A new version of the Netscape browser,
Netscape Navigator 9, based on Firefox 2, was released in October 2007. It featured a sleek green and grey interface. As of July 2008, IE accounted for 73.01% of the browser market, Firefox 19.03% and Netscape 0.67%, according to Internet metrics firm NetApplications.
[22] On December 28, 2007, AOL announced that on February 1, 2008 it would drop support for the Netscape web browser and would no longer develop new releases. The date was later extended to March 1
[23] to allow a major security update and to add a tool to assist users in migrating to other browsers. These additional features were included in the final version of
Netscape Navigator 9 (version 9.0.0.6), released on February 20, 2008.