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Not accurate. Netscape was the browser company, with servers too (I worked with the McCool twins and Ari Luotonen in first month on board). I have no idea what
by BrendanEich 7y ago
Not accurate. Netscape was the browser company, with servers too (I worked with the McCool twins and Ari Luotonen in first month on board). I have no idea what "not lightweight" means but Netscape took over the market from Mosaic and pioneered SSL (now TLS) for secure e-commerce. This is all pretty well known and many still alive who saw it. Taher El Gamal among them. Why do people make up fables on HN?
- BrendanEich 7y agoFrom Twitter I was sad to be reminded of Netscape 4, a late and bloated mess that shipped first on Windows. Not Netscape 2 or 3, which were baseline here.
- jldugger 7y agoEven netscape navigator 2 supported[1]: - ftp uploads - email - nntp It also launched javascript, but I think we can agree that isn't bloat. But you're right, I totally forgot about the time in which Navigator was sold, rather than given away[2]. Please forgive me, this was a time before the PC in my childhood home had TCP internet, so I was more reliant on libraries and school labs at the time. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator_2#Features https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator_2#Features [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20141102052346/http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-207681.html https://web.archive.org/web/20141102052346/http://news.cnet....