Internet suite 

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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Examples

Internet Suites by year

Chronological listing

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 Minuet
1995 16 mil. Delrina Cyberjack
1996 36 Arachne, Cyberdog, Opera 2, Internet Explorer 3, Netscape Gold
1997 70 Netscape Communicator 4, Internet Explorer 4
1998 147
1999 248 Internet Explorer 5
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 1262 AOL OpenRide
2008 1400 (est.)

Operating system support

Note, 'terminated' means the same as yes, it was supported in the final release but development stopped. Dropped means that major development has ended but development on other versions continued, while the reverse situation of added is not yet shown.

Browser MS 2000/XP 98/Me NT 95 3.1 IBM OS/2 Mac OS X
(Intel/PPC)		 Mac OS 9 Mac OS 8 System 7
(PPC/68k)		 Linux BSD Unix
(HP-UX,
Solaris)		 Other
Years (OS) 2000/2001 1998 1993 1995 1992 1988 2001 1999 1997 1991 '94(1.0)/'91 1993 (1990s) -
Arachne No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No DOS
IE 5.0
IE 4.0		 Included Included Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Dropped * (5.01 SP1) Unknown Dropped * (5.01 SP1) No
IE 3.0 Yes Yes Yes Included Yes Unknown No Yes Included Yes Yes * Unknown Yes * No
Mozilla Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Dropped Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Dropped (1.2.1) Dropped (1.0.1) No Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) Terminated (1.7.13) OpenVMS
Netscape 7
Netscape 6		 Terminated (7.2) Terminated (7.2) Terminated (7.2) Terminated (7.2) No No Terminated (7.2) Dropped (7.02) Dropped (7.02) Unknown Terminated (7.2) Terminated (7.2) Terminated (7.2) No
Netscape Communicator Terminated (4.8) Terminated (4.8) Terminated (4.8) Terminated Terminated (4.08) Terminated No Terminated (4.80) Terminated (4.80) Terminated (4.08) Terminated (4.77) Terminated Terminated (4.77) No
Netscape Gold Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) Terminated No Terminated Terminated Terminated Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) Terminated (3.04) No
Opera Yes Yes Yes Yes Dropped 3.62 Dropped 5.12 Yes Dropped 7.54u2 Dropped 6.03) Unknown Yes Yes Yes QNX
Cell phones
Symbian
Wii
Windows Mobile
SeaMonkey Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes ?
Browser MS 2000/XP 98/Me NT 95 3.1 IBM OS/2 Mac OS X
(Intel/PPC)		 Mac OS 9 Mac OS 8 System 7
(PPC/68k)		 Linux BSD Unix
(HP-UX,
Solaris)		 Other

Suites by applications

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 Address Book IRC client Usenet FTP Gopher Other
Arachne 1996-Now Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Dialer
Beonex Communicator 2000-2003 Yes Yes 2 Yes 3 Yes Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes Extensions
Cyberdog 1996-1997 Yes Yes No Yes 5 No Yes Yes No -
Cyberjack 1995 Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes TalkWorks, WinComm, WinFax
Internet Explorer 3 1996-1997 Yes Yes 6 No Yes 7 No Yes Yes Yes Microsoft Comic Chat, Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, Microsoft NetMeeting, Real Player, Windows Media Player
Internet Explorer 4 1997-1998 Yes Yes 8 Yes 9 Yes 7 No Yes Yes Yes Active Channel, Microsoft Chat 2.0, Microsoft NetMeeting, Real Player, Windows Desktop Update
Internet Explorer 5 1998-2000 Yes Yes 8 Yes 9 Yes 7 No Yes Yes Yes Windows Media Player, NetMeeting, Chat,
Minuet  ?-1996 Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes telnet
Mozilla 1999-2005 Yes Yes 2 Yes 3 Yes Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes Extensions, Palm Tools
Netscape Gold 1996-1997 Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Cooltalk
Netscape Communicator 1997-2002 Yes Yes 10 Yes 3 Yes No Yes Yes Yes Netscape Conference, Netscape Netcaster
Netscape 5 never released N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Netscape 6 & 7 2000-2004 Yes Yes 10 Yes 3 Yes 11 Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes AIM, Radio
Opera 1996-Now Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes read only Proxy is needed Dialer
SeaMonkey 2005-Now Yes Yes 2 Yes 3 Yes Yes 4 Yes Yes Yes Extensions, Palm Tools
Name Years Web Browser E-mail client Html Editor Address Book IRC client Usenet FTP Gopher Other

See also

References

  1. ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed March 3 2007
  2. ^ a b c The Mailaplication is called Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups
  3. ^ a b c d e The HTML-editor is called Composer
  4. ^ a b c d To use IRC a extension named Chatzilla need to be installed.
  5. ^ Apple Address Book is used.
  6. ^ The Mail aplication is called Microsoft Internet Mail and News
  7. ^ a b c The Mail aplication is called Windows Address Book
  8. ^ a b The Mail aplication is called Outlook Express
  9. ^ a b The HTML editor is called FrontPage Express 2.0
  10. ^ a b The Mailaplication is called Netscape Mail & Newsgroups
  11. ^ The adressbook is integrated in Mail & Newsgroups
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