Netscape releases first beta of Communicator/Navigator 4.0

Netscape has posted the first beta of their new Communicator 4.0 suiteto their FTP site. Communicator comes in two versions, one that includesthe mail, news, and browser (Navigator) components, and another that addcollaboration and HTML editing

Paul Thurrott

December 19, 1996

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Netscape has posted the first beta of their new Communicator 4.0 suiteto their FTP site. Communicator comes in two versions, one that includesthe mail, news, and browser (Navigator) components, and another that addcollaboration and HTML editing capabilities.Since Netscape hasn't made Web links to the files yet, you will need todownload them via the FTP site. The address is:ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.0/4.0b1/windowsDownload the file c32e40b1.exe (9.4 Mb) if you want the whole thing, orn32e40b1.exe (5.6 Mb) for just the browser, e-mail, and news components.Thanks, again, to Allen Harkleroad for the tip

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Paul Thurrott

Paul Thurrott is senior technical analyst for Windows IT Pro. He writes the SuperSite for Windows, a weekly editorial for Windows IT Pro UPDATE, and a daily Windows news and information newsletter called WinInfo Daily UPDATE.

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