NETSCAPE INTRODUCES NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR 2.0

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 18, 1995) -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today introduced Netscape Navigator 2.0, a
major new release of the widely popular navigator for enterprise networks
and the Internet. Netscape Navigator 2.0 integrates a full suite of
Internet applications -- including secure electronic mail, threaded
discussion groups, and state-of-the-art navigation capabilities -- with
advanced features such as rich layout and Live Objects support to give
users access to a new generation of live online applications. A public
beta version of Netscape Navigator 2.0 for Microsoft Windows, Macintosh,
and UNIX operating environments will be available next week for
downloading from Netscape's home page.

Netscape Navigator 2.0 is part of an array of Netscape products unveiled
today that deliver a new level of interactivity to users accessing or
sharing information on enterprise networks and the Internet. In addition
to the 2.0 version, Netscape announced today Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0,
a next-generation software tool that enables everyone to navigate, create,
and edit live online documents; and Netscape LiveWire and Netscape
LiveWire Pro visual development environments for creating, deploying, and
maintaining entire online application systems. The products expand
Netscape's client/server software line, designed to link people and
information, into a full application platform for enterprise networks and
the Internet.

"Netscape Navigator 2.0 is the desktop engine for building a new generation
of live online applications," said Mike Homer, vice president of marketing
at Netscape. "By integrating advanced features such as Java support,
sophisticated layout capabilities, and inline multimedia plug-ins with
core applications such as secure email and threaded discussion groups,
Netscape Navigator 2.0 provides users with a secure, interactive, and open
environment for communicating and conducting business on the Internet or
across their enterprise networks."

Available for all popular desktop environments, Netscape Navigator 2.0 is a
powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use online environment, combining secure
point-and-click network navigation, email, threaded discussion groups,
file transfers, and other Internet services in a seamlessly integrated
package. It is optimized to run smoothly over 14.4 kilobit/second modems
as well as higher bandwidth lines. Netscape Navigator provides a common
feature set and graphical user interface across computers running the
Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, or X Window System operating environments.
Netscape's products are based on industry standards and protocols and are
compatible with the installed base of World Wide Web clients and servers.

Netscape Navigator 2.0 provides a host of new capabilities within the
Netscape Navigator environment including:

INTEGRATED SECURE EMAIL, enabling users to both read and send standards-
based email. Users can embed live Internet hyperlinks into mail messages;
list, view, sort, drag and drop messages; read messages offline; and read
and send mail securely using the Secure MIME (S/MIME) open protocol for
encryption and digital signatures. Netscape Navigator email includes a
personal address book and supports MIME attachments for multimedia
messages

INTEGRATED THREADED DISCUSSION GROUPS, allowing users to sort and list
messages from subscribed folders. Netscape Navigator 2.0 provides fully
threaded and MIME-compliant news reading and posting, for multimedia news
articles

SUPPORT FOR LIVE OBJECTS -- or interactive multimedia content - -
including:

NETSCAPE INLINE PLUG-INS SUPPORT, which enables new capabilities to be
seamlessly integrated into Netscape Navigator. Netscape inline plug-ins,
being developed by hundreds of third party companies, include such
applications as a player for Macromedia Director presentations and a
viewer for Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents

SUPPORT FOR JAVA APPLETS, or mini-applications created in the Java
programming language. Java applets include security features and bring a
range of new functionality to enterprise networks and the Internet,
enabling live updating, two-way interaction, and platform-independent
client/server applications

FRAMES, a new page presentation capability that enables the display of
multiple, independently scrollable panels on a single screen, each with
its own distinct Internet address. They also enable a region of the screen
to be frozen in place as the user scrolls through information on a page

NEXT LEVEL SECURITY for financial transactions through the Secure Courier
open protocol, which creates a secure digital envelope for financial data
on the Internet

Enhanced Bookmarks interface that enables users to drag and drop links from
any Web page into the bookmark window and arrange them using a
hierarchical folder-based interface. The interface makes it easy for users
to create and maintain a directory of their favorite internal or external
Web sites.

To use secure email and other client authentication capabilities, Netscape
Navigator 2.0 users will be able to obtain digital certificates from
Netscape partners such as VeriSign, Inc. Digital certificates serve as a
user's secure "Internet driver's license", identifying the user through
public key encryption technology for secure mail and other applications.
For users who desire a listing, Netscape will maintain a directory of
email names and public keys so that other users can send secure mail to
them.

In conjunction with Netscape Navigator 2.0, Netscape also announced that it
will offer an upgrade program that enables users to purchase Netscape
Navigator 1.1 or 1.2 today and upgrade without charge to Netscape
Navigator 2.0 when it becomes available. Because it includes both Windows
3.1 and Windows 95 versions of Netscape Navigator, the upgrade program
lets PC users upgrade to Windows 95 at their own pace. Upgrade pricing
will be available later this month.

Upon final release in December, the product will be available in US
English, Japanese, German, and French, with additional languages to
follow. The public beta of the US English version of Netscape Navigator
2.0 for Macintosh, Windows, and X Window System operating environments
will be available next week for downloading via anonymous FTP from
ftp.netscape.com. The software is free to students and staff of academic
institutions and charitable non-profit organizations, and for 90-day
evaluation by individuals and commercial users. When the final release is
available, users can purchase supported, licensed copies of Netscape
Navigator directly from Netscape Communications or from a Netscape
authorized reseller. Pricing from Netscape starts at $49, which includes a
90-day warranty and customer support. Volume discounts are available for
multiple user licenses.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software
to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct
commerce over the Internet and other global networks. The company was
founded in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics,
Inc., a Fortune 500 computer systems company; and Marc Andreessen, creator
of the NCSA Mosaic research prototype for the Internet. 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 415-528-2555.
 
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