R.I.P. Netscape Navigator

In what I'm going to consider a late Christmas present, AOL/Time Warner has decided to kill off the ailing Netscape web browser. While the recent versions of Netscape didn't cause nearly the amount of headaches as the Netscape of old, it was still one more browser for us to worry about testing in.

According to Netscape Director Tom Drapeau, "While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have not been successful in gaining market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer".

Forbes.com has more information about the end of Netscape's 13 year battle for browser popularity.

So long Netscape... you had a good run.