<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
that	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
division	O
of	O
parent	O
AOL	O
,	O
first	O
announced	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
ninth	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
line	O
of	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
AOL	O
outsourced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
8	I-Application
to	O
Mercurial	O
Communications	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
marked	O
the	O
first	O
Netscape	B-Application
browser	I-Application
to	O
be	O
produced	O
in-house	O
since	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
saw	O
the	O
return	O
of	O
the	O
classic	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
name	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
previously	O
used	O
during	O
Netscape	B-Application
's	O
heyday	O
between	O
versions	O
1.0	O
and	O
4.08	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Application
developers	O
announced	O
that	O
AOL	O
would	O
discontinue	O
their	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
on	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Application
revised	O
this	O
date	O
to	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
offered	O
support	O
for	O
migration	O
to	O
Flock	B-Protocol
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Beta	O
releases	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
included	O
enhanced	O
newsfeed	B-Application
support	O
and	O
were	O
more	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
Netscape.com	O
Internet	O
portal	O
,	O
including	O
enhanced	O
methods	O
of	O
discussion	O
,	O
submission	O
and	O
voting	O
of	O
Web	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
beta	O
3	O
,	O
the	O
Netscape.com	O
integration	O
was	O
optional	O
,	O
and	O
certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
integration	O
could	O
be	O
manually	O
enabled	O
or	O
disabled	O
,	O
with	O
integration	O
being	O
totally	O
removed	O
in	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9.0rc1	O
as	O
the	O
portal	O
relaunched	O
as	O
Propeller	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
of	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
also	O
updated	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
theme	O
was	O
also	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Netscape	B-Application
version	O
8.x	O
,	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
was	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
this	O
time	O
version	O
2.0	O
,	O
and	O
should	O
have	O
had	O
full	O
support	O
of	O
all	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
add-ons	I-Operating_System
and	O
plugins	B-Application
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
Netscape	B-Application
was	O
providing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Application
also	O
released	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
as	O
extensions	O
for	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
,	O
the	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
default	O
theme	O
for	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser	B-Application
also	O
included	O
URL	O
self-correction	O
,	O
which	O
corrected	O
common	O
URL	O
misspellings	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
an	O
improved	O
FTP	B-Protocol
listing	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
dedicated	O
News	O
menu	O
with	O
integration	O
to	O
the	O
Netscape.com	O
news	O
portal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
also	O
sees	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
return	O
to	O
multi-platform	O
support	O
across	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
Netscape	B-Application
's	O
signature	O
splash	O
screen	O
also	O
reappeared	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
candidate	O
of	O
the	O
final	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Netscape	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
did	O
not	O
use	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
's	O
Trident	B-Application
layout	I-Application
engine	I-Application
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
engine	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
did	O
not	O
include	O
any	O
newsgroup	B-Application
,	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
or	O
Email	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
as	O
Netscape	B-Application
6	O
and	O
7	O
did	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Application
did	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
plan	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
companion	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
to	O
complement	O
the	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
,	O
confirmed	O
as	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
that	O
software	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Application
advised	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
series	O
of	O
suites	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
includes	O
an	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
alongside	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
for	O
browsing	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
verse	O
8:20	O
of	O
the	O
Easter	O
egg	O
The	B-Application
Book	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mozilla	I-Application
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
"	O
And	O
thus	O
the	O
Creator	O
looked	O
upon	O
the	O
beast	O
reborn	O
and	O
saw	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
good	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
could	O
have	O
reference	O
either	O
to	O
the	O
re-development	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Application
in-house	O
once	O
again	O
,	O
or	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
user	O
feedback	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
return	O
the	O
splash	O
screen	O
to	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
10	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Application
decided	O
to	O
give	O
their	O
design	O
team	O
a	O
break	O
and	O
let	O
users	O
submit	O
their	O
own	O
idea	O
for	O
how	O
the	O
splash	O
screen	O
should	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
winning	O
image	O
would	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
splash	O
screen	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
9.0	O
release	O
of	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
the	O
designer	O
would	O
be	O
listed	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
Mario	O
Herbert	O
was	O
chosen	O
the	O
winner	O
and	O
his	O
design	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
final	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
splash	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CNET	B-Application
Download.com	I-Application
claimed	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
9	O
had	O
some	O
"	O
neat	O
"	O
components	O
,	O
contained	O
many	O
"	O
tricks	O
we	O
love	O
"	O
and	O
was	O
"	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
backup	O
browser	B-Application
"	O
;	O
which	O
it	O
previously	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
Browser	B-Application
8	O
.	O
</s>
