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 Netscape 7.2 under Windows | |
| Developer(s) | AOL |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 29, 2002 |
| Final release | 7.2[1] 
/ 17 August 2004 |
| Preview release | 7.0 PR1[2]
/ 23 May 2002 |
| Written in | ? |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Predecessor | Netscape 6 |
| Successor | Netscape Browser |
| Type | Internet suite |
Netscape 7 is a discontinued Internet suite developed by Netscape Communications Corporation, and was the seventh major release of the Netscape series of browsers. It is the successor of Netscape 6, and was developed in-house by AOL. It was released on August 29, 2002 and is based on Mozilla Application Suite 1.0.
The browser in Netscape 7 was originally superseded by Netscape Browser (version 8) in 2005, which like its name suggests was simply a web browser and not a full Internet suite. Netscape 7's Mail & Newsgroups client was succeeded by Netscape Messenger 9 in 2007.
As of version 7.2, it consisted of the following major components:
- a web browser
- an e-mail and news client, Netscape Mail & Newsgroups
- an address book
- a HTML editor, Netscape Composer
- an IRC client
- an instant messaging client, AOL Instant Messenger
- Radio@Netscape
- ^ "Netscape 7.0 - 7.2 Release Notes". August 17, 2004. Archived from the original on August 19, 2004.
- ^ "Netscape Browser Archive". June 3, 2002. Archived from the original on June 3, 2002.