SillyDog701

[Andrew T.]

Please forgive me if I'm vague on this, but it's been seven years since I've used this version of Netscape!

I recall that around 1996, my parents installed a Beta version of Netscape Navigator 2.0 on our computer with Windows 3.11.
I recall that the Beta "expired" after a number of days, upon which we upgraded so some other version.
There's not much else I remember, but I definately recall that the Program Manager icon for (only?) this particular version was the upper half of a ship's wheel (similar to later Netscape 2.0x and 3.0x icons), only with a small Netscape "N" in the corner of the icon.
I believe there were several Beta versions of Netscape 2.0.
Can anyone help me narrow down what particular Netscape Navigator 2.0 Beta I could have been using at the time, and possibly where I could find a 16- or preferably 32-bit version thereof to download? (For nostalgic, but certainly not practical reasons).

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

[Wellander]

Hi,
Try this link.
ftp://kyle.mtholyoke.edu/Netscape/2.0(32bit)/
There are all there betas and final too.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

[Andrew T.]

Thanks, Wellander--you steered me in the right direction!

It looks like the Netscape I had in mind could have been Navigator 2.0 Beta 3.

This is the icon--I wonder why they didn't use it for Netscape longer. I love the way the ship's wheel glows.

UserAgent: Mozilla/2.0b3 (Win95; I)

[Wellander]

Hi,
No problem.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)

[Edward]

That is a well-designed icon. It's too bad Netscape didn't continue to use it.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007

[Wellander]

That is a well-designed icon. It's too bad Netscape didn't continue to use it.

Hi,
I miss it too.
I still use those versions.

UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0)