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A decade on the Web with Netscape
The pioneering browser turns 10--and it's getting ready for an overhaul, CNET News.com has learned.
Netscape: Down--way down--but not out
The browser that brought the Web to the masses, and then virtually disappeared, is 10 years old. Now it's getting ready for an AOL makeover.
Where are Netscape's pioneers today?
After catalyzing the growth of the Web 10 years ago, Netscapees are back in business, doing everything from venture capital to nightclubs.
Unearthing the origins of Firefox
newsmaker Firefox lead engineer Ben Goodger explains the behind-the-scenes decisions leading to the release of this increasingly popular alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
Read the original press release
Navigator "is optimized to run smoothly over 14.4 kilobit/second modems as well as higher bandwidth lines, delivering performance at least ten times that of other network browsers."
Can a resurrected Netscape compete with IE?
the buzz As the first commercial browser, Navigator was the unchallenged market leader in the mid-1990s. Can it be resurrected? Tell us what you think.
previous coverage
Internet Explorer--headed for extinction?
special report Microsoft's glaring neglect of its Web browser may actually hold clues to the future of browsing. You just have to peek through Windows.
Piggyback developers in a bind over IE
Microsoft's minimal attention to the browser used to be a boon for some software writers. Now it's starting to hurt.
Firefox beats million-download deadline
With days to spare, open-source browser meets 10-day goal of 1 million downloads.
Firefox drawing fans away from Microsoft IE
The open-source browser and stable partner Mozilla have won over a number of defectors over in the past nine months, Web site metrics suggest.
Mozilla burns to prove Firefox worthy
With debut of browser preview and community marketing site, questions arise over Firefox's long-term potential.
Is AOL 8.0 Plus ready for prime time?
April 3, 2003
New browser boasts no advertisers
March 31, 2003
Opera's mobile browser eases site-reading
October 14, 2002
Netscape 7: How does it stack up?
July 3, 2002
Netscape 7: How does it stack up?
Jim Martin, Netscape GM/Sr. VP, on Netscape 6
to my knowledge, Mosaic was THE first browser with a GUI.
It's true that mosaic was the original browser.<br>
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"Welcome to NCSA Mosaic, an Internet information browser and World Wide Web client. NCSA Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. NCSA Mosaic software is copyrighted by The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (UI), and ownership remains with the UI."<br>
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<i>- from the <a href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html">NCSA</a> website.</i>
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Makes you think, doesn't it?<br>
<br>The browser was invented in a non-commercial environment, now we all use browsers and take them for granted, and the <a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">best browser</a> today is an open-source non-commercial browser!<br>
<br>In spite of ALL THE M$ Money to prevent it- makes M$ L.IE more irrelevent every day.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Mark Watson<br>
Mark Watson Consulting<br>
<a href="#">E-Mail Me!</a> @ markwatson@myway.com<br>