Flickr user sonnyhung has posted some screenshots of eWorld’s last moments. Here’s some background on eWorld:
Apple’s marketing and promotion efforts were at best indifferent. The service was only available on the Macintosh, along with e-mail only support on the Newton handheld. Apple was in a challenging financial position at the time and CEO Michael Spindler told the Online Services Group that significant marketing for the service could not be provided so eWorld shipped on new Macs with only an icon on the desktop and a brochure in the box. There was also little if anything in the way of media marketing for the service. The promised Windows version of eWorld was not launched following a decision by Apple’s senior management to position eWorld as a unique service for Macintosh owners.
eWorld and AOL were probably the most obvious examples of Internet Service Providers trying to be content providers. This was designed to keep the ISPs safe, but it gave users a limited view of the Internet. Thankfully, ISPs are no longer content providers, and the browser - not proprietary software - is the gateway to the Internet.