NETSCAPE INTRODUCES NETSCAPE
LIVEWIRE AND LIVEWIRE PRO
VISUAL ONLINE DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

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Netscape LiveWire and Netscape LiveWire Pro are part of an array of Netscape products announced today that deliver a new level of interactivity to users accessing or sharing information online. Together with Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, Netscape LiveWire and LiveWire Pro expand Netscape's client/server software line, designed to link people and information, into a full application platform for enterprise networks and the Internet.

"Building and maintaining online application systems has until now required difficult-to-use tools and a knowledge of complex commands," said Mike Homer, vice president of marketing at Netscape. "With Netscape LiveWire and LiveWire Pro, Netscape ushers in a new era of live online applications by providing professional developers with a powerful and easy-to-use environment for creating and managing rich content and applications systems on the Internet or within the enterprise."

Netscape LiveWire enables developers to create, modify, and maintain online sites and applications through a simple drag-and-drop, point-and-click environment. The environment uses the Java programming language and a Java-based scripting language to enable developers to create and execute Live Objects, or interactive multimedia content, within their applications. The Netscape LiveWire visual development environment includes:

• Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, a next-generation software tool that enables easy navigation, creation, and editing of live online documents. Netscape Navigator Gold integrates easy-to-use Internet word processing capabilities into the Netscape Navigator 2.0 client, allowing users to create sophisticated hypermedia content, including Live Objects, in a WYSIWYG environment.
• LiveWire Site Manager, a visual drag-and-drop tool that enables developers to view and manage entire web sites in a graphical format. Users can see hypertext links to and from a particular page or file on the site and easily modify or delete them using a point-and-click interface. Whenever a page, link, or file is added, moved or deleted, Site Manager automatically changes all references to it within the site so that all hyperlinks are preserved. Site Manager also does external link checking, following links from a compiled site to determine if they are still active and connected to live Web pages. It also includes wizards, which are easy-to-use forms for creating pages with tables of contents, site indices, and other pointers that simplify navigation for end users.
• LiveWire Server Extension Engine, which provides Live Object support within Netscape servers. The engine includes a script compiler and runtime interpreter for a Java-based scripting language that lets users easily create live applications for use with Netscape clients and servers; a user state management engine, that enables applications to customize content for particular users and track users as they navigate through pages; and C/C++ interfaces for scripts to access external server-side objects and code.
• LiveWire Server Front Panel, a graphical tool that lets users easily install and monitor Netscape LiveWire applications. Developers can access the front panel from a local or remote Netscape Navigator, enabling them to update or monitor a site easily from any location.

All of Netscape's products are based on industry standards and protocols, and are compatible with other World Wide Web browsers and servers. Netscape LiveWire and Netscape LiveWire Pro work with Netscape Communications Server and Netscape Commerce Server software. The products will be available for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT, and popular UNIX operating environments in the fourth quarter of 1995. Netscape LiveWire and Netscape LiveWire Pro can be purchased directly from Netscape and from Netscape authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $199 for Netscape LiveWire and $699 for LiveWire Pro for Windows 95 and Windows NT, and $399 and $899 respectively for UNIX.

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.

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Netscape Communications, the Netscape Communications logo, Netscape, and Netscape Navigator, Netscape Navigator Gold, and Netscape LiveWire 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.