Tech Nostalgia - Netscape
By James Phillip on Mar 10, 2008 in Tech Nostalgia
I still have a good laugh when I go into my stats for this website and I see someone hit this website with Netscape. I have had 9 Netscape hits this month out of the tens of thousands of the others. IF you using Netscape to view this site then post up a comment, it would be nice to hear from you.
I still remember those good old days of when the web was new. SLIP on into a UNIX box straight up or via a BBS, the big upgrade came when PPP started to be hot then the browser wars. Netscape was king for a while. I recall running it on networks for automotive companies and when IE would fail on a Tier 1 supplier app we would have the user flip over to Netscape.
It didn’t take long before IE took over and along with if I think Netscape became a bit bloated. Then again I am sure it is easier to make an app run well on your own operating system so maybe the field was not exactly level.
We will talk more about the good ole’ days in the future. There is too much good stuff from the tech past to forget.
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