Includes Enhanced Instant Messaging with Group Chat and
Quick Access to Stock Quotes via Netcenter Finance Channel
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (Nasdaq: NSCP) today announced the release of Netscape(R)
Communicator(TM) 4.51, the latest version of Netscape's award winning Internet
mail and browsing software. When users download Netscape Communicator 4.51,
they receive AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 2.0, for real-time, person-to-person
and group conversations with friends, family or colleagues.
The new release also features Quotes Anywhere, a new capability of Smart
Browsing(TM) that lets users access stock quotes from anywhere on the Net via
the Netcenter Finance Channel. Version 4.51 builds on the huge momentum of
Netscape Communicator 4.5, which was released in October, 1998, and continues
to garner awards and recognition from consumers and key publications including
InfoWorld, TechWeb, Mac Home Journal and Computer Currents.
"Netscape Communicator 4.51, our highest quality browser to date, delivers
new functions to our users that will let them communicate with friends, family
and associates easily, and access stock quotes quickly," said Bob Lisbonne,
senior vice president of client products at Netscape. "We attribute the
recent accolades from readers and editors to the high quality and innovative
product features Communicator brings to consumers, helping them find what they
want on the Web both faster and easier."
Netscape's latest client software release with AIM 2.0, Quotes Anywhere
and improved quality and reliability is available free for immediate download
from Netscape Netcenter at http://home.netscape.com/download/.
AOL Instant Messenger 2.0 with Buddy Chat allows users to send real time
text messages and Web links to friends either on a one-to-one basis or as a
group. Additional features include Search, to help individuals use the Web
and locate friends, family and business associates by name, email address or
common interest; Neighborhood Watch, privacy controls for sending private
messages while choosing who can "see you" online and one-click buttons to
connect users to other Netscape Netcenter services.
Quotes Anywhere is a new capability of Smart Browsing that provides users
with up-to-date stock prices by simply typing the word "quote," followed by a
ticker symbol. If a user has a personal finance portfolio hosted on Netscape
Netcenter, either on the Personal Finance Channel or via MyNetscape, they can
simply type "my stocks" in to the locator field and quotes for the entire
portfolio are displayed.
Netscape Communicator 4.51 also delivers improved quality, stability and
improved security services to users. In addition to several performance
enhancements, this release corrects potential security vulnerabilities
reported in recent months by independent programmers.
A number of editors and readers agree that Netscape Communicator is the
top choice today for Internet mail and browsing. Recent awards for Netscape
Communicator 4.5 include:
-- InfoWorld, 1998 Product of the Year Awards - Internet/intranet tools
category - Netscape Communicator 4.5.
http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/98poy/98poy.iis.htm
-- MacHome Magazine, February 1999 Readers' Survey -- Netscape
Navigator(R) voted Best Web Browser for the second year in a row; Netscape
Communicator also voted Best Email application.
http://www.machome.com/features/RCSoftware.html#Browser
-- TechWeb Readers Choice Best of 1998 -- Most Innovative Software:
Netscape Communicator 4.5. http://www.techweb.com/yearend98/pollresults.html
-- Computer Currents 1998 Readers' Choice Awards - Web Browser- Netscape
Navigator.
http://www.currents.net/magazine/national/1623/cov61623.html
-- PC Magazine's - The Best Internet Software and Sites of 1998 (Netscape
Communicator 4.5) http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/special/bestof98/internet2.html
-- PC Magazine's Readers' Choice for Service & Reliability in Software
(Web Browsers) category - Netscape Navigator (All Versions)
-- InfoWorld's - Best of 20 Years, 20th Anniversary issue
-- The Linux Journal's, Annual Editor's Choice Award for Product of the
Year (Netscape Communicator).
-- The Computing Journal's - "Most Significant Software Application of
the Last 25 Years (Netscape Navigator)."
Netscape Communications Corporation is a leading provider of software and
services for businesses that want to transform the way they create and keep
customers in the emerging Net Economy. The company offers a full line of
enterprise software solutions, professional services, and a leading Internet
portal to help companies build, buy or outsource Internet applications that
drive revenue growth, build customer loyalty, and create new levels of
business efficiency. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol NSCP, Netscape
Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.
Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available
on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to
info@netscape.com, or by calling 650/937-2555 (corporate sales).
Netscape, Netscape Navigator, Netscape Certificate Server, Netscape
FastTrack Server, Netscape ONE, SuiteSpot, and the Netscape N and Ship's Wheel
logos are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the
United States and other countries. Other Netscape logos, product names, and
service names are also trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation,
which may be registered in other countries. AOL Instant Messenger is a
trademark of America Online, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.
SOURCE Netscape Communications Corporation
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