<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
developed	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Application
Communications	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
seventh	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
series	O
of	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
6	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
was	O
developed	O
in-house	O
by	O
AOL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
29	O
,	O
2002	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
in	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
superseded	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
(	O
version	O
8	O
)	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
like	O
its	O
name	O
suggests	O
was	O
simply	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
and	O
not	O
a	O
full	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
's	O
Mail	B-Application
&	I-Application
Newsgroups	I-Application
client	O
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
7.0	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
more	O
stable	O
and	O
notably	O
faster	O
Mozilla	B-Language
1.0	O
core	O
and	O
bundled	O
with	O
extras	O
like	O
integrated	O
AOL	B-Protocol
Instant	I-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
,	O
integrated	O
ICQ	B-Protocol
,	O
Radio	B-Application
@Netscape	I-Application
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
tabbed	O
browsing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
market	O
responded	O
to	O
what	O
was	O
essentially	O
a	O
repackaged	O
version	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
(	O
swollen	O
with	O
integrated	O
tools	O
to	O
access	O
proprietary	O
services	O
owned	O
by	O
AOL	O
)	O
by	O
ignoring	O
it	O
(	O
partly	O
because	O
the	O
initial	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7.0	I-Protocol
release	O
removed	O
the	O
popup	O
blocker	O
from	O
Mozilla	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
from	O
mature	O
and	O
competent	O
non-Microsoft	O
alternatives	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
and	O
the	O
regular	O
Mozilla	B-Language
distribution	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
point	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
7.1	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Language
1.4	O
)	O
was	O
similarly	O
ignored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AOL	O
announced	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2003	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
laying	O
off	O
all	O
its	O
remaining	O
development	O
staff	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combined	O
with	O
AOL	O
's	O
antitrust	O
case	O
court	O
settlement	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
use	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
in	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
AOL	O
software	O
,	O
this	O
seemed	O
to	O
mark	O
the	O
effective	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
on	O
Netscape	B-Application
Navigator	O
,	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
projects	O
notwithstanding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
believed	O
that	O
no	O
further	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
would	O
be	O
released	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
brand	O
name	O
would	O
live	O
on	O
only	O
as	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
AOL	O
's	O
low-cost	O
dial-up	O
internet	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	O
7.2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
though	O
AOL	O
did	O
not	O
restart	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
browser	I-Application
division	O
(	O
instead	O
,	O
they	O
developed	O
it	O
in-house	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7.1	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
only	O
new	O
feature	O
in	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
Toolbar	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
mozdev.org	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
many	O
had	O
believed	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
would	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
,	O
AOL	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
,	O
released	O
Netscape	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
version	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
improved	O
security	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
natively	O
use	O
the	O
Gecko	B-Language
layout	I-Language
engine	I-Language
used	O
by	O
Mozilla	B-Language
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
's	O
Trident	B-Application
as	O
a	O
possible	O
rendering	O
engine	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
switch	O
to	O
its	O
rendering	O
system	O
to	O
display	O
web	O
pages	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
work	O
well	O
with	O
Gecko	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Trident	B-Application
engine	O
allows	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
ActiveX	B-Application
controls	I-Application
and	O
brings	O
all	O
ActiveX	B-Application
security	O
problems	O
associated	O
with	O
Internet	O
Explorer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
superseded	O
Netscape	B-Application
8	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
but	O
Netscape	B-Application
's	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
altogether	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
