An Internet suite is an Internet-related software suite. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks A software suite or application suite is a collection of Computer programs usually Application software and Programming software of related functionality Internet suites usually include a web browser, e-mail client (often with a news client and address book), download manager, HTML editor, and an IRC client. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text images videos music games and other information typically located on a An e-mail client, aka Mail User Agent (MUA aka e-mail reader is a frontend Computer program used to manage E-mail. A download manager is a Computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and An HTML editor is a software application for creating Web pages Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any Text editor, specialized
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Examples
- Netscape Communicator
- Netscape
- Mozilla Application Suite, SeaMonkey and Gnuzilla
- K Desktop Environment
- Opera
- Arachne
- Cyberdog
Internet Suites by year
Chronological listing
A rough estimation of usage share by percent of layout engines/web browsers, see Usage share of web browsers. Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform SeaMonkey is a free, Open source, and Cross-platform Internet suite. Gnuzilla, or GNUzilla is a derivation of the Mozilla Application Suite created by the GNU Project as an attempt to be entirely Free software. This is a list of applications written for KDE and sorted by categories Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company Arachne is a full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical Web browser, Email client, and dialer Cyberdog is an Internet suite that was developed by Apple Computer for the Mac OS line of Operating systems It was introduced as a Usage share, in Web browser statistics is the percentage of visitors to a group of web sites that use a particular browser
| Year | Internet Users*[1] |
Web Browsers |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-browser: HyperCard, Gopher | ||
| 1991 | ||
| 1992 | ||
| 1993 | ||
| 1994 | Minuet | |
| 1995 | 16 mil. HyperCard was an Application program created by Bill Atkinson for Apple Computer Inc For other uses see Gopher. Gopher is a distributed Document search and retrieval Network protocol designed Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool ( Minuet) is an integrated Internet package for DOS Operating Systems on IBM-compatible PCs. | Delrina Cyberjack |
| 1996 | 36 | Arachne, Cyberdog, Opera 2, Internet Explorer 3 |
| 1997 | 70 | Netscape Communicator 4, Internet Explorer 4 |
| 1998 | 147 | |
| 1999 | 248 | Internet Explorer 5 |
| 2000 | 361 | Netscape 6, Opera 4 |
| 2001 | 513 | |
| 2002 | 587 | Netscape 7, Mozilla 1. Cyberjack was the name for a Web browser application created by Delrina in 1995. Arachne is a full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical Web browser, Email client, and dialer Cyberdog is an Internet suite that was developed by Apple Computer for the Mac OS line of Operating systems It was introduced as a The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 (Internet Explorer 30 is a graphical Web browser released on August 13 1996 by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (also IE4) is a graphical web browser released in September 1997 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but also Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical Web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows Netscape 6 was the name of Netscape Communications Corporation 's proprietary Cross-platform Internet suite from versions 6 The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary Cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform 0 |
| 2003 | 719 | Opera 7 |
| 2004 | 817 | Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 |
| 2005 | 1018 | Opera 8 |
| 2006 | 1093 | SeaMonkey, Opera 9 |
| 2007 | 1262 | AOL OpenRide |
| 2008 | 1400 (est. The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company Netscape (web browser Netscape Browser is the name of a proprietary Windows Web browser published by AOL, but developed by Mercurial Communications OmniWeb is a Web browser developed by The Omni Group for the Mac OS X Operating system. The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company SeaMonkey is a free, Open source, and Cross-platform Internet suite. The history of the Opera web browser began in 1994 when it was as a research project at Telenor, the largest Norwegian telecommunications company ) |
Operating system support
Note, 'terminated' means the same as yes, it was supported in the final release but development stopped. Dropped means that major development has ended but development on other versions continued, while the reverse situation of added is not yet shown.
| Browser | MS 2000/XP | 98/Me | NT | 95 | 3.1 | IBM OS/2 | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) |
Mac OS 9 | Mac OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) |
Linux | BSD | Unix (HP-UX, Solaris) |
Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years (OS) | 2000/2001 | 1998 | 1993 | 1995 | 1992 | 1988 | 2001 | 1999 | 1997 | 1991 | '94(1. Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95 Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (IPA pronunciation, iː is a hybrid 16-bit / 32-bit graphical Operating system released on 14 September Windows NT is a family of Operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993 Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Windows 31x was a major release of Microsoft Windows. Several editions were released between 1992 and 1994 succeeding Windows 3 OS/2 is a computer Operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's "Classic" Mac OS. Mac OS 8 is an Operating system released by Apple Computer on July 26 1997. System 7 (codenamed "Big Bang" and sometimes called Mac OS 7) is a single-user Graphical user interface -based Operating system for Macintosh Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks There are a number of Unix-like Operating systems based on or descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with Small caps) is a computer 0)/'91 | 1993 | (1990s) | - |
| Arachne | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | DOS |
| IE 5.0 IE 4.0 |
Included | Included | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Dropped * (5. Arachne is a full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical Web browser, Email client, and dialer DOS, short for "Disk Operating System" is a shorthand term for several closely related Operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical Web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (also IE4) is a graphical web browser released in September 1997 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but also Internet Explorer for UNIX is a proprietary graphical Web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for 01 SP1) | Unknown | Dropped * (5. Internet Explorer for UNIX is a proprietary graphical Web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for 01 SP1) | No |
| IE 3.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Included | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes | Included | Yes | Yes * | Unknown | Yes * | No |
| Mozilla) | Terminated (1. Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 (Internet Explorer 30 is a graphical Web browser released on August 13 1996 by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer for UNIX is a proprietary graphical Web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for Internet Explorer for UNIX is a proprietary graphical Web browser that was freely available and produced by Microsoft for The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Dropped | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Dropped (1. 2. 1) | Dropped (1. 0. 1) | No | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | Terminated (1. 7. 13) | OpenVMS |
| Netscape 7 Netscape 6 |
Terminated (7. Open Virtual Memory System ( OpenVMS) initially known just as Virtual Memory System ( VMS) is the name of a High-end Computer server Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company 2) | Terminated (7. 2) | Terminated (7. 2) | Terminated (7. 2) | No | No | Terminated (7. 2) | Dropped (7. 02) | Dropped (7. 02) | Unknown | Terminated (7. 2) | Terminated (7. 2) | Terminated (7. 2) | No |
| Netscape Communicator | Terminated (4. Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. 8) | Terminated (4. 8) | Terminated (4. 8) | Terminated | Terminated (4. 08) | Terminated | No | Terminated (4. 80) | Terminated (4. 80) | Terminated (4. 08) | Terminated (4. 77) | Terminated | Terminated (4. 77) | No |
| Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dropped 3. Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company 62 | Dropped 5. 12 | Yes | Dropped 7. 54u2 | Dropped 6. 03) | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | QNX Cell phones Symbian Wii Windows Mobile |
| Browser | MS 2000/XP | 98/Me | NT | 95 | 3.1 | IBM OS/2 | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) |
Mac OS 9 | Mac OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) |
Linux | BSD | Unix (HP-UX, Solaris) |
Other |
Suites by applications
Listing with major features, with approximate grouping. QNX (pronounced either Q-N-X or Q-nix is a commercial Unix-like Real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the Embedded systems market Symbian OS is an open Operating system, designed for Mobile devices with associated libraries, User interface frameworks and Windows Mobile is a compact Operating system combined with a suite of basic applications for Mobile devices based on the Microsoft Win32 Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with Windows XP is a family of 32-bit and 64-bit Operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on Personal computers including home and Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95 Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me (IPA pronunciation, iː is a hybrid 16-bit / 32-bit graphical Operating system released on 14 September Windows NT is a family of Operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993 Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Windows 31x was a major release of Microsoft Windows. Several editions were released between 1992 and 1994 succeeding Windows 3 OS/2 is a computer Operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively Mac OS X (mæk oʊ ɛs tɛn is a line of computer Operating systems developed marketed and sold by Apple Inc, the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently Mac OS 9 is the final major release of Apple's "Classic" Mac OS. Mac OS 8 is an Operating system released by Apple Computer on July 26 1997. System 7 (codenamed "Big Bang" and sometimes called Mac OS 7) is a single-user Graphical user interface -based Operating system for Macintosh Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks There are a number of Unix-like Operating systems based on or descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution Unix (officially trademarked as UNIX, sometimes also written as Unix with Small caps) is a computer Note specific features in suites are often divided between applications differently, or integrated in different ways. The years category refers mainly to the active development and release period.
| Name | Years | Web Browser | E-mail client | Html Editor | Address Book | IRC client | Usenet | FTP | Gopher | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arachne | 1996-Now | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Dialer |
| Beonex Communicator | 2000-2003 | Yes | Yes [2] | Yes [3] | Yes | Yes [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Extensions |
| Cyberdog | 1996-1997 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [5] | No | Yes | Yes | No | - |
| Cyberjack | 1995 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | TalkWorks, WinComm, WinFax |
| Internet Explorer 3 | 1996-1997 | Yes | Yes [6] | No | Yes [7] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Microsoft Comic Chat, Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, Microsoft NetMeeting, Real Player, Windows Media Player |
| Internet Explorer 4 | 1997-1998 | Yes | Yes [8] | Yes [9] | Yes [7] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Active Channel, Microsoft Chat 2.0, Microsoft NetMeeting, Real Player, Windows Desktop Update |
| Internet Explorer 5 | 1998-2000 | Yes | Yes [8] | Yes [9] | Yes [7] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows Media Player, NetMeeting, Chat, |
| Minuet | ?-1996 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | telnet |
| Mozilla | 1999-2005 | Yes | Yes [2] | Yes [3] | Yes | Yes [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Extensions, Palm Tools |
| Netscape Communicator | 1997-2002 | Yes | Yes [10] | Yes [3] | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Netscape Conference, Netscape Netcaster |
| Netscape 5 | never released | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | - |
| Netscape 6 & 7 | 2000-2004 | Yes | Yes [10] | Yes [3] | Yes [11] | Yes [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | AIM, Radio |
| Opera | 1996-Now | Yes | Yes | No [12] | Yes | Yes | Yes | read only | Proxy is needed | Dialer |
| SeaMonkey | 2005-Now | Yes | Yes [2] | Yes [3] | Yes | Yes [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Extensions, Palm Tools |
| Name | Years | Web Browser | E-mail client | Html Editor | Address Book | IRC client | Usenet | FTP | Gopher | Other |
See also
References
- ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed March 3 2007
- ^ a b c The Mailaplication is called Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups
- ^ a b c d e The HTML-editor is called Composer
- ^ a b c d To use IRC a extension named Chatzilla need to be installed. Arachne is a full-screen Internet suite containing a graphical Web browser, Email client, and dialer Beonex Communicator was a fork of the Mozilla Application Suite. Cyberdog is an Internet suite that was developed by Apple Computer for the Mac OS line of Operating systems It was introduced as a Cyberjack was the name for a Web browser application created by Delrina in 1995. TalkWorks was a program designed to allow computers equipped with an appropriate Fax - Modem to act as a Voice mail program WinComm was a communications software package that was offered by Delrina in the mid 1990s WinFax is a Windows-based software product designed to let computers equipped with Fax - Modems to communicate directly to stand-alone fax machines or other similarly-equipped Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 (Internet Explorer 30 is a graphical Web browser released on August 13 1996 by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Comic Chat (later Microsoft Chat but not to be confused with Windows Chat or WinChat) is a graphical IRC client created by Microsoft The Microsoft Java Virtual Machine is a proprietary Java Virtual Machine Computer program from Microsoft. Microsoft NetMeeting is a VoIP and multi-point Videoconferencing client included in many versions of Microsoft Windows (from Windows 95 OSR2 RealPlayer (briefly known also as RealOne Player) is a proprietary Cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number Windows Media Player ( WMP) is a digital media player and media library application developed by Microsoft that is used for playing Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (also IE4) is a graphical web browser released in September 1997 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but also Active Channel is a Website type which was introduced by Internet Explorer 4 Microsoft NetMeeting is a VoIP and multi-point Videoconferencing client included in many versions of Microsoft Windows (from Windows 95 OSR2 RealPlayer (briefly known also as RealOne Player) is a proprietary Cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number Microsoft 's Windows Desktop Update was an optional feature included with Internet Explorer 4, which introduced several updated shell features to the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical Web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool ( Minuet) is an integrated Internet package for DOS Operating Systems on IBM-compatible PCs. The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape 50 (codenamed "Gromit" was a projected Internet suite developed in 1998, but never released when it was scrapped in 1999. Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. Opera is a Web browser and Internet suite developed by the Opera Software company SeaMonkey is a free, Open source, and Cross-platform Internet suite. The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Web browsers Please see the individual products' articles for further information Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups (also referred to as Mozilla Mail/News or simply Mozilla Mail) is an e-mail and News client that is part of the Mozilla Composer is the free, Open source, HTML editor and web authoring module of the Mozilla Application Suite (the predecessor to ChatZilla is an IRC client written in XUL and JavaScript for Mozilla Web browsers It is designed to run on any platform
- ^ Apple Address Book is used.
- ^ The Mail aplication is called Microsoft Internet Mail and News
- ^ a b c The Mail aplication is called Windows Address Book
- ^ a b The Mail aplication is called Outlook Express
- ^ a b The HTML editor is called FrontPage Express 2. Microsoft Internet Mail and News was a Freeware e-mail and News client and ancestor of Outlook Express. Windows Address Book is a component of Microsoft Windows that lets users keep a single list of contacts that can be shared by multiple programs Outlook Express is an e-mail / News client that was included with Internet Explorer versions Internet Explorer 4 0
- ^ a b The Mailaplication is called Netscape Mail & Newsgroups
- ^ The adressbook is integrated in Mail & Newsgroups
- ^ The comming Opera 9. Netscape Mail and Newsgroups, commonly known as just Netscape Mail, was an Email and news client produced by Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape Mail and Newsgroups, commonly known as just Netscape Mail, was an Email and news client produced by Netscape Communications Corporation 5 will add developer tools named Dragonfly.
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