This use is due to many factors, not the least of which is the fact that Netscape was the first truly full-featured Web browser available to the public. Theoretically, the Web is based on open standards, but because many Webmasters want their sites to look good on the popular browsers, they often use Netscape's special programming extensions to make their sites more attractive.
As a result, other companies have had to clone Netscape's capabilities so that they can compete. Netscape, unlike Internet Explorer, is free only to students, libraries, and nonprofit organizations. Those people who do use it under the "free" license are not offered any technical support.
Although you can use Netscape on a trial basis, you must eventually purchase it. Time Saver: Depending on who your Internet service provider is, you don't always have to pay for Netscape. Your Internet service provider may give you Netscape as part of its service package.
You can even call them for technical support. Netscape Calls Them Bookmarks I've already told you about ways that browsers keep track of places you've been. With Netscape Navigator, you use bookmarks, as shown in Figure Using Navigator, you can access bookmarks by clicking the Bookmark menu and then clicking where you want to go. Netscape stores these bookmarks in a file that you can then use in other ways. You can customize it to have separate folders for specific topics, and you can export the list for other Internet-savvy programs to use.
Navigator bookmarks are also easy to edit, change, and delete. In addition to using the Bookmarks menu, Netscape also enables you to open an editable window of your bookmarks. More Netscape Features Netscape has many more features that make it a powerful and useful browser. Here are a few more: In-Box Direct is a feature that expands the capability to receive interactive Web pages--including pictures, video, audio, and more--that can be received and viewed in an e-mail message.
A fully configurable interface and feature set is one of Netscape's strongest points. You can decide for yourself how you want to use it and what features you want to use. You can also customize the look of the Netscape screen to make a comfortable browsing environment. Just A Minute: Currently, Netscape finds only addresses that begin with www and end in com. For addresses that begin and end differently, you still need to type them in manually.
The Future The race for the best browser seems to be a race of features and usability. Even Netscape admits it can be outdone. Microsoft's ActiveX technology, which is discussed in the next section, for example, is currently scheduled for a future version of Netscape.
Also up and coming is the ability to perform audio conferences with multiple participants. Voicemail, too, is on Netscape's agenda, along with chat functions that are usually associated with the IRC. Of course, another common trend for both browsers is a continued increase in interactive capability. As a result, Microsoft cloned Netscape rather than fighting the established standard. And clone Netscape it did because most pages made for Netscape look virtually identical in Internet Explorer.
Even though Internet Explorer is playing catch-up with Netscape, Microsoft will be a force in the browser market. Internet Explorer tries its best to make you feel comfortable if you're converting from Netscape. You can change Explorer's interface to match Netscape's almost button for button if you want.
Explorer's favorites work much like Netscape's bookmarks in that you can access them through the Favorites menu as well as opening a window that enables you to edit, organize, and delete your favorites, as shown in Figure Internet Explorer uses favorites, which are easy to customize and edit to suit your needs.
Here is a list of some of them: The most notable aspect of Internet Explorer is its price--free. You can download it right off the Microsoft home page free of charge. Remember, though, that there is something to be said about software that is free: You get what you pay for. Internet Explorer comes with no customer support. Completely unaddressed by Netscape is Internet Explorer's capability to increase or decrease the size of the text in the viewer with the click of a button.
This feature is great if you're trying to read the fine print of some page or you want larger letters to reduce eye strain. Internet Explorer is much smaller and takes up less memory than does Netscape Navigator. ActiveX is Microsoft's answer to Netscape's plug-ins. ActiveX components act like plug-ins, but Microsoft claims they are more dynamic because you can download them along with the page that uses them.
ActiveX differs from plug-ins by being able to represent an application interface, like a spreadsheet or database, right in the browser window. The Future Compared to Netscape, Internet Explorer may soon seem like a whole new product because it will be tightly integrated into the Windows 95 operating system beginning with version 4. Of course, this will be a problem for Macintosh users. This transformation will begin when you are able to view files and folders on your system's hard disk as hypertext.
The new HyperText option will make every window look like a Web page. The names of files and folders will be in hypertext; you simply click the underlined name to open that item. Finally, another coming feature called WebCheck will monitor Web pages in your Favorites folder or on your desktop and automatically notify you of changes to those pages. The answer depends on where you point that browser. Most content on the Internet is relatively neutral in regard to which browser views it.
Of the browser-specific content out there, however, most of it is still directed toward Netscape, even though a significant amount is geared toward Internet Explorer's capabilities. Click OK. Printing is available a most of the Library's computers. Procedures vary slightly for each of the these browsers:.
Click File in the Menu Bar, then Print. Select desired options. You can change the size of the type in the display in the Library's public computers, but not the font face, colors, or other appearance factors. Instructions below for changing the font face and document appearance should work on your own computer. Select an option. Changing display font size also changes font in printing in IE. IE works better than Netscape for some fonts. Click on View from the Menu Bar, then Encoding.
If you do not see the character set you want, click More Copyright C by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Server manager: Webman library. Internet Explorer. In the File Name box, enter the file name you want, followed by. Follow the same procedures. Note that you may have to rename the file, eliminating all periods. The saved document will NOT contain any images. To save images using Netscape, see the next section. Note: On the Library's public computers, you can only save files to diskette the a: drive.
Any files saved to the hard drive of the computer will be deleted. When you view the document using IE or Netscape, these related files are automatically linked to and active in the saved document. To save an image, place the cursor over the image, click the right mouse button, and select Save Image As Use the Save As dialog box as above, but be sure the extension of the file is. These are the most common types of image files on the Web.
The only way to avoid saving all related files is to use Netscape to save the document. Saving a document in Netscape does NOT save the images -- only the text. Images must be saved individually. So you need to be really careful and alert when programming for both browsers. One hint you can follow in most cases is that if you get it working in Netscape it should most probably work in IE.
Another major limitation of Netscape as compared to IE is that not all properties of a page can be changed at any time.
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