Netscape Navigator

Netscape Navigator or Netscape was a leading {{glossary("browser")}} in the 1990s. Netscape was based on Mosaic and the Netscape team was led by Marc Andreessen, a programmer who also wrote code for Mosaic.

Netscape helped make the {{glossary("World Wide Web","Web")}} graphical rather than a text-only experience. Many browsing features became standard after Netscape introduced them. Netscape could display a webpage while loading, used JavaScript for forms and interactive content, and stored session information in cookies. Despite Netscape's technical advantages and initial dominance, by the late 1990s {{glossary("Microsoft Internet Explorer", "Internet Explorer")}} swiftly overtook Netscape in market share.

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