NETSCAPE INTRODUCES NETSCAPE LIVEWIRE AND LIVEWIRE PRO VISUAL ONLINE
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (September 18, 1995) -- Netscape Communications
Corporation (NASDAQ: NSCP) today introduced Netscape LiveWire and Netscape
LiveWire Pro, professional visual development environments for creating,
deploying, and maintaining entire online application systems. Netscape
LiveWire provides an integrated, visual environment that enables
application developers to easily build and manage next generation live
applications and content for enterprise networks and the Internet. The Pro
version adds database connectivity to the Netscape LiveWire environment
for easy information management as well as integration with existing
databases.

Netscape LiveWire and Netscape LiveWire Pro are part of an array of
Netscape products announced today that deliver a new level of
interactivity to users accessing or sharing information online. Together
with Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Netscape Navigator Gold 2.0, Netscape
LiveWire and LiveWire Pro expand Netscape's client/server software line,
designed to link people and information, into a full application platform
for enterprise networks and the Internet.

"Building and maintaining online application systems has until now required
difficult-to-use tools and a knowledge of complex commands, " said Mike
Homer, vice president of marketing at Netscape. "With Netscape LiveWire
and LiveWire Pro, Netscape ushers in a new era of live online applications
by providing professional developers with a powerful and easy-to-use
environment for creating and managing rich content and applications
systems on the Internet or within the enterprise."

Netscape LiveWire enables developers to create, modify, and maintain online
sites and applications through a simple drag-and-drop, point- and-click
environment. The environment uses the Java programming language and a
Java-based scripting language to enable developers to create and execute
Live Objects, or interactive multimedia content, within their
applications. The Netscape LiveWire visual development environment
includes:

NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR GOLD 2.0, a next-generation software tool that enables
easy navigation, creation, and editing of live online documents. Netscape
Navigator Gold integrates easy-to-use Internet word processing
capabilities into the Netscape Navigator 2.0 client, allowing users to
create sophisticated hypermedia content, including Live Objects, in a
WYSIWYG environment.

LIVEWIRE SITE MANAGER, a visual drag-and-drop tool that enables developers
to view and manage entire web sites in a graphical format. Users can see
hypertext links to and from a particular page or file on the site and
easily modify or delete them using a point-and-click interface. Whenever a
page, link, or file is added, moved or deleted, Site Manager automatically
changes all references to it within the site so that all hyperlinks are
preserved. Site Manager also does external link checking, following links
from a compiled site to determine if they are still active and connected
to live Web pages. It also includes wizards, which are easy-to-use forms
for creating pages with tables of contents, site indices, and other
pointers that simplify navigation for end users.

LIVEWIRE SERVER EXTENSION ENGINE, which provides Live Object support within
Netscape servers. The engine includes a script compiler and runtime
interpreter for a Java-based scripting language that lets users easily
create live applications for use with Netscape clients and servers; a user
state management engine, that enables applications to customize content
for particular users and track users as they navigate through pages; and
C/C++ interfaces for scripts to access external server-side objects and
code.

LIVEWIRE SERVER FRONT PANEL, a graphical tool that lets users easily
install and monitor Netscape LiveWire applications. Developers can access
the front panel from a local or remote Netscape Navigator, enabling them
to update or monitor a site easily from any location. In addition to these
features, the Pro version of Netscape LiveWire adds database connectivity
and compatibility. Netscape LiveWire Pro lets developers create
applications that enable Netscape Navigator users to navigate, search, and
update relational databases. The product includes a developer's copy of
Informix-Online database software from Informix Software, Inc., and is
compatible with all popular relational databases.

All of Netscape's products are based on industry standards and protocols,
and are compatible with other World Wide Web browsers and servers.
Netscape LiveWire and Netscape LiveWire Pro work with Netscape
Communications Server and Netscape Commerce Server software. The products
will be available for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT, and popular UNIX
operating environments in the fourth quarter of 1995. Netscape LiveWire
and Netscape LiveWire Pro can be purchased directly from Netscape and from
Netscape authorized resellers. Pricing starts at $199 for Netscape
LiveWire and $699 for LiveWire Pro for Windows 95 and Windows NT, and $399
and $899 respectively for UNIX.

Netscape Communications Corporation is a premier provider of open software
to enable people and companies to exchange information and conduct
commerce over the Internet and other global networks. The company was
founded in April 1994 by Dr. James H. Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics,
Inc., a Fortune 500 computer systems company; and Marc Andreessen, creator
of the NCSA Mosaic research prototype for the Internet. Traded on Nasdaq
under the symbol "NSCP", Netscape Communications Corporation is based in
Mountain View, California.

Additional information on Netscape Communications Corporation is available
on the Internet at http://home.netscape.com, by sending email to
info@netscape.com or by calling 415-528-2555.
 
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