New in v4.78: Flash Player v5.0, improved Mousewheel support, improved support for Sun Java plug-in, support for Solaris 2.8 and AIX 5.x; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:2
New in v4.77: Windows 2000 Restricted User support, Netscape AOL Instant Messenger v4.3, Root Certificate Signers' Certificates update, various bug fixes; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:4
New in v4.76: Various components updated: RealPlayer 8, AOL Instant Messenger 4, Flash Player, and Beatnik; bug fixes and general feature enhancements; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:4
New in v4.74: Integrated Winamp 2.6 and RealPlayer 7 clients in Windows version, integrated Stuffit Expander 5.5 in MacOS release, support for the Linux 2.2 kernel; expunge all mail folders and subfolders upon exit option in Messenger; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:2
New in v4.72: Global IME support (allows input of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters), Winamp Lite 2.6, user agent support for Windows 2000, Netscape Calendar client no longer included with install, bug fixes for earlier releases; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:2
New in v4.7: Integrated Winamp Lite (v2.5) MP3 Player; Shop@Netscape toolbar button (access to Netcenter's online shopping channel); Netscape Radio service; updated AOL Instant Messenger (AIM v3.0), Shockwave (v7), Flash (v4.0), and RealPlayer G2 components; various bug fixes; Y2K compliance; new security fixes; Release Notes Upgrade Meter:4
New in v4.6: Integrated RealPlayer G2, updated AOL Instant Messenger (v2.0), new 56-bit DES ciphers (for both domestic and export releases - requires new SSL cipher suite server-side), simplified process for obtaining digital certificates,
several security fixes (including a fix for the frame-spoofing vulnerability problem); various bug fixes
Upgrade Meter:5
New in v4.5: Smart Browsing/"What's Related" (drop-down toolbar with a list of similar sites) and "My Netscape" features (both are also in v4.08); 3-pane integrated mail/news interface, roaming access support, improved IMAP performance and network efficiency, support for multiple mail accounts (only with IMAP servers), mail/address book import capabilities, integrated Macromedia Flash plug-in, enhanced JDK 1.1 support; Notes Upgrade Meter:5
Pros: Impressive suite of Net apps, solid Web browser with HTML 4.0 technology
Cons: Older technology, IE 5.0/6.0 offers more features and faster speed
