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 Netscape Navigator 9.0.0.6 on Windows Vista displaying the main page of the English Wikipedia | |
| Developer(s) | Netscape Communications AOL |
|---|---|
| Initial release | October 15, 2007 |
| Final release | 9.0.0.6[1] 
/ 20 February 2008 |
| Preview release | 9.0rc1[2]
/ 1 October 2007 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Proprietary |
Netscape Navigator 9 is a discontinued web browser that was produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL, first announced on January 23, 2007. It was the ninth major release of the Netscape line of browsers. After AOL outsourced the development of Netscape Browser 8 to Mercurial Communications in 2004, Netscape Navigator 9 marked the first Netscape browser to be produced in-house since the Netscape 7 suite.[3] It also saw the return of the classic Navigator name, which was previously used during Netscape's heyday between versions 1.0 and 4.08 in the 1990s.[4] Netscape Navigator 9 is based on Mozilla Firefox 2.0.
The program's first beta was released on June 5, 2007,[5] with the Beta 2 on July 12,[6] and Beta 3 on August 16.[7] After a release candidate, the final release was issued on October 15, 2007.
On December 28, 2007, Netscape developers announced that AOL would discontinue their web browser on February 1, 2008.[8] On January 28, 2008, Netscape revised this date to March 1, 2008, and offered support for migration to Flock and Mozilla Firefox.[9] It was the last web browser of the Netscape series.
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