Developer(s) | Netscape Communications AOL |
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Initial release | October 13, 1994 |
Type | Web browser |
License | Proprietary software |
Website | No current dedicated website[a], formerly: https://www.browser.netscape.com/, (archived here) |
The Netscape web browser is the general name for a series of web browsers formerly produced by Netscape Communications Corporation, which eventually became a subsidiary of AOL. The original browser was once the dominant browser in terms of usage share, but as a result of the first browser war, it lost virtually all of its share to Internet Explorer due to Microsoft's anti-competitive bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows.[1]
Netscape was discontinued and support for all Netscape browsers and client products was terminated on March 1, 2008.[2]
In 2024, AOL brought back the browser in name only as a Chromium fork.[3]
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