#NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR BROWSERS WINDOWS#
Internet Explorer was included with every copy of Windows and most users didn’t feel the need to use any other browser because they really didn’t ever have to make a choice, one was just provided. They weren’t unhappy because of competition but because of the way Microsoft was getting users to make the switch. As sales of Microsoft Windows continued to rise so did the usage of Internet Explorer (IE) and Netscape wasn’t happy about it. Netscape continued to stay in firm control of browser usage over the next few years as they continued to improve their browser, but a shadow hung over the company. This feature dramatically improved the user’s experience of using the internet. Another big feature of Netscape was having the ability to display page content before the entire page has loaded. Netscape became popular due to it’s innovative features, many of which we still use today, like the cookie, and JavaScript. There were a few good options for browsing the web but Netscape was by far the most popular. Why was this web browser so popular and what happened to it? The internet has been around for decades and it can be traced back as far as the 1960’s, but it wasn’t until the 1990’s that the internet started to gain momentum in the family home. During the 1990’s it seemed that no one could touch Netscape. Ah yes, I remember it all so well, there was a time where Netscape Navigator dominated the web as the world’s number one web browser.