Netscape Browser or Netscape Navigator is one of the most successful web browsers that flooded the market during the 1990s. This is only an evolved version of Mosaic Browser . When Marc Andreessens's entered into business contract Silicon Graphics' founder Jim Clark, the use of the name Mosaic Communications Corporations did not go down well with Illinois University. Hence Netscape Communications Corporations was the new name given to Mosaic web browser .
The Netscape Browser is of course a Trident based web browser. What exactly is a trident? Trident or MSHTML is a layout engine made especially for the Microsoft Windows version of Internet Explorer. Microsoft has changed the Trident layout engine to match up to World Wide Web standards.
Features of Netscape Browser
The Main Features of Netscape Browser:
• Spyware Protection
• Security Center
• Site Controls
• Profiles
Evolution of Netscape Browser
The Netscape Browser has gone through several generations of evolution. Here is a briefed list of the many versions and sub versions of the Netscape Browser:
1994: Netscape Browser Versions: 1.0B1, 1.0.
1995: Netscape Browser Versions: 1.1B1, 1.1, 1.2B1, 1.2, 2.0B1, 2.0B3, 2.0.
1996: Netscape Browser Versions: 3.0B1, 3.0B5, 3.0B7, 4.0B1
1996-1997: Netscape Browser Versions: 3.0-3.04
1997: Netscape Browser Versions: 4.0B2, 4.0B3, 4.0B4/5
1997-1998: Netscape Browser Versions: 4.0-4.08
2000: Netscape Browser Versions: 6.0B1, 6.0B2, 6.0B3, 6.0
2001: Netscape Browser Versions: 6.1, 6.2
2002: Netscape Browser Versions: 6.2.3, 7.0PR1, 7.0
2003: Netscape Browser Versions: 7.02, 7.1
