Netscape
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| Developer(s) | Netscape Communications Corporation |
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| Initial release version | 0.4 |
| Initial release date | 9 September 1994 |
| Latest release version | 9.0.0.6 |
| Latest release date | 20 December 2008 |
| Succeeds | NCSA Mosaic |
| Successor | Mozilla Application Suite (Communicator 4.x) Mozilla Firefox (Navigator) Mozilla Thunderbird (Mail) |
An early version of Netscape running on Windows 95 build 58s
Netscape is a discontinued web browser, firstly developed in late 1994 to displace NCSA Mosaic, which was succeeded by Mozilla Firefox. Development canceled in 2008 with the release of the last version 9.0.0.6.
Versions[edit | edit source]
| Name | Versions | Release date | Notes |
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| Netscape Navigator 1.x | 0.4 - 1.22 | 1994 | First version to be released. |
| Netscape Navigator 2.x | 2.0 - 2.02 | 1995 | |
| Netscape Navigator 3.x | 3.0 - 3.04 | 1996 | |
| Netscape Communicator 4.x | 4.0 - 4.8 | 1997 | |
| Netscape 6.x | 6.0 - 6.2.3 | 2000 | First version to use Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine. |
| Netscape 7.x | 7.0pr1 - 7.2 | 2002 | |
| Netscape 8.x | 8.0 - 8.1.3 | 2005 | |
| Netscape 9.0 | 9.0b1 - 9.0.0.6 | 2007 | Final version to be released. |