NETSCAPE UNVEILS NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR PERSONAL EDITION

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TEAMS WITH NATIONAL INTERNET PROVIDERS TO BRING
PC USERS CHOICE FOR RELIABLE, LOW-COST WEB
AND EMAIL ACCESS

Personal Edition includes the full capabilities of the original LAN Edition of Netscape Navigator, which today accounts for more than 75 percent of browser traffic on the Internet. The new product combines the rich features of the recently released Netscape Navigator 1.1, full email capabilities using Eudora Light from QUALCOMM Inc., easy net access, and remote connectivity capabilities to give users a complete dialup Internet solution.

"Netscape Navigator Personal Edition delivers the dynamic world of the Internet to anyone with a PC and modem," said Marc Andreessen, co-founder and vice president of technology at Netscape. "By combining the world's most popular browser with easy signup, a choice of Internet providers and Eudora email capabilities, Personal Edition lets individuals easily explore media-rich Internet communications and commerce with the best online rates, reliability, and support available."

Netscape has partnered with a number of leading Internet service providers to enable users to select the rates and services that best meets their needs. When first installed on a PC, Personal Edition's Registration Wizard presents a short series of one-button online forms that guide users through the installation process. Personal Edition connects to Netscape's hypermedia listing of available ISPs, including UUNET, Portal, NETCOM, and MCI. After users browse through the choices and select one, the software sets up an account with the chosen provider immediately and automatically. From then on, Netscape Navigator Personal Edition dials the service provider directly when launched.

Included in Personal Edition, Netscape Navigator 1.1 is a powerful commercial browser for the Internet, offering high-performance and point-and-click network navigation. It is optimized to run smoothly over 14.4 kilobit/second modems as well as higher bandwidth lines, delivering performance up to ten times that of other Internet browsers. Netscape Navigator 1.1 delivers:

• Ease of use, including a friendly graphical user interface and pop-up menus for context- sensitive access to advanced features
• High performance, through such features as multiple simultaneous loading of text and images, continuous document streaming, and native GIF and JPEG image decompression
• Support for World Wide Web and Internet standards including HTTP, FTP, Gopher, SMTP and NNTP (news)
• Integrated security, through the Secure Sockets Layer open protocol. SSL provides encryption, which creates a secured channel to prevent others from tapping into the network; authentication, which uses certificates and digital signatures to verify the identity of parties in information exchanges and transactions; and message integrity, which ensures that messages cannot be altered en route
• Advanced features, such as support for full HTML 3.0 tables and backdrops for more visually compelling pages; MIME-compliant news reading and posting for multimedia articles; and the Netscape Client Application Programming Interface for easy integration of third-party applications.

• Eudora Light email from QUALCOMM, which enables users to send and receive email; create a personal address book and distribution lists; attach files including graphics and sound, and read and create email offline to reduce access charges
• Network TeleSystems protocol software for TCP/IP connectivity to the Internet
• ShivaPPP client software from Shiva Corporation that provides users with high performance, reliable remote-access connectivity.

"I'm not a computer-literate person, and it wasn't until I loaded Netscape Navigator Personal Edition that I realized how unbelievably exciting the World Wide Web is," said Mark Casebeer, manager of systems design for Pro Home Systems. "Suddenly, the Web was very easy to navigate. Netscape Navigator Personal Edition is truly point and click and the interface is fantastic. I'm sold on this product."

"I'm extremely impressed with Netscape Navigator Personal Edition because the software installed and configured everything for me," said Dave Schwietz, a partner with Select Consulting. "All I needed to do was put in the disks and I was off and running. Netscape Navigator Personal Edition is the type of product that's going to bring the Internet to the mass market because it requires no technical expertise to use."

Netscape Navigator Personal Edition for Microsoft Windows is available through retail outlets, through Netscape's online store on the Netscape home page, from Netscape reseller and OEM partners, or directly from Netscape. The estimated selling price is $39.95, which includes a 90-day warranty and customer support. Netscape Navigator Personal Edition requires at least a 386sx PC, a 14.4 kilobit/second modem, Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11, a recommended 8 MB of RAM, and 6 MB of hard disk space.

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. Privately held, Netscape Communications Corporation is based in Mountain View, California.

Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications logo, Netscape, Netscape Commerce Server, Netscape Communications Server, Netscape Proxy Server and Netscape News Server are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. NCSA Mosaic is a trademark of the University of Illinois. All other product names are trademarks of their respective companies.