Internet suite

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An Internet suite is an Internet-related software suite. Internet suites usually include a web browser, e-mail client (often with a news client and address book), download manager, HTML editor, and an IRC client.

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Chronological listing

A rough estimation of usage share by percent of layout engines/web browsers, see Usage share of web browsers.
A rough estimation of usage share by percent of layout engines/web browsers, see Usage share of web browsers.
Year Internet
Users*[1]
Web Browsers
Pre-browser: HyperCard, Gopher
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995 16 mil.
1996 36 Arachne, Cyberdog, Opera(2.0)
1997 70 Netscape Communicator (4.0)
1998 147
1999 248 Mozilla (M3)
2000 361 Netscape 6, Opera 4
2001 513
2002 587 Netscape 7, Mozilla(1.0)
2003 719 Opera 7
2004 817 Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0
2005 1018 Opera 8
2006 1093 SeaMonkey, Opera 9
2007

Listing with major features, with approximate grouping. Note specific features in suites are often divided between applications differently, or integrated in different ways. The years category refers mainly to the active development and release period.

Name Years Web Browser E-mail client Html Editor Other
Opera 1996-Now Yes Yes No Dialer, IRC
Arachne 1996-Now Yes Yes Yes Dialer, IRC
Cyberdog 1996-1997 Yes Yes No address book
Mozilla 1999-2006 Navigator Mail & Newsgroups Composer address book, ChatZilla, Extensions, Palm Tools
Netscape Communicator 1997-2002 Navigator Messenger Composer address book, Collabra, Netcaster
Netscape 6 & 7 2000-2004 Navigator Mail & Newsgroups Composer address book, IRC client, AIM, Radio
SeaMonkey 2005-Now Navigator Mail & Newsgroups Composer address book, ChatZilla, Extensions, Palm Tools

  1. ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed March 3 2007
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