| History of Web Browser | |||
| Netscape Navigator | |||
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| Netscape 8 allows you to adjust the security level (Java, JavaScript, cookies settings, and also allows you to switch to use Internet Explorer's engine to render pages when necessary | |||
| New features in Netscape 8: | |||
| • Site Controls (dual rendering engine)
• Multi-Bar (dynamic toolbar) • Form fill/passcard • Live Content • Improved tabbed browsing • Adware & Spyware protection • Dynamic Security Center |
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| Note: Netscape 8 does not contain an e-mail client. For users who want an e-mail client, try Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite 1.7.x or SeaMonkey, or keep your Netscape 7.2 for email purpose. | |||
| Netscape 7 | |||
| Netscape 7 is based on open source engine (Gecko) and fine-tune of Netscape 6. Netscape 7 has been reported very stable and fast. | |||
| Netscape 6 | |||
| Netscape 6 was released in November 2000. This version was the first Netscape browser with powerful support for CSS and XML. Netscape 6 is based on open source engine (Gecko), while Netscape Communicator 4.8 uses the engine that originally released in late 1994. | |||
| The Problems in Netscape: | |||
| Netscape's 4.x series of browsers have a poor support for CSS and no support for XML. It took Netscape nearly three and a half years after the release of 4.0, to produce its next generation browser. This delay has clearly hurt Netscape's possibilities to dominate the browser market. | |||
| Older Netscape Versions | |||
| Netscape 8.0- Released in May 2005 | |||
| Netscape 7.0 - Released in September 2002. | |||
| Netscape 6.0 - Released in November 2000 (based on Mozillas Gecko engine | |||
| Netscape 5.0 - Netscape skipped the version number 5. | |||
| Netscape Communicator 4.0 (released in 1997) was the first Netscape browser with some support for CSS. | |||
| Netscape Navigator 3.0 was released in 1996 | |||
| Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released in 1996. | |||
| Netscape 1.0 was released in 1994 | |||
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