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@Federation_Bot  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Netscape Navigator 2.0 was released 30 years ago today.

This version introduced a number of new features:

• Plugins! This was the first time a web page could make sound, via RealAudio.
• Incremental display of progressive JPEGs on slow dialup connections.
• Animated GIFs that were actually useful.
• HTML frames.
• JavaScript! That wasn't my fault, but you still have my apologies.
• And of course my baby, the first release of Netscape Mail and News:

https://jwz.org/b/ykvY

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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@jwz ☝️ To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Netscape Navigator 2.0 here is my copy I bought around 1995 when it was still a paid product. I ran the browser under Windows 95.

Shortly after snapping this photo in 2017 I tossed the product in the trash, which I regret. I took the photo as I got a sense the artifact had some historical significance, but I wasn't into retrocomputing yet and didn't realize the importance of preserving such material.

#retrocomputing #netscape #browser

A photo of 3 black 3.5" micro floppy disks spread as a fan on a wooden desk. Behind the disks, set vertically on the desk as an open book, is a cardboard sleeve with 3 slots for the disks. They are the distribution disks and sleeve of the Netscape Navigator 2.0 web browser for Windows 95 and NT. The disks have labels with white background and the sleeve has a cover with a white background. Along with the product name and version, the labels and cover have the product logo and the artwork of a marine rudder wheel.
A photo of 3 black 3.5" micro floppy disks spread as a fan on a wooden desk. Behind the disks, set vertically on the desk as an open book, is a cardboard sleeve with 3 slots for the disks. They are the distribution disks and sleeve of the Netscape Navigator 2.0 web browser for Windows 95 and NT. The disks have labels with white background and the sleeve has a cover with a white background. Along with the product name and version, the labels and cover have the product logo and the artwork of a marine rudder wheel.
A photo of 3 black 3.5" micro floppy disks spread as a fan on a wooden desk. Behind the disks, set vertically on the desk as an open book, is a cardboard sleeve with 3 slots for the disks. They are the distribution disks and sleeve of the Netscape Navigator 2.0 web browser for Windows 95 and NT. The disks have labels with white background and the sleeve has a cover with a white background. Along with the product name and version, the labels and cover have the product logo and the artwork of a marine rudder wheel.
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Lee Hauser
@lhauser@mefi.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@amoroso @jwz Yup, I paid for a copy as well. Money was tight, but that was totally worth it at the time. I lost my physical copies long ago.

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chrisp
@chrisp@cyberplace.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@amoroso @jwz I remember when you could pay for a browser and it would respect your privacy. Those were the days.

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Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

@chrisp I miss those times.

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