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Netscape Navigator was one of the most popular web (WWW) browsers in the 1990s. The first release of the Netscape browser was in 1994. Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1999, and the Netscape browser essentially died in 2008 with no further updates or support.
 
Netscape Navigator was one of the most popular web (WWW) browsers in the 1990s. The first release of the Netscape browser was in 1994. Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1999, and the Netscape browser essentially died in 2008 with no further updates or support.
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Netscape was created by Marc Andreessen and the team from NCSA at the
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University of Illinois that created the first graphical Internet client,
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Mosaic.
  
 
== Netscape Navigator 1.x ==
 
== Netscape Navigator 1.x ==
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== Netscape Navigator 2.x ==
 
== Netscape Navigator 2.x ==
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===Screenshots===
 
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===Box===
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== Netscape Navigator 3.x ==
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===Disks===
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|4.5 final release. Point releases beyond this add no new HTML support, just address bugs.
 
|4.5 final release. Point releases beyond this add no new HTML support, just address bugs.
 
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Versions after 4.8 were based on Mozilla/Firefox instead of the traditional Netscape base.
  
 
== Videos ==
 
== Videos ==
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==Downloads==
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===Macintosh===
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/netscape3.0.bin (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/netscape3.0.bin)
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/netscape-304.bin (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/netscape-304.bin)
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Netscape%203.04%20Installer.sit (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Netscape%203.04%20Installer.sit)
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Netscape%20Navigator%204.08%2068K.hqx (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Netscape%20Navigator%204.08%2068K.hqx)
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Communicator_4.08-Complete.hqx (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/Communicator_4.08-Complete.hqx)
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* ftp://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/NetscapeCommuncatr4.8.0-PPC.bin (or http://ftp.atlas.altexxa.net/software/mac/net/www/NetscapeCommuncatr4.8.0-PPC.bin)
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==See Also==
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* [[Netscape Communications]]
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* [[Internet Explorer]]
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* [[NCSA Mosaic]]
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==External Resources==
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* https://web.archive.org/web/19970613204750/http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/ - creating net sites with Netscape
  
  
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Netscape Navigator was one of the most popular web (WWW) browsers in the 1990s. The first release of the Netscape browser was in 1994. Netscape was acquired by AOL in 1999, and the Netscape browser essentially died in 2008 with no further updates or support.

Netscape was created by Marc Andreessen and the team from NCSA at the University of Illinois that created the first graphical Internet client, Mosaic.

Netscape Navigator 1.x

Netscape Navigator 2.x

Screenshots

Box

Netscape Navigator 3.x

Disks

Box

Version History

1.0B1 Oct. 1994 The First Beta of version 1 (version 0.9) The original release of the browser supports all basic HTML 2 elements and some limited HTML 3 functionality.
1.0 Dec. 1994 Final Release of version 1.0
1.1B1 Mar. 1995 The first Beta of version 1.1 added table support as well as many of its own new HTML elements and attributes.
1.1 Apr. 1995 Final Release of version 1.1
1.2B1 Jun. 1995 First Beta of version 1.2 which updated the user interface for Windows 95 and added no new HTML support.
1.2 Jul. 1995 Final Release of version 1.2
2.0B1 Oct. 1995 First Beta of the Navigator release added several HTML 3 elements, Frames and the ability to handle Java.
2.0B3 Dec. 1995 This version added the ability to process JavaScript
2.0 Mar. 1996 Final Release of version 2.0
3.0B1 Apr. 1996 First Beta which was originally titled Atlas, this release added many new plug-ins, and support for background colors in tables.
3.0B5 Jul. 1996 This version adds support for underlining, frame border control and Font FACE styles. It also adds new elements to allow for column layout (<Multicol>) and spacing control (<Spacer>)
3.0B7 Aug. 1996 The only new HTML feature in this version appears to be the ARCHIVE attribute to the APPLET element.
3.0-3.04 Aug. 1996- Oct. 1997 Final Release of version 3. Point releases beyond this add no new HTML support, just address Javascript functionality and security bugs.
4.0B1 Dec. 1996 Preview release of 4.0 (Netscape Communicator.) This adds the new LAYER element that allows precise positioning control in documents.
4.0B2 Feb. 1997 Second preview release of 4.0 (Netscape Communicator.) This adds in-line layering, and Cascading/JavaScript Style Sheet Support.
4.0B3 Apr. 1997 Third preview release of 4.0 (Netscape Communicator.) Improves upon the very rudimentary style sheet support in Beta 2 (PR2.)
4.0B4/5 May. 1997 Fourth and fifth beta of 4.0. Beta 4 was a PC-only release with minor HTML improvements, while Beta 5 is cross-platform and adds the Netcaster push technology.
4.0-4.08 Jun. 1997- Nov. 1998 Final Release of Communicator. Final tally adds more CSS support (much but not all of the CSS1 spec and the CSS positioning draft are implemented), minimal dynamic font and OBJECT element support. Point releases beyond this add no new HTML support, just address security bugs.
4.5B1 Jul. 1998 Various functionality improvements, but no new HTML or CSS support.
4.5B2 Sep. 1998 Beta 2.
4.5-4.8 Oct. 1998- Aug. 2002 4.5 final release. Point releases beyond this add no new HTML support, just address bugs.

Versions after 4.8 were based on Mozilla/Firefox instead of the traditional Netscape base.

Videos

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Downloads

Macintosh

See Also

External Resources