IBM announces availability of Netscape Navigator for OS/2.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996-- For the first time, Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. users can surf the Net To browse the Internet. The most common Internet browsing today is done on the Web. Before the Web, the Internet was "surfed" via Archie, Gopher, WAIS and other search facilities. See surfing and how to access the Internet. with their voice IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) today announced the availability this week of a native OS/2(a) version of the Netscape Navigator(b) browser. Running on OS/2 Warp The client version of the OS/2 operating system. It includes peer-to-peer networking, fax and communications programs, multimedia viewing and editing applications and IBM Works (word processing, spreadsheet, database and other office tools). Introduced in late 1994 as Version 3. 4, the new version allows Netscape Navigator users to surf the Internet with simple voice commands for the first time with a shipping product. "The marriage of the industry's most popular Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. with the industry's premier client operating system See desktop operating system. solution for network computing-based environments is ideal," said Donn Atkins, vice president of marketing, IBM Personal Software Products. "This announcement is an example of our recently announced commitment to bring OS/2-based products to market on a Web year delivery cycle." The software, which runs on OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 Warp Version 3 and OS/2 Warp Connect The first version of OS/2 Warp to provide peer-to-peer networking to OS/2 and Windows machines. These networking functions were later added into the regular product line. See OS/2. , is available as a free download from both the Netscape home page at www.netscape.com and the IBM Software home page at www.software.ibm.com . IBM will continue to work with Netscape on the development of native OS/2 versions of upgrades to Navigator 2.02, including version 4.0, code-named "Communicator." "With the announcement of native Netscape Navigator support in OS/2, IBM continues the development evolution of the universal enterprise communications client," said Frank Dzubeck, president, Communications Network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. Architects, Inc. "By combining voice input and Internet information access capabilities, IBM has extended the network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. goal of information technology ease of use for everyone." In addition to broadening the scope of content currently available to OS/2 customers via the Internet, Netscape Navigator for OS/2 allows users of OS/2 Warp 4 to navigate the Internet with voice commands. Because it supports the IBM VoiceType speech recognition capabilities built into OS/2 Warp 4, users can simply tell their computer to "jump" to a site on the Internet and subsequently move around within that site by saying the names of links or commands such as "page up," "scroll down," or "back." Netscape Navigator, which recently won PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award for Best Application Software Product of 1996, is an ideal tool for accessing information on the Internet, offering users a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use environment. With Netscape Navigator, OS/2 users will have a native, Java(c)-enabled Web client which includes the features that have made Netscape Navigator today's most popular Internet client software, with approximately 40 million users worldwide. Some of the features that will be new to OS/2 users include: -- Support for selected Windows 3.1 multimedia plug-ins, which extend the capabilities of Netscape Navigator by providing the ability to support and view various applications. -- Support for plug-in extensions that enable third-party developers and users to develop native OS/2 multimedia plug-ins based on the Netscape plug-in See browser plug-in. API. -- Frame support, which allows users to specify multiple, independent, scrollable areas within a display window. Each frame can include a separate document and can be resized and linked to other documents. -- Built-in JavaScript, which extends and enhances the capabilities of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. (HyperText Markup Language (hypertext, World-Wide Web, standard) Hypertext Markup Language - (HTML) A hypertext document format used on the World-Wide Web. HTML is built on top of SGML. "Tags" are embedded in the text. A tag consists of a "<", a "directive" (in lower case), zero or more parameters and a ">". ) documents and allows users to open and view live Java applets and applications. -- Netscape's HTML-enabled mail and news applications, which allow users to send and receive dynamic messages, including content from Netscape's popular Inbox Direct Program. In addition, OS/2 users will have Netscape Navigator's point-and-click navigation, caching, threaded discussion A running commentary of messages between two or more people in a discussion group. See message thread and discussion group. groups, file transfers, and other Internet services in a seamlessly integrated package. Netscape Navigator for OS/2 also provides drag-and-drop capabilities, which allow users to drag URLs, images or mail items into folders, an HTML window or to the desktop. Improved Support for Java Netscape Navigator 2.02 for OS/2 also ships with the new beta of Java v1.0.2 for OS/2, replacing v1.0.1, the version of Java that shipped with OS/2 Warp 4. The beta of Java v1.0.2 for OS/2 boosts the performance of Java-based applications by approximately 35 to 40 percent over v1.0.1. In addition, Java v.1.0.2 provides tightened network security policy to protect IP addresses and host names, and class interface changes to prevent programs from performing unauthorized and potentially harmful tasks at the client. Java v1.0.2 for OS/2 will be generally available in January. OS/2 Warp 4 The first Intel-based PC operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. solution to integrate speech navigation and dictation as well as Java technology, OS/2 Warp 4 is the leading client-based operating system solution in today's intranet/Internet environment. OS/2 Warp 4 provides OS/2 users with the battle-tested engine they are familiar with in OS/2 Warp Version 3, and an improved user interface and easy Internet access. OS/2 Warp 4 will run in heterogeneous environments with enhanced hardware and software compatibility, offering users true cross-platform performance in a network computing environment. IBM VoiceType Speech Recognition Technology In addition to today's news, IBM announced last week the availability of a beta version of VoiceType Connection NS Edition, which works with the Windows(d) 95 version of Netscape Navigator 3.0 and is available as a free download from the Internet. VoiceType Connection integrates IBM's award-winning VoiceType speech recognition technology with popular software titles, like Netscape Navigator, to make them speech-aware. With more than twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of research in the field, IBM set the industry standard for speech and voice recognition when it launched the VoiceType family of products. For more information about VoiceType products, visit the World Wide Web at www.ibm.com/voicetype . About Netscape Netscape Communications Corporation (company) Netscape Communications Corporation - (Formlerly "Mosaic Communications Corporation", MCC) A company set up in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark and Marc Andreessen <marca@netcom. is a premier provider of open software, linking people and information over enterprise networks and the Internet. Netscape's products are based on open industry standards and protocols, and are compatible with the installed base of World Wide Web clients and services. The company offers a full line of clients, servers, development tools and commercial applications to create a complete platform for next-generation, live on-line applications. Traded on NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on as the symbol "NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ," Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, Calif. -0- (a) OS/2 and VoiceType are registered trademarks of IBM Corp. (b) Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corp. (c) Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (d) Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other product and service names may be trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners. For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company, its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com . The fastest, easiest way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com . The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of prior IBM product press releases. Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter "99" at the voice menu CONTACT: Jeff Tieszen IBM Media Relations 800-354-0978 or 512-838-9635 tieszen@austin.ibm.com |
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