Editing Netscape (section)

===Final release of the browser===
[[Image:Netscape-logo.png|thumb|128px|Netscape logo 2005–2007]]
The Netscape brand name continued to be used extensively. The company once again had its own programming staff devoted to the development and support for the series of [[Netscape (web browser)|web browsers]].<ref>[http://www.ufaq.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=23612#23612 UFAQ. org – "Announcing Netscape 9" by Jay Garcia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928195043/http://www.ufaq.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=23612#23612 |date=September 28, 2007 }} Retrieved on February 5, 2007</ref> Additionally, Netscape also maintained the [[Propeller web portal]], which was a popular social-news site, similar to [[Digg]], which was given a new look in June 2006. AOL marketed a [[#Netscape Internet Service|discount ISP service]] under the Netscape brand name.

A new version of the Netscape browser, [[Netscape Navigator 9]], based on [[Firefox]] 2, was released in October 2007. It featured a green and grey interface. In November 2007, IE had 77.4% of the browser market, Firefox 16.0%, and Netscape 0.6%, according to Net Applications, an Internet metrics firm.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205204433 |title=AOL Kills Netscape's Future, Leaves Firefox to Battle IE |access-date=December 29, 2007 |author=Gonsalves, Antone |date=December 28, 2007 |website=Informationweek.com |publisher=CMP Media LLC |archive-date=December 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230044400/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205204433 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On December 28, 2007, AOL announced that it would drop support for the Netscape web browser and would no longer develop new releases on February 1, 2008.<ref name=BrowserEndFeb/> The date was later extended to March 1<ref name=BrowserEndMar/> 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.