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Netscape navigator is a web browser that was forked off the earlier [[public domain]] [[NCSA Mosaic]] browser, that was offered as a shareware and freeware download in the mid 1990's and had a paid "Professional" version available in the latter half of the decade. A few programs, such as some versions of the [[Feature Installer]] have Navigator as a dependency which occasionally makes it prudent to have it installed even in this day and age, however the 2.02 1998 refresh version works as well as the later Communicator version for that purpose and is a lot smaller.
Netscape Navigator is a web browser that was forked off the earlier [[NCSA Mosaic]] browser, that was offered as a shareware and freeware download in the mid 1990's and had a paid "Professional" version available in the latter half of the decade. A few programs, such as some versions of the [[Feature Installer]] have Navigator as a dependency which occasionally makes it prudent to have it installed even in this day and age, however the 2.02 1998 refresh version works as well as the later Communicator version for that purpose and is a lot smaller.


[[Image:Netscape2.jpg|thumb|Netscape for OS/2 2.0 Early Beta]]
[[Image:Netscape2.jpg|thumb|Netscape for OS/2 2.0 Early Beta]]
===Differences from the original Windows version===
===Differences from the original Windows version===
Even though the Netscape Navigator 2.0x version was in theory officially distributed by Netscape and not by IBM, it was ported by IBM and contained a number of differences, some of which later showed up in Navigator on other systems. The original Navigator/2 v2.02 release supported IBM's [[VoiceType]] technology and could be controlled entirely by voice commands, the Link Menu feature from [[WebExplorer]] was ported to Ns/2 but that is a feature that automatically populates a menu with either links and/or user selectable "hot words" from the document. The latter feature makes not only for faster browsing on some sites but also with using VoiceType and helps blind users navigate as well.
Even though the Netscape Navigator 2.02 was in theory officially distributed by Netscape and not by IBM, it was ported by IBM and contained a number of differences, some of which later showed up in Navigator on other systems. The release supported IBM's [[VoiceType]] technology and could be controlled entirely by voice commands, the Link Menu feature from [[WebExplorer]] was ported which automatically populates a menu with either links and/or user selectable "hot words" from the document. The latter feature makes not only for faster browsing on some sites but also with using VoiceType and helps blind users navigate as well.


Netscape/2 2.02 also had support for bidirectional drag and drop, objects such as photographs and text blocks could be dragged from the browser to another application or a folder and similarly you could drag an object from the file system to the browser. The OS/2 version of Navigator 2.02 was also for some reason considerably faster than the Windows version on the same hardware, presumably due to the use of better compilers and more stable as well.
Navigator 2.02 also had support for bidirectional drag and drop, objects such as images and text blocks could be dragged from the browser to another application or a folder and similarly you could drag an object from the file system to the browser. The OS/2 version of Navigator 2.02 was also for some reason considerably faster than the Windows version on the same hardware, presumably due to the use of better compilers and more stable as well.


====Plugins====
====Plugins====
OS/2 versions of Netscape Navigator can use plugins intended for [[Microsoft Windows]] v3.x as well as native 32 bit plugins.
OS/2 versions of Netscape Navigator can use plugins intended for [[Microsoft Windows]] 3.1x as well as native 32 bit plugins.
* [[Fortify]] - [[Encryption]] plugin
* [[Fortify]] - [[Encryption]] plugin


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* [http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm Netscape Navigator history]
* [http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm Netscape Navigator history]
* [[Neil Waldhauer]]: ''[http://www.blondeguy.com/RealPlayerEssay.html Installing RealPlayer 5 on Netscape Communicator]'' - In the unlikely evebt you wind any old RealPlayer files.
* [[Neil Waldhauer]]: ''[http://www.blondeguy.com/RealPlayerEssay.html Installing RealPlayer 5 on Netscape Communicator]'' - In the unlikely evebt you wind any old RealPlayer files.
==Author==
==Author==
* Netscape Communications
* Netscape Communications
* [[IBM]]
* [[IBM]]


[[Category:Netscape]]
[[Category:Netscape]][[Category:Web browsers]][[Category:Internet suites]]
[[Category:Web browsers]]
[[Category:Internet suites]]

Revision as of 23:18, 8 October 2016

Netscape Navigator is a web browser that was forked off the earlier NCSA Mosaic browser, that was offered as a shareware and freeware download in the mid 1990's and had a paid "Professional" version available in the latter half of the decade. A few programs, such as some versions of the Feature Installer have Navigator as a dependency which occasionally makes it prudent to have it installed even in this day and age, however the 2.02 1998 refresh version works as well as the later Communicator version for that purpose and is a lot smaller.

Netscape for OS/2 2.0 Early Beta

Differences from the original Windows version

Even though the Netscape Navigator 2.02 was in theory officially distributed by Netscape and not by IBM, it was ported by IBM and contained a number of differences, some of which later showed up in Navigator on other systems. The release supported IBM's VoiceType technology and could be controlled entirely by voice commands, the Link Menu feature from WebExplorer was ported which automatically populates a menu with either links and/or user selectable "hot words" from the document. The latter feature makes not only for faster browsing on some sites but also with using VoiceType and helps blind users navigate as well.

Navigator 2.02 also had support for bidirectional drag and drop, objects such as images and text blocks could be dragged from the browser to another application or a folder and similarly you could drag an object from the file system to the browser. The OS/2 version of Navigator 2.02 was also for some reason considerably faster than the Windows version on the same hardware, presumably due to the use of better compilers and more stable as well.

Plugins

OS/2 versions of Netscape Navigator can use plugins intended for Microsoft Windows 3.1x as well as native 32 bit plugins.

Versions

Prerequisites Netscape Communicator 4.61
Prerequisites Netscape Navigator 2.02 & Communicator 4.04
  • OS/2 Warp Version 3 with fixpack 26 or higher.
  • The Netscape Navigator 2.02 Refresh versions do not include Java and you will need an IBM Java v1.1.4 ~ Java v1.1.8 to work with the Feature Installer etc.

Links & publications

Author

  • Netscape Communications
  • IBM
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