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Netscape 6.2.3 is the first Internet software to seamlessly integrate browsing, e-mail and instant messaging, keeping you connected to what's most important to you on the Web. The new Netscape browser is available via free download from http://www.sun.com/solaris/netscape. It offers new features such as LDAP support in Messenger, added functionality, improved performance, and greater stability, emphasizing convenience, security and connectivity across multiple platforms.
Netscape 6.2.3 for the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment is available for download. This document outlines the features that are new to Netscape 6.2.3. Download plot player. For a complete overview of Netscape 6.2.3 functionality, please refer to the Reviewer's Guide.
Netscape[tm] 6.2.3 - the customizable, convenient and connected browserNetscape 6.2.3 is the first Internet software to seamlessly integrate browsing, e-mail, and instant messaging, keeping you connected to what's most important to you on the Web. New features such as My Sidebar, and improved search capabilities, will enhance your Internet experience. Netscape 6.2.3 offers industry-leading standards support, enabling cross-platform development of rich Web content and applications.
Product Overview
The Internet has evolved at an extraordinary pace, and browsing software has brought easy information access to millions of people. However, browsers have grown in size and complexity with every release, while failing to implement Web standards consistently, holding back the development of richer Web applications and content.
Now, Netscape is fulfilling its promise to deliver a new browser that is small in size, leads the industry in standards compliance, and can run across a wide variety of platforms - from traditional PC desktops to new computing devices. This groundbreaking software is Netscape 6.2.3.
Netscape 6.2.3 offers users unmatched convenience, a multitude of features, and the ability to stay connected to important information. In addition, it enables anyone to customize the browser to fit their individual needs and personality.
Netscape Navigator[tm]
Built on the innovative Netscape Gecko browser engine and sporting a new look, the Navigator browser is now comprehensive, modular, and fully standards compliant. Innovative features help you find things and stay connected to important information. Additional innovations make Navigator more private and secure, as well as delivering new translation functionality.
A clean, new look
The first thing you will notice when you start Navigator is that it has a clean new look. The interface is pared down to make the most important tasks easy to find, while at the same time freeing up space, allowing you to see more of what's on the page.
Best standards support for content and applications
The most important task of a browser is just what the name says -- to browse Web pages. For this reason, Netscape based Navigator on the innovative Netscape Gecko, a new, fully standards-compliant layout engine. For years, industry groups and content developers have been clamoring for a browser that adheres to accepted, approved standards for Web content. With Navigator, Netscape delivers.
For Web developers, Navigator will simplify the task of developing content by allowing them to adhere to a standardized set of rules, rather than learning a myriad of proprietary tags and implementations. For end users, Navigator offers a platform for the delivery of more powerful and interactive Web content, services, and applications.
With the new standards support provided by Netscape Navigator, the content, services, and applications delivered by the Web can be far more powerful. Unsurpassed support for HTML 4, CSS, XML, RDF and the DOM means that richer, more compelling Web applications can be developed. For the first time, Web applications can deliver the kind of speed and functionality previously reserved only for client-side applications.
Powerful new search - fast and convenient
Searching is the number one activity while browsing the Web, and Netscape gives you new tools to finish your searches faster.
The main toolbar URL field in the new Netscape Navigator now doubles as a search field. That means that anytime, anywhere on the Web, just type what you want and click Search - no more waiting to load a separate search page.
In addition, Navigator still supports the popular Internet Keywords feature, which helps you quickly get to the site you want, without having to remember complicated URLs. For example, simply type 'sports illustrated' in the Search/URL field, press enter, and you are taken directly to the appropriate site (http://www.cnnsi.com). You can also receive stock quotes, weather reports, movie listings, and more, all by using a keyword.
So whether you start with a Web address, Internet Keyword, or search query, you can get what you want - fast. If you are looking for a specific type of information, such as an e-mail address, business phone number, or street address, use the new Netscape Search menu. With just one click, you can access reference books (dictionary, thesaurus, or encyclopedia), get directions, find a person or business, search for a product, or check a stock quote.
Great search results
By default, Navigator uses Netscape Search, provided by Netscape Netcenter. In a recent test by Search Engine Watch, Netscape Search outperformed all other directory search offerings in delivering relevant results quickly and easily.
In general, people are not looking for more results - they want more accurate results. Netscape achieves this by using Netscape's Open Directory; the largest human-edited directory on the Web. In addition, Netscape integrates its Smart Browsing service and First Page Results system to deliver accurate and relevant search results on the first page.
Netscape's service also features next-generation search technology from Google Inc. Netscape has been ranked #1 for directory-based searches, and Google has been ranked #1 search engine by Search Engine Watch. So with Netscape Search, you get both.
For maximum efficiency and usability, Netscape Navigator presents search results in multiple formats. Netscape Search delivers its results in the main window of the browser. This way, you can immediately view details about each search result, to help you decide which to use.
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In addition to presenting search results in the main window, My Sidebar automatically opens with a quick list of the same results, so you can easily access them later (until you do another search). After clicking a particular search result and perusing that site, you may want to try a different search result. Simply click 'Another Result' in My Sidebar, or click the 'Full Results Page' link to view all the results again in the main window. The search query also appears in My Sidebar, so you can edit it or repeat the search using a different search engine.
Search for more than just a Web page
When the Internet was young, searching was about finding the right Web page. Now we expect to find more than just Web pages. From the Search menu or My Sidebar, you can immediately choose to look for jobs, software, maps, definitions, music, old friends, travel reservations, stock quotes, products, and more. All without having to go to another Web site just to start the search.
Search with any engine, or several engines at once
Navigator lets you pick from a variety of search engines. When you click the Search button, Navigator uses the engine you prefer.
And if one engine isn't enough, you can even use several search engines simultaneously. Netscape automatically collects the results into one list that you can sort in a variety of ways. For example, to find the best price for a book, search using several engines at once, and sort your results by price. Click a tab to see a single engine's search results quickly.
My Sidebar in Navigator
Netscape Search is just one example of how My Sidebar keeps you connected to important information.
Another example of My Sidebar's value is how it integrates your Netscape Instant Messenger Buddy List. This gives you instant access to your friends, family, and co-workers who are online, without ever having to leave what you are doing.
You also have instant access to stock prices, news items, and much more. My Sidebar is completely customizable, so you can add any of the hundreds of tabs offered from Netscape, My Netscape Network, or tabs from other Web sites such as CNN.
Services and powerful applications
The real power of the Web comes from the content, services, and applications that can be found online - if you know where to look. With Netscape 6, you no longer have to be an expert to take advantage of the best of the Web.
The Task Bar gives you convenient access to all the components of Netscape 6 as well as a host of other services. With one click, you can quickly access Navigator, Mail, Netscape Instant Messenger, Composer, Address Book, calendar, fax, radio, stock portfolios, travel services, games, shopping, local information, the Computing and Internet Channel, and much more.
Navigator gives you more control over privacy
Password Manager
The Password Manager solves a common problem - how to keep track of all your login names and passwords for different sites. The Password Manager remembers login names and passwords for you, automatically filling them in on future visits to those sites. A Master Password, which you create, prevents others from using your login names and passwords.
You have complete control over which login names and passwords you want the Password Manager to remember,and can choose to use the feature on some sites but not on others.
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Cookie Manager
Cookie Manager in Netscape 6 is an easy-to-use feature that gives you more control over your privacy. It allows you to control how cookies are set and modified on a site-by-site and cookie-by-cookie basis. This control is important, because you may want to permit the use of cookies on familiar and trusted sites so they can provide custom, personalized content. But you might not want to enable cookies on new, unfamiliar sites.
Only Netscape 6.2.3 gives you such an easy, powerful way to control cookies and better protect your privacy.
My Sidebar
Keeps you connected to what's important
Everyone is different, and everyone's My Sidebar can be different too. Working parents use it to watch their kids at day care, a student listens to music while doing homework, a journalist keeps tabs on breaking news articles from various online sites, and an investor tracks stock prices for a personal portfolio throughout the day. All with the help of My Sidebar.
Easy to customize with hundreds of options
Just click the Tabs button in My Sidebar to choose from hundreds of tabs. Select familiar tabs from My Netscape, such as stocks, news, horoscope, calendar and weather. Other tabs give you immediate access to client features such as bookmarks, search results, and your Buddy List. Tabs from other companies include Real, Ebay, CNN, and CBS. The list is still growing - local events, calculator, Sci-Fi News, JavaWorld[tm], Professional Bartender Potent Potables, Delaware Fly Fishing, the ACLU Freedom Network, and Kinderview.
The tabs themselves may also be customized to fit your needs. For example, to create your own stock portfolio, click through a simple interface to list which stocks to track. Or customize your horoscope to your own birthday, or get weather for your local area.
You can also add tabs directly from Web sites. Just look for the 'Add Tab to Netscape 6' button. It takes just one click.
Always connected and up-to-date
My Sidebar tabs automatically update themselves throughout the day, so you always get current news, weather, and stock information. Your Buddy List is updated as your buddies go on and off line. The What's Related tab refreshes automatically when you visit new Web sites, so you can view related information for those sites.
Fast and easy content development
Easy to create
Just like a Web page, you can develop and host a My Sidebar tab - no need for special instructions or permission to develop on this entirely open platform. Any Web site content can be delivered as a tab, enabling developers to leverage existing content.
To include an 'Add Tab to Netscape 6' button for end users, the content developer can simply copy the JavaScript[tm] button available from Netscape. That's all there is to it.
With the new, standards-compliant platform in Netscape 6, a Web page can be extremely powerful. Use XML, CSS, DOM, HTML 4 and RDF to develop Web applications for My Sidebar.
These robust applications don't have to come from the Web - they can also run on the user's computer. For example, the Netscape Buddy List tab is actually delivered by the Netscape Instant Messaging application. Companies that create applications like music players (RioPort and WinAmp), and a variety of other applications, may also make them work within My Sidebar.
Netscape Mail
The best place to manage all your Internet communications
Overview
Netscape Mail lets you conveniently manage all your Internet communications from one place.
- With support for multiple accounts - including AOL e-mail accounts - you can easily keep track of your business and personal e-mail accounts and Internet newsgroups, all from one window.
- Integrated instant messaging lets you see when friends and colleagues are online and instantly communicate with them.
- The new My Sidebar keeps you connected to the information that is most important to you while you're managing e-mail.
- The redesigned Netscape Address Book keeps important contact information at your fingertips.
- The new Email Address Collection feature automatically stores e-mail addresses, so you can more easily keep track of the people you communicate with.
- LDAP support allows global access to corporate directories
Manage all your e-mail and news accounts, including Netscape WebMail and AOL
More and more people have multiple e-mail and news accounts, so Netscape Mail now provides support for multiple POP3, IMAP, and news accounts. You can access all of them from the left-hand pane of Netscape Mail.
Now, Netscape WebMail users can access their free e-mail accounts directly from Netscape Mail. Setting up WebMail in Netscape 6 couldn't be easier. When you first launch Netscape 6, you will be asked to supply your Netscape username. This process, called Activation, automatically configures WebMail for you. If you don't have a Netscape username, signing up is simple and offers benefits above and beyond a free e-mail account.
In addition, millions of AOL users will be able to access their AOL e-mail accounts from within Netscape Mail. Just type your AOL Screen Name into the Netscape Mail Account Setup wizard, and Netscape Mail will send and receive e-mail from your AOL account. If you have multiple e-mail accounts, you probably want to keep your business and personal correspondence separated. Unlike other messaging products, Netscape Mail provides a separate Inbox and folders for each of your e-mail accounts, so messages from separate accounts stays separated. Netscape Mail also allows you to send e-mail using different 'identities,' making it easy to maintain this separation when sending e-mail.
Managing e-mail is simple with Netscape Mail's customization features
Creating a new e-mail or news account in Netscape Mail is easy. The Netscape Mail Account Setup wizard walks you through the process of including additional AOL, POP3, IMAP, or news accounts. Netscape Mail's three-pane interface makes managing e-mail simple - all accounts, folders, and newsgroups appear in a third pane on the left for convenient access and message management. You can collapse or expand any pane on the fly to maximize screen space.
Netscape Mail lets you create folders (and folders within folders) so you can store messages exactly the way you want.
Integrated instant messaging
Netscape Instant Messenger, which lets you instantly communicate with your online friends and business associates, is tightly integrated with Netscape Mail. Netscape Instant Messenger is always available as a tab in My Sidebar, so you can keep track of online friends and colleagues while managing e-mail. In addition, when reading a message in Netscape Mail, an instant messaging icon in the envelope indicates whether the sender or other recipients are online (see below). Simply click the icon to begin sending and receiving instant messages.
Netscape Address Book automatically collects addresses
The Netscape Address Book has been redesigned to make it easier than ever to keep track of important contact information. The new three-pane design allows you to quickly view all the contact information for a person by simply selecting an Address Book card.
In addition, Netscape Mail's new Email Address Collection feature automatically stores the addresses of the people you correspond with. Whenever you read a message, the name of the sender is automatically stored in 'Collected Addresses,' separate from your personal address book. When writing a message, simply begin typing the recipient's name in the address line. Netscape Mail looks up the name in 'Collected Addresses' and fills in the appropriate address for you.
Address Book Sync
Now it's easier than ever to access your important contact information from any computer connected to the Internet. With Netscape's new Address Book Sync feature, you can synchronize your Netscape 6.2.3 Personal Address Book with the Netscape Web Address Book.
High-performance Internet messaging
In addition to these new features, Netscape Mail continues to deliver high-performance Internet messaging, with full support for key Internet messaging standards such as POP3, IMAP, SMTP, and NNTP. Netscape Mail's new look is designed to enhance usability. Netscape Mail is speedy too: it's built on the same high-performance Gecko engine used by Netscape Navigator. And Netscape Mail is small, adding only about one megabyte to the Netscape 6 download size. Yet even with this small size, Netscape Mail delivers all the features you need in an Internet messaging product, including richly formatted HTML message composition with improved attachment handling.
Netscape Instant Messenger
Stay connected to the important people in your life
Netscape Instant Messenger lets you stay in touch and instantly communicate with online friends and business associates. Instant messaging is integrated with mail and browsing, and is also available as a standalone component.
With Netscape Instant Messenger, you can instantly send private, one-to-one messages to people in the world's largest online community. Using your personalized Buddy List, you can also see when your friends and business associates are online. If a colleague is online, for example, you can send an instant lunch invitation. A window appears on your colleague's monitor and displays your message.
After e-mail and browsing, instant messaging is the third 'killer app' of the Web. There are currently more than 70 million users of instant messaging, worldwide.
Instant messaging is also becoming an important business tool for negotiations, real-time reminders, or any time e-mail isn't fast enough
New, innovative uses for instant messaging are being discovered every day. For example, it is a boon for hearing-impaired students at Gallaudet University, where 70 percent of the students and faculty use it on a regular basis.
Instant messaging is being tested clinically as a way for angina, diabetes, and asthma patients to send vital information directly to their doctors during medical emergencies.
Keep track of online friends with your Buddy List
Netscape Instant Messenger provides the Buddy List feature, so you can see when your friends and business associates are online.
- Use the List Setup feature to personalize your Buddy List by adding, deleting, or modifying the group of online friends and colleagues you want to keep in touch with.
- Create your own Buddy List groups in addition to the defaults. The groups can be expanded or collapsed for easier viewing.
- Check Buddy List icons and highlighting to find out whether your buddies are online and have logged into the Instant Messenger service.
- Access the Buddy List from other Netscape 6 components, such as Netscape Navigator, by selecting Instant Messenger from the Netscape 6 Tasks menu item, or by clicking on the Instant Messenger icon in the Netscape 6 Task bar. You can also access your Buddy List in any other Netscape 6 component, as a tab in My Sidebar.
- The 45 million registered users of the AOL Instant Messenger service, who send more than 470 million messages a day, include many Netscape Instant Messenger users. It's possible to send instant messages to 1.7 million people at peak hours. You don't have to be an AOL subscriber to use Netscape Instant Messenger - access to the Instant Messenger service is free.
Send private instant messages in real time
Initiate an instant messaging session with an online buddy by simply clicking on their name in the Buddy List and entering your message. A window containing your message pops open on your buddy's computer. Your buddy may reply by typing in the window, and add you to their own Buddy List with the click of a button. You both may continue to exchange private messages in this message window.
- Format text and paragraphs, add color and Web links in your messages.
- Add a buddy to your Buddy List from the message window by clicking the Add Buddy button.
Access your Buddy List from anywhere
Netscape Instant Messenger stores your Buddy List on a server, which means you can access your Buddy List from a friend's computer, without retyping any of your buddies' screen names. Make a change to your Buddy List on your friend's computer - the change will also appear on your own computer.
Buddy presence everywhere
Access your Buddy List from other Netscape 6.2.3 components, including Navigator, Mail, and Address Book.
Chat with one or more buddies
Initiate a Buddy Chat session with one or more online buddies by clicking the Chat button. Invite more buddies to join your chat as you see them come online.
Support for multiple screen names
With Netscape Instant Messenger, you can switch screen names between sessions. If you work at home, you can use a work screen name to communicate with your business associates during the day, and a home screen name to send instant messages to friends and family in the evenings.
Automatic importing of previous Buddy List
Netscape Instant Messenger initially displays the Migration wizard to help set up your instant messaging account with information such as your screen name and password. In addition, you can choose to import your Buddy List from any existing AOL Instant Messenger clients on your computer.
Netscape Composer
The easiest way to create Web documents
Netscape Composer lets you easily and quickly create standards-compliant Web documents - even if you don't know HTML. You can add lists, tables, images, links, and font styles to your document by clicking on a toolbar button. Use Composer to create everyday documents such as memos, resumes, and status reports, as well.
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Standards-compliant WYSIWYG Web document editing
Since Netscape Composer is built on the Netscape Gecko layout engine technology, it ist the first standards-compliant 'what you see is what you get' (WYSIWYG) HTML editor. There's no need to switch back and forth from Composer to Navigator to make sure the images, links, tables, and other document objects display correctly. As you type, you will see exactly what others will see when reading your document.
It's just like using a word processor
Composer provides a toolbar with quick and easy access to the most common editing features:
- Insert bullets and numbered lists
- Change font styles, color, and size
- Bold, italicize, and underline characters
- Include links, images, and tables
- Check the spelling
- Create an HTML document as if you were using a word processor, without knowing or writing a single line of HTML
Easily share Web documents with others
Web documents created with Netscape Composer are ideal for sharing:
The file size for a Web document is typically 90 percent smaller than a similar document created with a word processing application such as Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect.
Composer-created Web documents don't take as long to download as large file attachments that are created with word processing applications.
Recipients of an attached Web document can read it using their HTML-capable e-mail application (such as Netscape Mail). They do not need to save the file and launch a separate application.
Standards-based Web documents that are created with Composer can be viewed through any standards-compliant browser (such as Netscape Navigator) across platforms including Microsoft Windows, the Solaris[tm] Operating Environment, Mac OS, and Linux.
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Delivers cross-platform, seamless access to browser-based Java applications. Netscape 6.2.3 now includes the latest runtime environment for the Java[tm] 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE[tm]) version 1.4, making it more easier and more convenient to run your Java applications. Open interface, based on Java technology, enables Netscape 6 browser to plug in and support any version of the Java virtual machine. This makes it simple to keep the Java virtual machine up-to-date, without requiring a change in the browser.
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