 What is Netscape? Netscape is a general name for one of the web browsers produced by Netscape Communication Corporation, which is a subsidiary of AOL. It was dominant in terms of usage share of web browser but it lost virtually its entire share to Internet Explorer. So AOL announced that Netscape should be discontinued and would cease support on 1st February 2008, but it was pushed back and support for all Netscape browser and client products was then terminated on 1st March 2008. What is the feature of Netscape Suite? Netscape Navigator – Web browser
 Netscape Messenger – Email client
 Netscape Address Book – address book  Netscape Composer – HTML Editor
 HISTORY OF NETSCAPE
Netscape’s web browser from version 1.0 through 4.8 was called Netscape Navigator. Its first beta release version was released on 1994, which is known as Mosaic and then Mosaic Netscape which change to Netscape Navigator due to a legal challenge from National Center for Supercomputing Applications (Makers of Mosaic), whom many are Netscape’s founders thus leading to a name change. The browser became a market leader while in Beta, and continuously grows rapidly after version 1.0 was released due to its advance features. Upon releasing version 2.0, a Full mail reader called Netscape Mail has integrated with Netscape Navigator, making it from a mere browser to an Internet suite. During this period, AOL also started bundling their software with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Netscape released version 3.0 and face a serious competition with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, However Netscape easily held off Microsoft’s challenge and remain number one web browser. Netscape 3.0 was a huge success due to its new features such as plug-ins, background colors for tables and so on. Its final and latest version was 3.04 Netscape 4 said Netscape Navigator is a problem as both the name of the suite and the browser contained within has the same name, so they rename the suite to Netscape Communicator. They released 5 preview from 1996 – 1997, which is when Netscape Corp. released the final version of Netscape Communicator in June 1997. It uses almost more or less the same concept of Netscape Navigator 3 Coode, but updated and added a lot of new features. The new suite was quite successful, despite the increasing competition from Internet Explorer 4.0 and problems with outdated browser core. The suite was made up of Netscape Navigator, Netscape Mail and Newsgroup, Netscape Address Book and Netscape Composer (an HTML editor, which later became Mozilla composer was split off into a completely separate product, Nvu).Netscape Communicator 4.5 was released on October 1998, which has a lot of functionality improvement but didn’t update the browser core which a month later Netscappe Communication Corporation was bought by AOL. A stand Alone version of Netscape Navigator was still available but stopped at version 4.08 for windows while Unix/Linux were maintained up to version 4.8 In January 1998, Netscape Communications Corporation announced that all their future version of software will be free and developed by an Open Source community (Mozilla). Netscape communicator 5.0 was then announced, but a significant delay of the release of Netscape’s next major version and Communicator which causes a more advance support of HTML 4, CSS, DOM and ECMAScript by Internet Explorer starting with version 4 and up-to-date Internet Explorer 5.0 became the leading of the Usage of Market Share. In November 1998, Netscape 5.0 was then cancelled in favor of developing a new program from scratch. The re-written of the code or program was in the form of Mozilla web browser, which Netscape 6 was based on. Netscape was taken over by AOL, whom were pressured from Web Standards project and forced its new division to release Netscape 6.0 in 2000. This suite consist of Netscape Navigator, Other communicator components and AOL instant messenger client and Netscape Instant Messenger. But Netscape 6 was not ready for release and ended up a big failure. It web browser were based on Mozilla 0.6 which was not ready to be used on public thus causing crash often. Although a later version of Netscape 6 was improved, the community still didn’t really pay much attention to it. August 2002, Netscape 7.0 was released, a continuation of Netscape 6. On June 2003, Netscape 7.1 was then released which was a new AOL-free-version. Somewhere around 2003, Netscape was closed down but Mozilla.org continued, and Mozilla take a lot of Netscape’s ex-employes because it’s an Independent Mozilla foundation. Although AOL continued to develop Netscape, but no commitment from staff, the improvement were low. So a year later, August 2004, the last version was released – Netscape 7.2. 23rd January 2007, Netscape confirmed that Netscape browser should be continued by a new stand-alone browser, which was Netscape Navigator 9. Features were enhanced, with a multi-platform support. The new release was also based on Mozilla Firefox with all the support of Firefox add-ons and plugins. 5th June 2007, first beta was released and final version released on 15th October 2007. Though on 28th December 2007, Netscape announced that AOL would discontinue their web browser due to low market share and end up closing on 1st March 2008, which then they offer their support for migration to Flock and Mozilla Firefox. TIMELINE FOR NETSCAPE
1990 – 1995 > First beta release in 1994, Known as Mosaic and then Mosaic Netscape which later chage to Netscape Navigator. > Netscape 3.0 face competition with Internet explorer 3.0 but easily held off and remain the number one web browser. > Netscape 3.04 was the latest version and face a huge success due to its new features. 1995 – 2000 > Netscape Corp release five preview from 1996 – 1997, Netscape corp then released the final version of Netscape communicator in June 2007. > Mozilla organization was formed in 1998, funded by Netscape to co-ordinate the development of Netscape 5 which would be based on the Communicator source code. > In January 1998, Netscape Communications Corporation announced that all future version of their software would be free of charge and developed by an Open Source community (Mozilla). > In October 1998, version 4.5 of Netscape Communicator was released, which include various functionality improvements, especially in Mail & news. > In November 1998, Netscape Communications Corporation was bought by AOL. However, Netscape Navigator was discontinued after version 4.08 for windows - Only operating system such as Unix / Linux were maintained up to version 4.8 > In November1998, Netscape 5.0 was cancelled in favor of developing a completely new program from scratch. This due to the aging Communicator code which was proved difficult to work with and the decision to scrap Netscape 5 and re-write the source code was implemented and it was re-written in the form of Mozilla web browser, which Netscape 6 was based on. 2000 – 2005 > Web standards project, forced it’s new division which was AOL, forced to release Netscape 6.0 in 2000, however it’s a complete failure because it was not ready for release and it’s Mozilla which is its browser is only Mozilla 0.6, which was not ready to be used by general public due to its bug. Although 6.2x was regarded good release, the browser still struggled to make an impact on a disappointed community. > August 2002, Netscape 7.0 was released – continuation of Netscape 6; Similar components. > June 2003, Netscape 7.1 was released, which was a new AOL-free-version (without the usual AOL addons) of the browser suite. > In 2003, AOL closed down it’s Netscape division and re-assigned all of Netscape’s employees but Mozilla.org continued. Though AOL continued to develop Netscape in-house, but no commitment from the staff, which causes improvement to be minimal > 1 Year later, august 2004, Last version based on Mozilla was released: Netscape 7.2, based on Mozilla 1.7.2 2005 – 2010 > Between 2005 – 2007, Netscape releases became known as Netscape Browser. AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on Mozilla Firefox, though it’s solely a web browser. AOL’s company laid off the Netscape team and outsourced development to Mercurial Communications. > 2nd April 2007, Netscape browser 8.1.3 was released. > 23rd January 2007, Netscape confirmed that Netscape Browser was to be succeed by a new stand-alone browser. > 5th June 2007, Beta - Netscape Navigator 9: included newsfeed, enchanced methods of discussion, submission, voting on webpages, multi-platform support and so on. > 15th October 2007, Final version was released. > 28th December 2007, Netscape developers announced AOL would discontinue their web browser on 1st February due to very low market share > 29th January 2008, Netscape revised the date to 1st March 2008 and offered support for migration to Flock and Mozilla Firefox. Netscape Web browser Change (with Image)
Version 3.0
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