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     • Yes, it’s true, as explained in Wikipedia’s entries for the Mozilla application suite and Firefox. More accurately, Firefox is a descendant of Netscape Navigator; most of Firefox has been rewritten in one way or another since the days of Navigator.
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   What is the difference between Netscape Navigator and Mozilla Firefox?

   • First and foremost, Mozilla Firefox is often considered a spiritual successor or descendant of Netscape Navigator. Early in 1998, Netscape released most of its code base. What came from the newly open-source Netscape code base was Mozilla.

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   What is Netscape browser based on?

   • Between 2005 and 2007, Netscape's releases became known as Netscape Browser. AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on the relatively successful Mozilla Firefox, a re-written version of Mozilla produced by the Mozilla Foundation. This release is not a full Internet suite as before, but is solely a web browser.

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   Why is Netscape called Mozilla?

   • During development, the Netscape browser was known by the code name Mozilla, which became the name of a Godzilla -like cartoon dragon mascot used prominently on the company's web site. The Mozilla name was also used as the User-Agent in HTTP requests by the browser.

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   Is Firefox a descendant of Netscape Navigator?

   • I've asked a more specific question here: retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/14229/… Yes, it’s true, as explained in Wikipedia’s entries for the Mozilla application suite and Firefox. More accurately, Firefox is a descendant of Netscape Navigator; most of Firefox has been rewritten in one way or another since the days of Navigator.

   Is it true that Netscape Navigator eventually became Mozilla Firefox?

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   What is the difference between Mozilla and Netscape Communicator?

   • Mozilla is now a generic name for matters related to the open source successor to Netscape Communicator and is most identified with the browser Firefox. When the consumer Internet revolution arrived in the mid-1990s, Netscape was well-positioned to take advantage of it and the influx of new users it brought.

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   How did Netscape change from a web browser to Internet Explorer?

   • Version 2.0 added a full mail reader called Netscape Mail, thus transforming Netscape from a mere web browser to an Internet suite. During this period, both the browser and the suite were known as Netscape Navigator. Around the same time, AOL started bundling their software with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

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   Netscape Communicator got open sourced as Mozilla. Netscape the company was bought out by AOL and got shut down. The non-commercial Mozilla Foundation, being a separate legal entity, got some initial funding from AOL and continued developing Mozilla, which later became Firefox.

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   AOL chose to base Netscape Browser on the relatively successful Mozilla Firefox, a re-written version of Mozilla produced by the Mozilla Foundation. This release is not a full Internet suite as before, but is solely a web browser.

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   The Gecko engine is used to power the Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser. In addition to browsers, Netscape developed a suite of award-winning server software, known as SuiteSpot, to power enterprise Internet and Intranet websites, forums, and email; e-commerce software; and a consumer web portal named Netcenter.

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   The Mozilla project was created in 1998 with the release of the Netscape browser suite source code. It was intended to harness the creative power of thousands of programmers on the internet and fuel unprecedented levels of innovation in the browser market.

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   Aug 3, 2023 · First and foremost, Mozilla Firefox is often considered a spiritual successor or descendant of Netscape Navigator. Early in 1998, Netscape released most of its code base.

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   Netscape's Mozilla Suite also served as the base for a browser-only spinoff called Mozilla Firefox. The Netscape Navigator name returned in 2007 when AOL announced version 9 of the Netscape series of browsers, Netscape Navigator 9.