Internet suite
An Internet suite is an Internet-related software suite. Internet suites usually include a web browser, e-mail client, download manager, HTML editor, and an IRC client.
The diversity of Internet suite offerings was greatest in the mid-1990s, when proprietary web browser vendors felt it more profitable to sell entire retail suites of applications on compact disc. However, by the end of the first browser war, the Internet suite market dwindled to one or two competitors every few years; in reaction, alternative routes of profit or funding were sought, and Mozilla began to separate the Mozilla Application Suite into separate projects: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Sunbird, but development of suite continued with Seamonkey internet suite and after several years it is very active and under Mozilla umbrella. A further cause of depression in the diversity of Internet suites was the rise of Ajax-based web applications which replicated most of the functions of their desktop client equivalents while offering cross-desktop portability through the web browser, something which was not offered as easily by desktop clients inside the Internet suite and outside the web browser.
Examples
- Arachne
- Cyberdog
- Mozilla Application Suite and SeaMonkey internet suite
- Gnuzilla
- K Desktop Environment
- MSN Explorer
- Netscape Communicator
- Netscape
- Opera
Internet suites by year
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| Year | Internet Users* | 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, Opera 3.0 |
| 1998 | 147 | |
| 1999 | 248 | Internet Explorer 5 |
| 2000 | 361 | Netscape 6, Opera 4, Opera 5 |
| 2001 | 513 | Opera 6 |
| 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, AOL OpenRide |
| 2007 | 1262 | |
| 2008 | 1565 | AOL Desktop, Opera 9.5 |
| 2009 | Opera 10, SeaMonkey 2 |
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 for that operating system but development for other operating systems continued, while the reverse situation of added is just treated as yes.
| Browser | MS 2000/XP | 98/Me | NT | 95 | 3.1 | IBM OS/2 | Mac OS X | Mac OS 9 | Mac OS 8 | System 7 | Linux | BSD | Unix | Other |
| Years | 2000/2001 | 1998 | 1993 | 1995 | 1992 | 1988 | 2001 | 1999 | 1997 | 1991 | '94/'91 | 1993 | - | |
| Arachne | ||||||||||||||
| IE 5.0 IE 4.0 | * | * | ||||||||||||
| IE 3.0 | * | * | ||||||||||||
| Mozilla | OpenVMS | |||||||||||||
| Classilla | under Classic only | |||||||||||||
| Netscape 7 Netscape 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Netscape Communicator | ||||||||||||||
| Netscape Gold | ||||||||||||||
| Opera | ||||||||||||||
| SeaMonkey | ||||||||||||||
| Browser | MS 2000/XP | 98/Me | NT | 95 | 3.1 | IBM OS/2 | Mac OS X | Mac OS 9 | Mac OS 8 | System 7 | Linux | BSD | Unix | 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.| Client | Years | Web browser | E-mail client | HTML editor | Address Book | IRC client | Usenet | FTP | Gopher | Other |
| Arachne | Dialer | |||||||||
| Beonex Communicator | Extensions | |||||||||
| Classilla | - | |||||||||
| Cyberdog | - | |||||||||
| Cyberjack | TalkWorks, WinComm, WinFax | |||||||||
| Internet Explorer 3 | Microsoft Comic Chat, Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, Microsoft NetMeeting, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player | |||||||||
| Internet Explorer 4 | Active Channel, Microsoft Chat 2.0, Microsoft NetMeeting, RealPlayer, Windows Desktop Update | |||||||||
| Internet Explorer 5 | Windows Media Player, NetMeeting, Chat, | |||||||||
| Minuet | telnet | |||||||||
| Mozilla | Extensions, Palm Tools | |||||||||
| Netscape Gold | CoolTalk | |||||||||
| Netscape Communicator | Netscape Conference, Netscape Netcaster | |||||||||
| Netscape 5 | ||||||||||
| Netscape 6 & 7 | AIM, Radio, net2Phone | |||||||||
| Opera | Dialer, BitTorrent | |||||||||
| SeaMonkey | Extensions, Palm Tools | |||||||||
| Client | Years | Web browser | E-mail client | HTML editor | Address Book | IRC client | Usenet | FTP | Gopher | Other |