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> remember the old Netscape light-tower?

No, got a link?

You're dead right about the Safari icon, though. I was always accidentally clicking it when I intended to load Maps.

I think he means Netscape Communicator, which used the lighthouse icon (where the metaphor has something to do with guiding you around in the dark?); Navigator had the boat wheel icon.

http://dialup.pacbell.net/images/16-4_22.gif

You're right. I think the lighthouse was also used in some version (or theme) of the animated icon in the top right corner, which was usually a big N [1].

[1] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Netscape_Navig...

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