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Netscape Communications
Type
Founded 1994
Headquarters Dulles, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
(AOL's headquarters)
Key people Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark (founders)
Industry Internet, Software, & Telecommunication
Products Internet suite
web browser
Internet service provider
web portal
Employees 10,000
Parent AOL

Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company, best known for its web browser. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Dulles Virginia is an unincorporated Census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Loudoun County (ˈlaʊdən "LOUD-un" is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls Iowa and raised in New Lisbon Wisconsin, United States) is known as a entrepreneur Dr James H Clark (born 1944 is a prolific Entrepreneur and former computer scientist For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need An Internet suite is an Internet -related Software suite. Internet suites usually include a Web browser, E-mail client (often with a News 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 Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet A web portal is a site that provides a single function via a web page or site Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 The browser was once dominant in terms of usage share, but lost most of that share to Internet Explorer during the first browser war. Usage share, in Web browser statistics is the percentage of visitors to a group of web sites that use a particular browser Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical The term "browser wars" refers to the competition for dominance in the Web browser marketplace By the end of 2006, the usage share of Netscape browsers had fallen, from over 90% in the mid 1990s, to less than 1%.

Netscape stock traded between 1995 and 2003, subsequently as a subsidiary of AOL LLC. A subsidiary, in business matters is an entity that is controlled by a bigger and more powerful entity However, it became a holding company following Netscape's purchase by AOL in 1998. A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The Netscape brand is still extensively used by AOL. And some services currently offered under the Netscape brand, other than the web browser, include a discount Internet service provider and a popular social news website. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store organize search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of Metadata As of December 2007, AOL announced it would no longer be updating the Netscape browser. Tom Drapeau, director of AOL's Netscape Brand, announced that the company would stop supporting Netscape software products as of March 1, 2008. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [1] The decision met mixed reactions from communities, with many arguing that the termination of product support is significantly belated. Internet security site Security Watch stated that a trend of infrequent security updates for AOL's Netscape cause the browser to become a "security liability", specifically the 2005-2007 versions, Netscape Browser 8. Netscape (web browser Netscape Browser is the name of a proprietary Windows Web browser published by AOL, but developed by Mercurial Communications [2] Asa Dotzler, one of Firefox's original programmers, greeted the news with "good riddance" in his blog post, but praised the various members of the Netscape team over the years for enabling the creation of Mozilla in 1998. Asa Dotzler (ˈeɪsə ˈdɒtslɚ born in Summertown Tennessee on June 5, 1974, is best known for his work as community coordinator for several Mozilla Mozilla was the official public original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite. [3] Others protested and petitioned AOL, including online petitions and propaganda, to continue providing vital security fixes to unknowing or loyal users of its software, as well as protection of a well-known brand. [4][5][6]

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Netscape Internet Service

Netscape ISP Logo
Netscape ISP Logo

Netscape ISP is a "high speed" 56 kbit/s dialup-up service offered at $9. 95 per month[7] ($6. 95 with 12-month commitment). The company serves webpages in a compressed format to increase effective speeds up to 1300 kbit/s (average 500 kbit/s). The Internet service provider is run by AOL under the Netscape brand. An Internet service provider ( ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a company which primarily offers their customers access to the Internet The low-cost ISP was officially launched on January 8, 2004. [8]. Its main competitor is NetZero. NetZero is an Internet service provider based in Woodland Hills California. Netscape ISP's advertising is generally aimed at a younger demographic, e. g. , college students, and people just out of school, as an affordable way to gain access to the Internet. College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. Additional features can be added to the service at extra cost such as:

Web Accelerator

The Web Accelerator is the main feature that sets Netscape's service apart from others. The accelerator precompresses text at the Server side to approximately 4% its original size, increasing effective throughput to 1300 kbit/s. The accelerator also precompresses Flash executables and images to approximately 30% and 12%, respectively. Netscape advertises this as "DSL speeds over regular phone lines", although such speeds are limited to only web browsing, not downloads of files. Members of Netscape ISP can get customer support by visiting their Live Chat support

History

Early years

The logo of Mosaic Communications Corporation and its browser
The logo of Mosaic Communications Corporation and its browser

Netscape was the first company to attempt to capitalize on the (then) nascent World Wide Web. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. It was originally founded under the name, Mosaic Communications Corporation, on April 4, 1994, the brainchild of Jim Clark who had recruited Marc Andreessen as co-founder and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as investors. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Dr James H Clark (born 1944 is a prolific Entrepreneur and former computer scientist Marc Andreessen (born July 9, 1971, in Cedar Falls Iowa and raised in New Lisbon Wisconsin, United States) is known as a entrepreneur Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB is a Venture capital firm located on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley. Clark recruited other early Netscape team members from SGI and NCSA Mosaic. Mosaic is the browser which popularized the World Wide Web. It was also a browser for earlier concepts such as Ftp, Usenet, and Gopher The company's first product was the web browser, called Mosaic Netscape 0. 9, released on October 13, 1994. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) This browser was subsequently renamed Netscape Navigator, and the company took the 'Netscape' name on November 14, 1994[9] to avoid trademark ownership problems with NCSA, where the initial Netscape employees had previously created the NCSA Mosaic web browser. Netscape Navigator and Netscape are the names for the proprietary Web browser popular in the 1990s and the Flagship product of the Netscape Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The National Center for Supercomputing Applications ( NCSA) is one of five original centers in the National Science Foundation 's Supercomputer Centers Program and a Mosaic is the browser which popularized the World Wide Web. It was also a browser for earlier concepts such as Ftp, Usenet, and Gopher The Mosaic Netscape web browser utilized some NCSA Mosaic code with NCSA's permission, as noted in the application's "About" dialog box. Netscape made a very successful IPO on August 9, 1995. Initial public offering (IPO, also referred to simply as a "public offering" is when a company issues Common stock or shares to the public for the first Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The stock was set to be offered at $14 per share. But, a last-minute decision doubled the initial offering to $28 per share. The stock's value soared to $75 on the first day of trading, nearly a record for first-day gain. The company's revenues doubled every quarter in 1995. [10]

One of Netscape's stated goals was to "level the playing field" among operating systems by providing a consistent web browsing experience across them. The Netscape web browser interface was identical on any computer. Netscape later experimented with prototypes of a web-based system which would enable users to access and edit their files anywhere across a network, no matter what computer or operating system they happened to be using. This did not escape the attention of Microsoft, which viewed the commoditization of operating systems as a direct threat to its bottom line. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer It is alleged that several Microsoft executives visited the Netscape campus in June 1995 to propose dividing the market (although Microsoft denies this as it would have breached anti-trust laws), which would have allowed Microsoft to produce web browser software for Windows while leaving all other operating systems to Netscape. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. [11] Netscape refused the proposition.

Microsoft released version 1. 0 of Internet Explorer as a part of the Windows 95 Plus Pack add-on. Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Microsoft Plus! is a commercial Operating system enhancement product by Microsoft. According to former Spyglass developer Eric Sink, Internet Explorer was based not on NCSA Mosaic as commonly believed, but on a version of Mosaic developed at Spyglass[12] (which itself was based upon NCSA Mosaic). Eric Sink is a Software developer and writer He is the author of Eric Sink on the Business of Software ( 2006) a collection of essays from his Blog Microsoft quickly released several successive versions of Internet Explorer, bundling them with Windows, never charging for them, financing their development and marketing with revenues from other areas of the company. This period of time became known as the browser wars, in which Netscape Communicator and Internet Explorer added many new features (not always working correctly) and went through many version numbers (not always in a logical fashion) in attempts to outdo each other. The term "browser wars" refers to the competition for dominance in the Web browser marketplace But Internet Explorer had the upper hand, as the amount of manpower and capital dedicated to it eventually surpassed the resources available in Netscape's entire business. By version 3. 0, IE was roughly a feature-for-feature equivalent of Netscape Communicator, and by version 4. 0, it was generally considered to be more stable on Windows, but not the Mac platform. Microsoft also targeted other Netscape products with free workalikes, such as the Internet Information Server (IIS), a web server which was bundled with Windows NT. Internet Information Services ( IIS)&mdashformerly called Internet Information Server &mdashis a Microsoft -produced set of Internet-based services

Netscape could not compete with this strategy. In fact, it didn't attempt to. Netscape Navigator was not free to the general public until January 1998[13], while Internet Explorer and IIS have always been free or came bundled with an operating system and/or other applications. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Meanwhile, Netscape faced increasing criticism for the bugs in its products; critics claimed that the company suffered from 'featuritis' – putting a higher priority on adding new features than on making them work properly. This was particularly true with Netscape Navigator 2, which was only on the market for 5 months in early 1996 before being replaced by Netscape Navigator 3. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The tide of public opinion, having once lauded Netscape as the David to Microsoft's Goliath, steadily turned negative, especially when Netscape experienced its first bad quarter at the end of 1997 and underwent a large round of layoffs in January 1998. David, Arabic: داوود or داود dawud, "beloved" was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible Goliath ( גָּלְיָת, Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew Golyāṯ, Arabic: جالوت Jalut (Muslim (There were, however, always users who appreciated Netscape's functionality with frames and image-saving, and who liked using a non-Microsoft product. )

Open sourcing

January 1998 was also the month that Netscape started the open source Mozilla project. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Mozilla was the official public original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite. Netscape publicly released the source code of Netscape Communicator 4. In Computer science, source code (commonly just source or code) is any sequence of statements or declarations written in some Human-readable 0 in the hopes that it would become a popular open source project. It placed this code under the Netscape Public License, which was similar to the GNU General Public License but allowed Netscape to continue to publish proprietary work containing the publicly released code. The Netscape Public License (NPL is a Free software license, the license under which Netscape Communications Corporation originally released Mozilla However, after having released the Communicator 4. 0 code this way, Netscape proceeded to work on Communicator 4. 5 which was focused on improving email and enterprise functionality. It eventually became clear that the Communicator 4. 0 browser was too difficult to develop, and open source development was halted on this codebase. Instead, the open source development shifted to a next generation browser built from scratch. Utilizing the newly built Gecko layout engine, this browser had a much more modular architecture than Communicator 4. Gecko is a Layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation, known as the layout engine of the Firefox web browser Mozilla Application A layout engine, or rendering engine, is software that takes marked up content (such as HTML, XML, image files etc 0 and was therefore easier to develop with a large number of programmers. It also included an XML user interface language named XUL that allowed single development of a user interface that ran on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. XUL (pronounced zool ( the XML User Interface Language, an XML User interface markup language developed by the Mozilla project

The United States Department of Justice filed an antitrust case against Microsoft in May 1998. For animal rights group see Justice Department (JD The United States Department of Justice ( DOJ) is a Cabinet department United States v Microsoft There were many civil actions taking place in May 18 1998 Netscape was not a plaintiff in the case, though its executives were subpoenaed and it contributed much material to the case, including the entire contents of the 'Bad Attitude' internal discussion forum. [14] In October 1998, Netscape acquired web directory site NewHoo for the sum of $1 million, renamed it the Open Directory Project, and released its database under an open content license. The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory Open content, a Neologism coined by analogy with " Open source " describes any kind of Creative work published in a format that explicitly allows


Acquisition by America Online

America Online (AOL) on November 24, 1998 announced it would acquire Netscape Communications in a tax-free stock-swap valued at US$4. 2 billion at the time of the announcement. This merger was ridiculed by many who believed that the two corporate cultures could not possibly mesh; one of its most prominent critics was longtime Netscape developer Jamie Zawinski. [15][16] The acquisition was seen as a way for AOL to gain a bargaining chip against Microsoft, to let it become less dependent on the Internet Explorer web browser. Others believed that AOL was interested in Netcenter, or Netscape's web properties, which drew some of the highest traffic worldwide. Eventually, Netscape's server products and its Professional Services group became part of iPlanet, a joint marketing and development alliance between AOL and Sun Microsystems. On November 14, 2000, AOL released Netscape 6, based on the Mozilla 0. 6 source code. (Version 5 was skipped. ) Unfortunately, Mozilla 0. 6 was far from being stable yet, and so the effect of Netscape 6 was to further drive people away from the Netscape brand. It was not until August 2001 that Netscape 6. 1 appeared, based on Mozilla 0. 9. 2 which was significantly more robust. A year later came Netscape 7. 0, based on the Mozilla 1. 0 core.

Disbanding of Netscape

Netscape logo used from 1994 until 2002
Netscape logo used from 1994 until 2002

After the Microsoft antitrust case found that Microsoft held and had abused monopoly power, AOL filed suit against it for damages. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. [15] This suit was settled in May 2003 when Microsoft paid US $750 million to AOL and agreed to share some technologies, including granting AOL a license to use and distribute Internet Explorer royalty-free for seven years. [16][17] This was considered to be the death knell for Netscape.

On July 15, 2003, Time Warner (formerly AOL Time Warner) disbanded Netscape. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Most of the programmers were laid-off, and the Netscape logo was removed from the building. However, the Netscape 7. 2 web browser (developed in-house rather than with Netscape staff) was released by AOL on August 18, 2004. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [18] Red Hat announced on September 30, 2004 that it had acquired large portions of the Netscape Enterprise Suite and was planning to convert them into an open source product to be bundled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In Computing, Red Hat Inc ( is a company dedicated to Free and open source software, and a major Linux distribution vendor Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market including mainframes. [1] On June 1, 2005, Red Hat released Fedora Directory Server. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Fedora Directory Server (FDS is an LDAP ( Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server developed by Red Hat, as part of Red Hat's community-supported

On October 12, 2004, the popular developer website Netscape DevEdge was shut down by AOL. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " DevEdge was an important resource for Internet-related technologies, maintaining definitive documentation on the Netscape browser, documentation on associated technologies like HTML and JavaScript, and popular articles written by industry and technology leaders such as Danny Goodman. Danny Goodman is a Computer programmer, Technology Consultant, and a well known award-winning Author of over three dozen books and hundreds of Some content from DevEdge has been republished at the Mozilla website. Mozilla was the official public original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite.

The Last Release

Netscape logo 2005-2007, still used in some portals
Netscape logo 2005-2007, still used in some portals

The Netscape brand name continued to be used extensively. The company once again had its own programming staff devoted to the development and support for the series of web browsers. Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. [19] Additionally, Netscape also maintained the Propeller web portal, which was a popular social-news site, similar to Digg, which was given a new look in June 2006. Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Digg is a Website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories and voting and commenting on submitted AOL marketed a discount ISP service under the Netscape brand name.

A new version of the Netscape browser, Netscape Navigator 9, based on Firefox 2, was released in October 2007. Netscape Navigator 9 is the most recent and final release of the Netscape series of browsers produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL It featured a sleek green and grey interface. As of November 2007, IE accounted for 77. 35% of the browser market, Firefox 16. 01% and Netscape 0. 6%, according to Internet metrics firm NetApplications. [20] On December 28, 2007, AOL announced that on February 1, 2008 it would drop support for the Netscape web browser and would no longer develop new releases. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The date was later extended to March 1 [21] to allow a major security update and to add a tool to assist users in migrating to other browsers. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant These additional features were included in the final version of Netscape Navigator 9 (version 9. Netscape Navigator 9 is the most recent and final release of the Netscape series of browsers produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL 0. 0. 6), released on February 20, 2008.

Software

Main article: Netscape (web browser)

Netscape Classic releases

Netscape Navigator (version 0. Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. 9)

32-bit Netscape 0.91 running on 64-bit Windows Vista.
32-bit Netscape 0. 91 running on 64-bit Windows Vista.

Netscape Navigator (versions 1. 0–4. 08)

Netscape Navigator 2.02
Netscape Navigator 2. 02
Main article: Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator was the name of Netscape's web browser from versions 1. Netscape Navigator and Netscape are the names for the proprietary Web browser popular in the 1990s and the Flagship product of the Netscape 0–4. 8. The first beta release versions of the browser were released in 1994 and known as Mosaic and then Mosaic Netscape until a legal challenge from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (makers of NCSA Mosaic), which many of Netscape's founders used to develop, led to the name Netscape Navigator. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications ( NCSA) is one of five original centers in the National Science Foundation 's Supercomputer Centers Program and a Mosaic is the browser which popularized the World Wide Web. It was also a browser for earlier concepts such as Ftp, Usenet, and Gopher The company's name also changed from Mosaic Communications Corporation to Netscape Communications Corporation.

The browser was easily the most advanced available and was therefore an instant success, becoming market leader while still in beta. Netscape's feature-count and market share continued to grow rapidly after version 1. 0 was released. Version 2. 0 added a full mail reader called Netscape Mail, thus transforming Netscape from a mere web browser to an Internet suite. An Internet suite is an Internet -related Software suite. Internet suites usually include a Web browser, E-mail client (often with a News During this period, the suite was called Netscape Navigator.

Version 3. 0 of Netscape (the first beta was codenamed "Atlas") was the first to face any serious competition in the form of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Windows Internet Explorer (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer abbreviated MSIE) commonly abbreviated to IE, is a series of graphical 0. Netscape, however, easily held off Microsoft's challenge and remained the number one browser for the time being.

Netscape also released a Gold version. This version incorporated JavaScript, RSA security and an Apple Inc. QuickTime decoder. JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development In Cryptography, RSA is an Algorithm for Public-key cryptography. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics QuickTime is a Multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc, capable of handling various formats of Digital video, Media clips sound text It also had its own email client named Netscape Email. Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving The main distinguishing feature of the email client was its capability of displaying HTML. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure

Netscape Communicator (versions 4. 0–4. 8)

Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp
Netscape Communicator 4. 61 for OS/2 Warp
Main article: Netscape Communicator

Netscape 4 addressed the problem of Netscape Navigator being used as both the name of the suite and the browser contained within it by renaming the suite to Netscape Communicator. Netscape Communicator is an Internet suite that was produced by Netscape Communications Corporation. After releasing 5 preview releases from 1996 - 1997, Netscape released the final version of Netscape Communicator in June 1997. This new version, more or less based on Netscape Navigator 3 Code, updated and added new features. The new suite was successful, despite increasing competition from Internet Explorer 4. 0 (which had a more advanced HTML engine) and problems with the outdated browser core. Internet Explorer was sluggish and unstable on the Mac platform, however, until version 4. 5. The Communicator suite was made up of Netscape Navigator, Netscape Mail & Newsgroups, Netscape Address Book and Netscape Composer (an HTML editor). Netscape Mail and Newsgroups, commonly known as just Netscape Mail, was an Email and news client produced by Netscape Communications Corporation Netscape Composer was a WYSIWYG HTML editor initially developed by Netscape Communications Corporation in 1997, and packaged as part of the In January 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation announced that all future versions of their software would be free of charge and developed by an Open Source Community (Mozilla). Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company Mozilla was the official public original name of Mozilla Application Suite by the Mozilla Foundation, currently known as SeaMonkey suite. Netscape Communicator 5.0 was announced (codenamed "Grommit"). Netscape 50 (codenamed "Gromit" was a projected Internet suite developed in 1998, but never released when it was scrapped in 1999. However, there were significant delays to the release of Netscape's next major version and Communicator therefore aged badly over the many years it was still used. As a result of this, and a more advanced support of HTML 4, CSS, DOM, and ECMAScript by Internet Explorer starting with version 4, the more up-to-date Internet Explorer 5.0 became the market leader. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure The Document Object Model ( DOM) is a platform- and language -independent standard Object model for representing HTML or XML and related ECMAScript is a Scripting language, standardized by Ecma International in the ECMA-262 specification. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (abbreviated IE5) is a graphical Web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows

In October 1998 version 4. 5 of Netscape Communicator was released. This new version featured various functionality improvements, especially in the Mail and Newsgroups component, but did not update the browser core (which, in its functionality, was basically identical with version 4. Netscape Mail and Newsgroups, commonly known as just Netscape Mail, was an Email and news client produced by Netscape Communications Corporation 08). Only one month later, Netscape Communications Corporation was purchased by AOL. Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) is an American computer services company In November 1998 work on Netscape 5. 0 was cancelled in favor of developing a completely new program from scratch. A rewrite in Computer programming is the act or result of re-implementing a large portion of existing functionality without re-use of its Source code.

Mozilla-based releases

Netscape 6 (versions 6. 0–6. 2. 3)

Netscape Navigator 6.1
Netscape Navigator 6. 1
Main article: Netscape 6

In 1998, an informal group called the Mozilla Organization was formed and largely funded by Netscape (the vast majority of programmers working on the code were paid by Netscape) to co-ordinate the development of Netscape 5 (codenamed "Gromit"), which would be based on the Communicator source code. Netscape 6 was the name of Netscape Communications Corporation 's proprietary Cross-platform Internet suite from versions 6 The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project However, the aging Communicator code proved difficult to work with and the decision was taken to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code. The re-written source code was in the form of the Mozilla web browser, which, with a few additions, Netscape 6 was based on. The Mozilla Application Suite (originally known as Mozilla, marketed as the Mozilla Suite, and Code named SeaMonkey) is a Cross-platform

This decision meant that Netscape's next major version was severely delayed. In the meantime, Netscape was taken over by AOL who, acting under pressure from the Web Standards Project, forced its new division to release Netscape 6. 0 in 2000. The suite again consisted of Netscape Navigator and the other Communicator components, with the addition of a built-in AOL Instant Messenger client, Netscape Instant Messenger. However, it was clear that Netscape 6 was not yet ready for release and it flopped badly. It was based on Mozilla 0. 6, which was not ready to be used by the general public yet due to many serious bugs that would cause it to crash often or render web pages slowly. Later versions of Netscape 6 were much improved (especially 6. 2. x was regarded as a good release), but the browser still struggled to make an impact on a disappointed community.

Netscape 7 (versions 7. 0–7. 2)

Netscape 7.2
Netscape 7. 2
Main article: Netscape (version 7)

Netscape 7. Netscape 7 was a series of proprietary Cross-platform Internet suites created by Netscape Communications Corporation and then in-house by 0 (based on Mozilla 1. 0. 1) was released in August 2002 was a direct continuation of Netscape 6 with very similar components. It picked up a few users, but was still very much a minority browser. It did, however, come with the popular Radio@Netscape Internet radio client. AOL had decided to deactivate Mozilla's popup-blocker functionality in Netscape 7. 0, which created an outrage in the community. AOL learned the lesson for Netscape 7. 01 and allowed Netscape to reinstate the popup-blocker. Netscape also introduced a new AOL-free-version (without the usual AOL addons) of the browser suite. Netscape 7. 1 (codenamed "Buffy" and based on Mozilla 1. 4) was released in June 2003.

In 2003, AOL closed down its Netscape division and laid-off or re-assigned all of Netscape's employees. Mozilla. org continued, however, as the independent Mozilla Foundation, taking on many of Netscape's ex-employees. The Mozilla Foundation is a Non-profit organization that exists to support and provide leadership for the Open source Mozilla project AOL continued to develop Netscape in-house, but, due to there being no staff committed to it, improvements were minimal. One year later, in August 2004, the last version based on Mozilla was released: Netscape 7. 2, based on Mozilla 1. 7. 2.

After an official poll posted on Netscape's community support board in late 2006, speculation has arisen of the Netscape 7 series of suites being fully supported and updated by Netscape's in-house development team once more, including major bug fixes and security issues. Polymerase (DNA directed lambda, also known as POLL, is a human Gene. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [22][23][24].

Mozilla Firefox-based releases

Netscape Browser (version 8. 0-8. 1. 3)

Netscape Browser 8.1.3
Netscape Browser 8. 1. 3
Main article: Netscape Browser

Between 2005 and 2007, Netscape's releases became known as Netscape Browser. Netscape (web browser Netscape Browser is the name of a proprietary Windows Web browser published by AOL, but developed by Mercurial Communications Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on the relatively successful Mozilla Firefox, a re-written version of Mozilla produced by the Mozilla Foundation. This release is not a full Internet suite as before, but is solely a web browser. Other controversial decisions include the browser's being made only for Microsoft Windows (as of now) and its featuring both the Gecko rendering engine of previous releases and the Trident engine used in Internet Explorer. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Gecko is a Layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation, known as the layout engine of the Firefox web browser Mozilla Application Trident (also known as MSHTML) is the name of the Layout engine for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. AOL's acquisition of Netscape years ago made it less of a surprise when the company laid off the Netscape team and outsourced development to Mercurial Communications. Mercurial Communications was a Canadian company that developed the Netscape 8 Netscape Browser 8. 1. 3 was released on April 2, 2007, and included general bug fixes identified in versions 8. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 0-8. 1. 2[25] [26]

Netscape Navigator (version 9. 0)

Netscape Navigator 9.0
Netscape Navigator 9. 0
Main article: Netscape Navigator 9

Netscape confirmed on 23 January 2007 that Netscape Browser versions 8. Netscape Navigator 9 is the most recent and final release of the Netscape series of browsers produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. 0-8. 1. 2 was to be succeeded by a new stand-alone browser release, Netscape Navigator 9. Netscape Navigator 9 is the most recent and final release of the Netscape series of browsers produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL Its features were said to include newsfeed support and become more integrated with the Propeller Internet portal [27], alongside more enhanced methods of discussion, submission and voting on web pages [28]. In computing a feed aggregator, also known as a feed reader, news reader or simply aggregator, is client software or a Web application It also sees the browser return to multi-platform support across Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. Linux (commonly pronounced ˈlɪnəks 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 [29] Like Netscape version 8. x, the new release was be based upon the popular Mozilla Firefox (version 2. 0), and supposedly have full support of all Firefox add-ons and plugins, some of which Netscape is already providing. [30]. Also for the first time since 2004, the browser was produced in-house with its own programming staff. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [31] A beta of the program was first released on 5 June 2007[32]. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The final version was released on October 15, 2007. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the

Netscape's Death

AOL officially announced [33] that it is no longer supporting Netscape Navigator as of the 1st of March 2008, and recommended that its users download either the Flock or Firefox browsers, both of which were based on the same technology. Flock is a Web browser built on Mozilla’s Firefox Codebase that specializes in providing social networking and Web 2

Mozilla Thunderbird-based releases

Netscape Messenger 9

Netscape Messenger 9.0a1
Netscape Messenger 9. 0a1
Main article: Netscape Messenger 9

On 11 June 2007, Netscape announced Netscape Mercury, a stand-alone Email / News Client that was to accompany Navigator 9. Netscape Messenger is a standalone multiplatform e-mail and News client that was developed by Netscape. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mercury was based on Mozilla Thunderbird [34]. Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, Open source, Cross-platform e-mail and News client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The product was later renamed Netscape Messenger 9, and an alpha version was released. In December 2007, AOL announced it was canceling Netscape's development of Messenger 9 as well as Navigator 9.

Product list

Installation disk of Netscape 2.0
Installation disk of Netscape 2. 0

Netscape's initial product line consisted of:

Later Netscape products included:

Netscape created the JavaScript web page scripting language. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP (ˈɛl dæp is an Application protocol for querying and modifying Directory services running over The Internet Message Access Protocol or IMAP is one of the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for E-mail retrieval the other being POP3 In Computing, local E-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 ( POP3) an application-layer Internet standard protocol Transport Layer Security ( TLS) and its predecessor Secure Sockets Layer ( SSL) are Cryptographic protocols that provide secure A web crawler (also known as a web spider, web robot, or—especially in the FOAF community— web scutter) is a program or automated Netscape Application Server was an integrated software platform. In Software engineering, a web application or webapp is an application that is accessed via Web browser over a network such as the Internet Electronic Data Interchange ( EDI) refers to the structured transmission of data between organizations by electronic means Business-to-business ( B2B) is a term commonly used to describe commerce transactions between businesses as opposed to those between businesses and other groups such as JavaScript is a Scripting language most often used for Client-side web development It also pioneered the development of "push technology," which effectively allowed web sites to send regular updates of information (weather, stock updates, package tracking, etc. ) directly to a user's desktop (aka "webtop"); Netscape's implementation of this was named Netcaster. [2] Unfortunately, businesses quickly recognized the use of push technology to deliver ads to users, and annoyed users turned off the feature, so Netcaster was short-lived.

Netscape was notable for its cross-platform efforts. In computing cross-platform (also known as multi-platform) is a term used to refer to Computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented Its client software continued to be made available for Windows (3.1, 95, 98, NT), Macintosh, Linux, OS/2, BeOS, and many versions of Unix including DEC, Sun Solaris, BSDI, IRIX, IBM AIX, and HP-UX. Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented Graphical user interface -based Operating system. Windows 98 ( codenamed Memphis) is a graphical Operating system released on 25 June 1998 by Microsoft and the successor to Windows 95 Windows NT is a family of Operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993 OS/2 is a computer Operating system, initially created by Microsoft and IBM, then later developed by IBM exclusively BeOS is an Operating system for Personal computers which began development by Be Inc Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the Computer industry Solaris is a Unix -based Operating system introduced by Sun Microsystems in 1992 as the successor to SunOS. Berkeley Software Design Inc (BSDI or later BSDi was a corporation which developed sold licences to and supported BSD/OS (previously known as BSD/386 a commercial and IRIX is a computer Operating system developed by Silicon Graphics Inc HP-UX (Hewlett Packard UniX is Hewlett-Packard 's proprietary implementation of the Unix Operating system, based on System V (initially Its server software generally was only available for Unix and Windows NT, though some of its servers were made available on Linux, and a version of Netscape FastTrack Server was made available for Windows 95/98. Today, most of Netscape's server offerings live on as the Sun Java System, formerly under the Sun ONE branding. Sun Java System is a Brand used by Sun Microsystems to market Computer software. Sun ONE is a brand under which Sun Microsystems used to market server software products Although Netscape Browser 8 was Windows only, multi-platform support exists in the Netscape Navigator 9 series of browsers. Netscape Navigator 9 is the most recent and final release of the Netscape series of browsers produced by the Netscape Communications division of parent AOL [35]

Internet portals and services

Netscape. com

Netscape. com is currently an AOL Netscape-branded mirror duplicate of the AOL. com portal, replacing the former Social News website in September 2007. It features facilities such as news, sports, horoscopes, dating, movies, music and more.

The change has come to much criticism amongst many site users, effectively the site becoming an AOL clone and simply re-directing to regional AOL portals in some areas across the globe. Netscape's exclusive features, such as the Netscape Blog, Netscape NewsQuake, Netscape Navigator, My Netscape and Netscape Community pages, are less accessible from the AOL Netscape designed portal and in some countries not accessible at all without providing a full URL or completing an Internet search. [36]

The new AOL Netscape site was originally previewed in August 2007 before moving the existing site in September 2007 [37]. CompuServe's website, compuserve.com, is similar to the original generic Netscape portal used prior to June 2006. CompuServe, ( CompuServe Information Service, also known by its acronym CIS) was the first major commercial Online service in the United States

Propeller

Propeller logo
Propeller logo
Main article: Propeller.com

Netscape also operates the site Propeller, which is a social news aggregator, similar to Digg, and formally known as Netscape. Propeller, previously known as Netscapecom is a Social news aggregator operated by AOL - Netscape. Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store organize search and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of Metadata Digg is a Website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories and voting and commenting on submitted com between June 2006 and September 2007.

Revised in late 2007, propeller. com has been re-released and the use of the new social structure has spawned over 1,000,000 pages within a 2. 5 month period.

Open Directory Project

Main article: Open Directory Project

The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz (from directory. The Open Directory Project ( ODP) also known as dmoz (from directory mozilla. org, its original domain name), is a multilingual open content directory of World Wide Web links owned by Netscape that is constructed and maintained by a community of volunteer editors. In Computer networking, a domain name is a name given to a collection of network devices that belong to a domain which is an administrative space managed according Open content, a Neologism coined by analogy with " Open source " describes any kind of Creative work published in a format that explicitly allows A web directory or link directory is a directory on the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web (commonly shortened to the Web) is a system of interlinked Hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. A virtual community, e-community or online community is a group of people that primarily interact via communication media such as Newsletters A volunteer is someone who works for a community or for the benefit of environment primarily because they choose to do so

Netscape Search

Netscape operates a search engine, Netscape Search, powered by AOL Search. Another version of Netscape Search can be found at netscape.com/search, which has since been incorporated into Propeller.

Netscape Forum Center

Netscape also has a wide variety of community-based forums within Netscape Forum Center, including its browser's community support board. An, or message board, is a Bulletin board system in the form of a discussion site Netscape is the general name for a series of Web browsers originally produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, now a subsidiary of AOL. To post on the forums, users must possess an AOL Screenname account in which to sign in, referred to within the site as the Netscape Network. Users in a Computing context refers to one who uses a computer system The same service is also available through Compuserve Forum Center.

Other sites

Netscape also operates a number of country-specific portals, including Netscape Canada, the Netscape UK, Netscape Germany among others.

The Netscape Blog is written by Netscape employees discussing the latest on Netscape products and services.

Netscape NewsQuake (formally Netscape Reports) is Netscape's news and opinion blog, including video clips and discussions.

See also

References

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External links

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Dictionary

Netscape

-proper noun

  1. (computing) Netscape Communications Corporation, a company specializing in Internet software, now part of AOL.
  2. (computing) The product of this company, any of a family of web browsers, formerly combining other components such as email and newsgroup client and HTML editor.
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