Netscape News Feed Straight Out of the Late 00s (opens in new tab)

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.

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

101.27 KB to load the full page with images and scripts. Incredibly refreshing, maybe because it brings me back to simpler days in my life. :)

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#ftrLinks

As 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. :(

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 :-)

See also: http://www.compuserve.com

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

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!

"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."

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

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/