The history of the Document Object Model is intertwined with the history of the " browser wars " of the late 1990s between Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer, as well as with that of JavaScript and JScript, the first scripting languages to be widely implemented in the layout engines of web browsers.

Netscape 1. 0 is introduced in late 1994 SSL encryption that made transactions secure.

Since GIF is designed to allow users to define new blocks, Netscape in the 1990s used the Application Extension block ( intended to allow vendors to add application-specific information to the GIF file ) to implement the Netscape Application Block ( NAB ).

Originally developed by Netscape, it is still supported by Mozilla, Firefox, Chrome, Safari ( but not in Safari on the iPhone ) and Opera, but traditionally ignored by Microsoft.

The Mozilla brand name is originally coined by Netscape Communications Corporation for use in reference to the company's application software, and later used to refer to various open source software initiatives originating at Netscape.

" Mozilla " is the every-day name for the free and open-source software project that was founded in 1998 in order to create a next-generation Internet suite for Netscape.

The earliest example of this is Internet Explorer's use of a user agent string beginning "< tt > Mozilla /< version > ( compatible ; MSIE < version >...</ tt >", in order to receive content intended for Netscape, its main rival at the time of its development.

is: Netscape Navigator

Netscape Communications ( formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape ) is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser.

The Netscape brand is still used, as of 2012, by AOL to market a discount Internet service provider.

This is in contrast to the " kitchen sink " approach in its predecessors, the Mozilla Application Suite and Netscape 6 and 7.

The model is similar to the relationship between Netscape Communicator and Mozilla, or StarOffice and OpenOffice. org, although in this case the resulting commercial product is also fully free software.

Support in Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape ( all using the TransforMiiX engine ) is incomplete.

Jamie Zawinski ( born November 3, 1968 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ), commonly known as jwz, is an American formerly professional computer programmer responsible for significant contributions to the free software projects Mozilla and XEmacs, and early versions of the Netscape Navigator web browser.

However, the footage was taken during 1998 while Zawinski was still working for Netscape in which he is portrayed as a pivotal person in the company.

Furthermore, he believes C ++ to be responsible for bloat and compatibility problems in Netscape 4. 0 because when programming in C ++ all project members have to agree on a subset and " no one can ever agree on which ten percent of the language is safe to use ".

Netscape Navigator's code descendant is Mozilla.

He is credited with the implementations of tabbed browsing for Chimera and Firefox ( the initial implementation for Netscape / Mozilla browsers, on which Hyatt based his work was created by HJ van Rantwijk, as part of his MultiZilla project at multizilla. mozdev. org ).

The World Wide Web Consortium ( W3C ), founded in 1994 to promote open standards for the World Wide Web, brought Netscape Communications and Microsoft together with other companies to develop a standard for browser scripting languages, called " ECMAScript.

Basic DHTML support was introduced with Internet Explorer 4. 0, although there was a basic dynamic system with Netscape Navigator 4. 0.

Although the Internet became popular worldwide around 1994 with the adoption of Mosaic web browser, it took about five years to introduce security protocols ( i. e. SSL encryption enabled on Netscape 1. 0 Browser in late 1994 ) and DSL allowing continual connection to the Internet.

The action eventually led to the filing of the United States v. Microsoft case, dealing with the question of whether Microsoft was introducing unfair practices into the market in an effort to eliminate competition from other companies such as Netscape.

Mozilla was originally the codename for the defunct Netscape Navigator software project, along with Netscape's mascot, a cartoon reptile inspired by Godzilla.

When Netscape Navigator was released as open source software, Mozilla was the name of the development project and community, along with the project's first product, the Mozilla Application Suite ( later renamed SeaMonkey ).

Following the closure of the Netscape project, the name was adopted by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation, who continue to promote the original project's goals in association with the wider Mozilla community.

When Netscape acquired the website directory NewHoo in 1998, they re-branded it the Open Directory Project with the nickname " dmoz " ( Directory of Mozilla ) due to its similarity to the Mozilla project.

He declared in an interview that he tried to persuade his interviewers to free the IE code even before Netscape did so with their own browser.

The business demise of Netscape was a central premise of Microsoft's antitrust trial, wherein the Court ruled that Microsoft Corporation's bundling of Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system was a monopolistic and illegal business practice.

AOL stopped development of Netscape Navigator on December 28, 2007, but continued supporting the web browser with security updates until March 1, 2008.

Since the University of Illinois was unhappy with the company's use of the Mosaic name, the company changed its name to Netscape Communications ( thought up by Product Manager Greg Sands ) and named its flagship web browser Netscape Navigator.

Netscape announced in its first press release ( October 13, 1994 ) that it would make Navigator available without charge to all non-commercial users, and beta versions of version 1. 0 and 1. 1 were indeed freely downloadable in November 1994 and March 1995, with the full version 1. 0 available in December 1994.

Although born from the same history of Unix, Internet free software, and the hacker culture as the free software movement launched by Richard Stallman and his Free Software Foundation, the Open Source Initiative was formed and chose the term open source, in Michael Tiemann's words, to " dump the moralizing and confrontational attitude that had been associated with ' free software ' in the past and sell the idea strictly on the same pragmatic, business-case grounds that had motivated Netscape.

The last update ( bundled with the IBM version of Netscape Navigator plugins ) added support for MPEG files.

For example Netscape 1. 1 included tags for changing background colours and formatting text with tables on web pages.

Zawinski, with Marc Andreessen's help, worked on the early releases of Netscape Navigator, particularly the 1. 0 release of the Unix version.

Netscape Navigator was later developed by Netscape, which employed many of the original Mosaic authors ; however, it intentionally shared no code with Mosaic.

The new layout engine was developed in parallel with the old, with the intention being to integrate it into Netscape Communicator when it was mature and stable.

The 8: 20 chapter and verse notation refers to August 20, 2006, when the first internal email was sent mentioning the possibility of developing the next Netscape Navigator in house.

Netscape was hoping an open source strategy for developing their own Netscape web browser would allow them to compete better with Microsoft's browser, Internet Explorer.

In particular, the Java programming language rose to popularity because of its early integration with the Netscape Navigator web browser, and various scripting languages achieved widespread use in developing customized application for web servers.

This lawsuit was ultimately settled in 1997, when Apple agreed to make Internet Explorer the default browser over Netscape, and Microsoft agreed to continue developing Office and other software for the Mac for the next 5 years, and purchase $ 150 million of non-voting Apple stock.