Mozilla Application Suite

Name: Mozilla Application Suite
Author: Mozilla Organization, then Mozilla Foundation

Also known as: Mozilla, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey (code name), Fizzilla (code name of the Mac OS X port)

1998 – 2006 Discontinued

Open-source suite inheriting Netscape's code (browser, mail, editor, IRC).

Facts

Developer: Mozilla Organization, then Mozilla Foundation
Website: www-archive.mozilla.org
Engine: Gecko
Derived from: Netscape Communicator
Successor: SeaMonkey
Platforms: WindowsmacOSMac OS ClassicLinuxUnixOS/2
Details: Code released in March 1998, milestone builds until 1.0 (June 2002); Mac OS 9 up to Mozilla 1.2.1 (later classic Mac OS branch: see “Classilla”); OS/2 (Warpzilla)
Popularity: 68/100

Derived browsers (14): Mozilla Firefox, Netscape 6 / 7, Maemo MicroB, SeaMonkey, Ghostzilla, Beonex Communicator, Classilla, ManyOne Browser, uBrowser, DocZilla, MarioNet, Salamander (Linux), Aphrodite, aMozillaX

Dec. 7, 1998
Gecko previewGecko (NGLayout)First preview of the new Gecko engine, small enough to fit on a single floppy disk.[1]
Mar. 19, 1999
M3First listed public milestone build of the rewritten suite.[1]
June 13, 2000
M16Adds the ChatZilla IRC client, skin switching and autocomplete.[1]
Dec. 6, 2000
0.6Release used as the base of Netscape 6.[1]
Oct. 12, 2001
0.9.5Tabbed browsing support added.[1]
June 5, 2002
1.0Official 1.0 release for Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Solaris.[1]
Sept. 10, 2002
1.0.1Bug fixes; base of Netscape 7.0.[1]
Nov. 26, 2002
1.2Adds “find as you type” and link prefetching.[1]
Dec. 2, 2002
1.2.1Last official release for Mac OS 9.[2]
Oct. 15, 2003
1.5Spell checker for Mail & News and Composer.[1]
June 17, 2004
1.7Last major branch: size and performance improvements.[1]
Apr. 21, 2006
1.7.13Last official release, end of life of the suite, succeeded by SeaMonkey.[1]