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The Netscape web browser is the general name for a series of web browsers formerly produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, which eventually became a subsidiary of AOL.
Netscape Navigator is a discontinued proprietary web browser, and the original browser of the Netscape line, from versions 1 to 4.08, and 9.x. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corporation and was the dominant web browser in terms of usage share in the 1990s, but by around 2003 its user base had all but disappeared. [ 2 ]
Netscape Navigator was an internet browser that was originally released in December 1994. At its height in 1996, the browser held over 75% of the market. For a browser of that level of...
Between 2005 and 2007, Netscape's releases became known as Netscape Browser. 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.
A comprehensive visual history of Netscape Navigator from 1994 to 2008. See a gallery of the Netscape Navigator evolution from the beginning to 2008.
Netscape's browser development slowed after releasing its source code, but Microsoft didn't rest. By the end of 1999, Microsoft had won the majority of the market.
In January 1998, Netscape made an announcement that their browser would thereafter be free, and also that the development of the browser would move to an open-source process. This came as wonderful news to many on the Internet.
Netscape was more than just a browser. The Internet as we now know it sprang into existence from Netscape innovations, such as RSS feeds and dynamic JavaScript-powered Web pages.
Netscape was born the child of University of Illinois graduate Marc Andreessen and Silicon Graphics' Jim Clark. Andreessen had spent some of his time at university working on...
Netscape: A history. James Barksdale led Netscape's browser battles. Netscape was the pioneering company in the field of internet browsers. Its Navigator provided the...