Netscape News Feed Straight Out of the Late 00s(isp.netscape.com)
isp.netscape.com
Netscape News Feed Straight Out of the Late 00s
https://isp.netscape.com/
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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
> 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
If anyone wants to actually use this, here are some uBlock Origin filters for the ISP-specific elements you probably don't need (remove the carets "^" for uBO Lite, it removes elements directly from the HTML to prevent flickering):
!Mail button
isp.netscape.com##^div#mailButton
!Nav outlinks
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav > .menuBlk:has-text(Member Center)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav > .menuBlk:has-text(Tools)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Autos)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Careers)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Fun & Games)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Home & Living)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Shopping)
isp.netscape.com##^div#nav li:has-text(Travel)
!Help links in header
isp.netscape.com##^div#hdrLnks
!Bing search
isp.netscape.com##^div#hdrSrch
isp.netscape.com##^div#newsSearch input#webSearch
isp.netscape.com##^div#newsSearch label[for="webSearch"]
!Footer links
isp.netscape.com##^ul#ftrLinksAs someone who isn't old enough to have experienced this era of internet, the contrast of efficient utility for the user between this and modern news websites is really upsetting. :(
There were a lot of landing pages and link sites like this, because search and discovery was still pretty difficult.
One could argue it’s still difficult once you venture outside the big platforms or away from the algorithmic feeds.
One could argue it’s still difficult once you venture outside the big platforms or away from the algorithmic feeds.
I really like it, the gadget and tech section had some pretty interesting news like Yahoo making their new agent Scout
I kind of wish, if we can have more sites like this/with the same UI/UX. Maybe someone can open source something like this. I wonder if someone can also use a source like https://news.kagi.com/ or even hackernews submissions to manually catalogue too.
I have never used netscape/am not technically of that era but this website really just spoke to me in a way :-)
I kind of wish, if we can have more sites like this/with the same UI/UX. Maybe someone can open source something like this. I wonder if someone can also use a source like https://news.kagi.com/ or even hackernews submissions to manually catalogue too.
I have never used netscape/am not technically of that era but this website really just spoke to me in a way :-)
See also: http://www.compuserve.com
I think I found my new homepage.
That's the one I've been using for a while. Nice to have something so clean in this age of slop.
This is an instant bookmark! Also do use the side bar to change topics so that it isnt all doom and gloom.
That's like taken from mid 2000s when Netscape did a sort of a full circle picking up Firefox and releasing own browser again. They added some own features but that didn't hold up and give them any serious amount of users to keep with this project going.
Some previous discussion:
2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26733494
2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26733494
Be interesting to see if Bending Spoons keeps this alive.
I wish there was a mobile-friendly version of this.
This makes me happy
Wow, no idea that `netscape.com` was still active!
Still have some accounts tied to Netscape email addresses. I think they gave them out free during the Hotmail days. Most of those addresses are for accounts for the couple websites from those days that are still around. eBay, etc.
"Once you've been to [the Netscape ISP Homepage], you'll never stop wanting to beat [front-end Javascript frameworks] to death with your bare hands."
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/
Whoops! Not exactly Relaxing Sunday Reading Material... so I deleted the messages.
This page is a lot nicer though:
https://isp.netscape.com/entertainment/
"Actor James Tolkan of 'Top Gun' and 'Back to the Future' fame dies at 94
Actor James Tolkan, known for his roles as..."
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.