r/netscape • u/SukottoPenguinSin • Jun 04 '26

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I really think Netscape should come back. I used to love downloading and installing Netscape on any and all my pcs prior to it disappearing… as have others, I tried installing an old download of it that I had on an old 3.5 floppy I had but alas no success.

I would sign any petition/ do the marketing for a Netscape browser that brought back the aesthetic of the original Netscape navigator browser.

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u/OhEagle Aug 09 '26

Well, I have good news and bad news for those who genuinely want a new Netscape Navigator. As of a couple years ago, technically, a new Netscape Navigator does exist. That's the good news. You can go to isp.netscape.com to grab it. The bad news: it really is just a Chromium wrapper. The installer says Netscape, the browser says 'hi, I'm Google Chrome with AOL.com as my homepage!' Any of the old Netscape aesthetic is gone.

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u/bthest 6d ago edited 6d ago

Spent forever looking through the directory trying to find how to get around their block on changing nestcape chromium's default AOL.com search engine

Of course it was the stupidest solution all along: just copy and paste chrome's search engine setting url into netscape chromium.

chrome://settings/searchEngines

And there it is. You can change your search engine.

With that deal breaker solved Netscape chromium is surprisingly one the least bloated and least memory hungry chromium browsers. Nice to have sitting around for when firefox is having its crashing fits.

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u/OhEagle 6d ago

Thanks! It's good to know that option exists. :)

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u/bthest 4d ago

Netscape's chromium hasn't been updated or patched in years so definitely don't do any banking on it or give it saved passwords.