十二月 29, 2007
Netscape Navigator 将告别历史舞台
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"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. Recently, support for the Netscape browser has been limited to a handful of engineers tasked with creating a skinned version of Firefox with a few extensions.
AOL's focus on transitioning to an ad-supported web business leaves little room for the size of investment needed to get the Netscape browser to a point many of its fans expect it to be. Given AOL's current business focus and the success the Mozilla Foundation has had in developing critically-acclaimed products, we feel it's the right time to end development of Netscape branded browsers, hand the reigns fully to Mozilla and encourage Netscape users to adopt Firefox."
作为一款曾今改变了整个互联网的网页浏览器，Netscape Navigator 的历史意义毋庸置疑，不过在激烈的竞争下，最终只能淡出人们的视线。而所谓最新的 Netscape Navigator 9，其实只是披上了 Netscape 皮肤、扩展的 Firefox 2，核心的开发早已经停止了。
目前，IE7/6、Firefox 2、Safari 3 （是不是该加上市场份额已经非常可怜的 Opera 9？）已经成为了市场的主流，而 IE 系列产品因为微软的"精心"打造，依然保持着霸主地位，暂时似乎还没有必要去考虑谁会动摇。HUNG 更感兴趣的是，下一个被迫"消失"的浏览器，到底是哪个。此外，个人并不认为基于 IE 的 Maxthon、GB、TW 能给网页浏览器市场带来什么积极的促进作用，或许只能让 Gates 多点笑容。
固定链接: Netscape Navigator 将告别历史舞台
关键词:
Netscape Navigator 网页浏览器 停止开发 软件 业界动态
引用: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/108781
