Netscape Navigator

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software product web browser

Netscape Navigator was a pioneering mid-1990s web browser that played a central role in popularizing the World Wide Web and ignited the first major “browser war.”

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Netscape Navigator canonical 19
Netscape Navigator 2 3
Netscape Communicator 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf software product ⓘ
web browser ⓘ
acquisitionYear 1999 ⓘ
basedOn Mosaic (web browser) ⓘ
surface form: Mosaic web browser concepts
companyAcquiredBy AOL ⓘ
competitor Internet Explorer ⓘ
creator Jim Clark ⓘ
Marc Andreessen ⓘ
declineCause competition from Microsoft Internet Explorer ⓘ
developer Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Netscape Communications

Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ
discontinuationYear 2008 ⓘ
discontinued true ⓘ
distributionModel free for non-commercial use ⓘ
shareware ⓘ
genre graphical web browser ⓘ
influenced Mozilla Firefox ⓘ
modern web browsers ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1994-12-15 ⓘ
latestReleaseMajorVersion 9 ⓘ
latestReleaseVersion 9 ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
marketPosition dominant web browser in the mid-1990s ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s ⓘ
triggering the first browser war with Microsoft Internet Explorer ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
macOS ⓘ
surface form: Mac OS

Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

OS/2 ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ
originalCodeName Mozilla ⓘ
partOf Netscape Communicator ⓘ
platform desktop ⓘ
programmingLanguage C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
releaseYear 1994 ⓘ
replacedBy Mozilla Firefox ⓘ
Mozilla SeaMonkey ⓘ
surface form: Mozilla Suite

Netscape Communicator ⓘ
supportsProtocol FTP ⓘ
Gopher ⓘ
HTTP ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ
supportsStandard Cookies ⓘ
HTML ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ
supportsTechnology Java ⓘ
surface form: Java applets

Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) ⓘ
surface form: Netscape Plug-in API

SSL encryption ⓘ
frames in HTML ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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Marc Andreessen → notableWork → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape Communications Corporation → product → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape Communications Corporation → product → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communications Corporation → notableWork → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator web browser
Brendan Eich → developedFor → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
SpiderMonkey → firstAppearedIn → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator 2
Mac OS 8 → defaultWebBrowser → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator (bundled in many configurations)
Mosaic (web browser) → influenced → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
Mosaic (web browser) → successor → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Mosaic
Marc → notableWork → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
Marc → notableWork → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Marc Andreessen
this entity surface form: Netscape Communicator
Mosaic Communications Corporation → notableProduct → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Mosaic Communications Corporation → notableProduct → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape web browser
NSCP → keyProduct → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Communications Corporation
NSCP → knownFor → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Communications Corporation
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator browser
Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) → usedBy → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: NPAPI
Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) → originatedIn → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: NPAPI
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator 2
Netscape Mail → bundledWith → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape JavaScript language → designedFor → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape JavaScript language → executionEnvironment → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator 2
Netscape JavaScript language → introducedInProduct → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator 2.0 beta
Shockwave → supportsBrowser → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Mosaic → influenced → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape Communicator → hasPart → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Netscape Communicator → predecessor → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
NES → relatedTo → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Enterprise Server
Barksdale → product → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
subject surface form: Netscape Communications
Chief Executive Officer of Netscape Communications Corporation → associatedWith → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netscape Navigator web browser
Jamie Zawinski → notableWork → Netscape Navigator ⓘ
Jamie Zawinski → contributedTo → Netscape Navigator ⓘ