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.”

Aliases (6)

Netscape Communicator ×2
Netscape Navigator 2 ×2
Netscape Navigator (bundled in many configurations) ×1
Netscape Navigator browser ×1
Netscape Navigator web browser ×1
Netscape web browser ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software product → web browser →
acquisitionYear	1999 →
basedOn	Mosaic web browser concepts →
companyAcquiredBy	AOL →
competitor	Internet Explorer →
creator	Jim Clark → Marc Andreessen →
declineCause	competition from Microsoft Internet Explorer →
developer	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 → Mac OS → Microsoft Windows → OS/2 → Unix-like systems →
originalCodeName	Mozilla →
partOf	Netscape Communicator →
platform	desktop →
programmingLanguage	C → C++ →
releaseYear	1994 →
replacedBy	Mozilla Firefox → Mozilla Suite → Netscape Communicator →
supportsProtocol	FTP → Gopher → HTTP → HTTPS →
supportsStandard	Cookies → HTML → JavaScript →
supportsTechnology	Java applets → Netscape Plug-in API → SSL encryption → frames in HTML →
userInterface	graphical user interface →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marc Andreessen → Marc Andreessen → Marc Andreessen ("Netscape Communicator") → Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape Navigator web browser") →	notableWork
Mosaic Communications Corporation → Mosaic Communications Corporation ("Netscape web browser") →	notableProduct
Netscape Communications Corporation → Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape Communicator") →	product
Netscape Mail →	bundledWith
Mac OS 8 ("Netscape Navigator (bundled in many configurations)") →	defaultWebBrowser
Brendan Eich →	developedFor
SpiderMonkey ("Netscape Navigator 2") →	firstAppearedIn
Mosaic →	influenced
Netscape Communications Corporation →	keyProduct
Netscape Communications Corporation ("Netscape Navigator browser") →	knownFor
NPAPI ("Netscape Navigator 2") →	originatedIn
Mosaic →	successor
NPAPI →	usedBy