Netscape Navigator Goes Quietly Into the Night
On New Year’s Eve, the news went out from AOL that the long life of the Netscape Browser was coming to an end.

Though this news will have little or no impact on the vast majority of web developers, those of us for whom Netscape was their first browser will give a wistful sigh of rememberance.

Coming Soon: Changes to the CSS Working Group?
On December 14th, one of the key members of the CSS Working Group, L. David Baron of the Mozilla Corporation made an announcement:

“I’ve informed the CSS working group that I am no longer participating in member-only mailing lists or meetings. I believe the member-confidential nature of the group hurts the future development of CSS by making the group:

* fail to accept the contributions of many who would like to contribute to CSS and
* get mired in debates and stalling tactics that companies would not be comfortable using in public.

“I still intend to participate in any discussions that take place on www-style, public-css-testsuite, and other public forums.

“I support rechartering the CSS working group as a public group.”

Although there have been few public follow-ups, representatives of Microsoft and Google expressed their support. It seems like change within the CSS Working Group is coming, but like everything the Group does, it may not happen quickly.