Subj : Re: Browsers
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Sat Apr 19 2025 06:07 pm
Re: Re: Browsers
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sat Apr 19 2025 04:47 pm
Mo>> The formal name was Netscape Navigator. They later dropped the Navigator
Mo>> part.
Ni>> I remember. And sometimes I referred to it as "Nutscrape Masturbator"...
Ni>> :P
PF> About the same time that people called it "Internet exploder"
That was MS Internet Explorer.
PF> Netscape came in two flavors - Navigator and Communicator. Communicator
PF> included a mail client, NNTP client, IRC client and a couple of other
PF> tools - HTML editor and calendar, if memory serves.
PF> I built an entire corporate infrastructure on it - sent out distribution
PF> lists via text updates, created an NNTP server for company collaboration,
PF> like a Yammer/Viva Engage setup, and used IRC for a company chat platform.
PF> All tied into Palm Pilots with a program called PocketMirror that synched
PF> everything to your Palm. It was pretty cool, and all totally cheap for a
PF> pre-funding startup.
I remember Netscape Communicator. I had it installed for a little while, though I didn't really use it much. I tried its web designer, though I still preferred to hand-code my HTML pages at the time, since its web designer added a lot of bloat. And the Communicator browser seemed basically the same as Netscape Navigator.
PF> Nowadays, you'd just get google workspace and call it a day. But that's
PF> nowhere near as fun. :)
I haven't heard of Google Workspace.. I'll have to look into it. And for the past several years, the main web browser I've been using is Vivaldi - It's a very customizable browser, and I like it.
Nightfox
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