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Netscape Navigator is a discontinued proprietary web browser, and the original browser of the Netscape line, from versions 1 to 4.08, and 9.x. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corp and was the dominant web browser in terms of usage share in the 1990s, but by around 2003 its user base had all but disappeared. [2]
Oct 9, 2023 · Founded in 1994, Netscape is best known for its web browser, Netscape Navigator, which was one of the most widely used browsers in the mid to late 1990s. The Founders. Netscape was co-founded by Jim Clark, a former Stanford University computer science professor, and Marc Andreessen, a software engineer.
Jan 20, 2020 · The resulting software, Netscape Navigator, became the first widely used browser, moving the internet from an abstract concept to a network that was accessible to everyday people. The company soon staged a wildly popular IPO, which saw the 16-month-old startup reach a valuation of nearly $3 billion.
Aug 9, 2016 · Netscape was the maker of the breakthrough Web browser, Navigator. By summer 1995, Navigator commanded more than 70 percent of the emergent browser market. The company had yet to turn a profit, but on August 9, 1995, Netscape put 5 million shares of its stock for sale on NASDAQ, priced at $28 per share.
Aug 8, 2014 · Netscape did so with an IPO, the initial public offering of its shares; it proved to be a decisive moment of the watershed year that was 1995. The company made the first widely popular Web browser, Netscape Navigator, through which millions of people found their way to the early Web.
Aug 7, 2020 · It was a death struggle for Netscape, as later versions of Internet Explorer were technically as good as Netscape’s subsequent editions of Navigator. Netscape steadily lost share of the browser market and in November 1998, it was acquired by AOL.com in a deal eventually worth $10 billion.
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A new version of the Netscape browser, Netscape Navigator 9, based on Firefox 2, was released in October 2007. It featured a green and grey interface. In November 2007, IE had 77.4% of the browser market, Firefox 16.0%, and Netscape 0.6%, according to Net Applications, an Internet metrics firm. [48]
