decide against this upgrade can still find easy download links for Flock and Firefox on netscape.com. Just look for the following “Recommended Alternative Browsers” section on the right hand side.

For those who choose Flock, not only will you get a seamless upgrade of your preferences from Navigator 9, but you’ll have the option to choose a theme that (to us) looks a lot like the Navigator theme. very cool.