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Netscape News Feed Straight Out of the Late 00s

30 points by mistyvales ago | 7 comments

GaryBluto |next [-]

I am both incredibly happy that this exists and disturbed by the possibility that it being posted here will result in it's discovery internally (as I presume it's automated) and shutdown.

IIRC this is just a rebranded version of another service run by the parent company. I remember seeing it recently but don't have a link on hand.

hecanjog |next |previous [-]

The "download browser" link led to an AOL_Netscape.exe -- I guess it's this Chromium-based web browser mentioned on wikipedia but I don't feel like installing wine :)

> Netscape's browser development continued until December 2007, when AOL announced that the company would stop supporting it by early 2008.[11][12] Until 2025, AOL used the Netscape brand to market a discount Internet service provider, which itself provided a Chromium-based web browser called Netscape, developed by UK security firm SentryBay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape

andai |next |previous [-]

Thought this was cute and sent it to my friends before realizing all the text is about Israel, Trump, Iran, airstrikes etc.

Whoops! Not exactly Relaxing Sunday Reading Material... so I deleted the messages.

This page is a lot nicer though:

https://isp.netscape.com/entertainment/

ChrisArchitect |next |previous [-]

Some previous discussion:

2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26733494

guerrilla |next |previous [-]

This is fucking glorious. I just wish I could customize it a little like Excite or Yahoo! back in the day.

howseer |previous [-]

5555624 |root |parent [-]

Both pages. Netscape and CompuServe, are "© 2026 AOL Media LLC. All rights reserved."