Netscape Navigator
Navigator
<networking, tool, product> /Mozilla/ (Often called just
"Netscape") A {World-Wide Web} {browser} from {Netscape
Communications Corporation}. The first {beta-test} version
was released free to the {Internet} on 13 October 1994.
Netscape evolved from {NCSA} {Mosaic} (with which it shares at
least one author) and runs on the {X Window System} under
various versions of {Unix}, on {Microsoft Windows} and on the
{Apple Macintosh}.
It features integrated support for sending {electronic mail}
and reading {Usenet} news, as well as {RSA encryption} to
allow secure communications for commercial applications such
as exchanging credit card numbers with net retailers. It
provides multiple simultaneous interruptible text and image
loading; native inline {JPEG} image display; display and
interaction with documents as they load; multiple independent
windows. Netscape was designed with 14.4 kbps modem links in
mind.
You can download Netscape Navigator for evaluation, or for
unlimited use in academic or not-for-profit environments. You
can also pay for it.
Version: 1.0N.
(ftp://ftp.netscape.com/netscape/).
E-mail: <[email protected]>.
(1995-01-25)