We keep only the most current and major releases in the main page. This is the complete list of all Netscape strings that we have ever found or received - including those on the main page.
Netscape is no more. The netscape page now states that official support ended on 1st March 2008 though you can still download release 9, 8, 7 and the venerable 4 from the site. They recommend using Firefox or Flock (interesting). The last Version 9 was called Navigator again which as Deyan Mavrov reminded us is the first time they used the name since NS4.x (now that was a release). Since version 8 they used the firefox base with their own stuff added and a very slick graphic design (IOHO). Previous versions used the full Mozilla build (now seamonkey). Wonder who uses it - we guess it's just folks who have always used Netscape. End of an era. Sigh.
Netscape Navigator 9.x
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.8pre) Gecko/20071019 Firefox/2.0.0.8 Navigator/9.0.0.1
Explanation: Netscape Navigator 9 with Firefox fixes - good looking browser. String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5pre) Gecko/20070712 Firefox/2.0.0.4 Navigator/9.0b2
Explanation: Netscape Navigator 9 and as Deyan points out the first to use the name since 4.8 (oh by, do we remember 4.8). String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Netscape 8.x
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050519 Netscape/8.0.1
Explanation: A real Firefox based Netscape 8 with a security patch (already) on Win 2K. Using Gecko base of 1.7.5 not current 1.7.8. String from Joseph Christianson - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050512 Netscape/8.0
Explanation: A real Netscape 8 on XP - definitely based on Firefox and which you can get here . String from Jonathan McCormack - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050302 Firefox/0.9.6
Explanation: A real Netscape 8 Beta - hard to tell - now confirmed definitely based on Firefox. String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) NS8/0.9.6
Explanation: A Netscape version 8 Beta - very strange string - a rather modest reminder that its Nescape not really MSIE (we think its based on Firefox). String from Guilheme Tanaka - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/0.5.6+
Explanation: Interesting oddity. A Netscape prototype of a browser based on Firefox info here though you have to register. Apparently no longer available? String from Louise McCormack - thanks.
Netscape 7.x
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)
Explanation: Netscape 7.2 and still we're wondering what's the (ax)? But we wonder no longer Laurence ? wrote and told us that according to Netscape's documentation it means the browser supports the Windows Media ActiveX Control. So now we know. Many thanks. Original string from Hilde Schlecht - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; ja-JP; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)
Explanation: Netscape 7.1 Japanese version and what's the (ax) we are wondering? String from Erik Inge Bolsø - thanks.
Explanation: Netscape 7 (downloaded from Sun) on a Sun Ultra 60 desktop. String from Joe George - thanks.
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02
Explanation: NS 7.02 on Power PC MAC using OS X. Latest and greatest (June 2003). Thanks to Eric Noel.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0 i686)
Explanation: This is Netscape 7.02 on FreeBSD. Honestly. Its included for two reasons. Gratuitous publicity for FreeBSD (the next big thing IOHO) and because of what you can do with the user.js file to disguise your browser. A stats guys nightmare. String from FreeBSD buff John Rendlesham.
Netscape 6.x
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020508 Netscape6/6.2.3
Explanation: NS 6.2.3 on Windows 7 (honest). String from Jake Wasdin - thanks.
Explanation: NS 6.2.1 on NT4.0. Oh yeah and an expressed language preference for Canadian English. Well that makes two of us.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:0.9.4) Gecko/20011128 Netscape6/6.2.1
Explanation: NS 6.2.1 on Windows 2000. Man is this a string!! Note: Officially all the Mozilla based Gecko browsers are supposed to include the 'Gecko'.
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020314 Netscape6/6.2.2
Explanation: NS6 on Linux. This is the one that works. We get completely different rendering on the Linux version to our MS Windows version of NS6. Is this a mystery - or a bug!!
Netscape Navigator 4.x
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.20-8 i686)
Explanation: NS 4.8 on Redhat 9. String from Renan Birck - thanks.
Mozilla/4.8 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.22-30mdk-i686-up-4GB i686; Nav)
Explanation: NS4.8 on Mandrake Linux (yes, they are still maintaining 4.x). String from Andrew Preater - thanks.
Mozilla/4.79 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Explanation: NS4.9 on Window 2K. String from Gert Grenander - thanks.
Mozilla/4.77 [en] (Win95; U)
Explanation:NS 4.77 on Windows 95.
Mozilla/4.76 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)
Explanation: NS 4.76 on MS Win 2K. String from Steve Alwin - thanks.
Mozilla/4.76 [en] (WinNT; U)
Explanation: NS 4.76 on MS NT 4.0
Mozilla/4.75 [en](X11;U;Linux2.2.16-22 i586)
Explanation:NS 4.75 on Red Hat Linux 7.0 under X windows
Mozilla/4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.6 sun4u)
Explanation: NS 4.7x on SunOS.
Mozilla/4.7C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP32)
Explanation: NS 4.7x on SGI IRIX 6.5.
Mozilla/4.5 [en] (Win98; I)
Explanation: NS 4.61 on SCO UnixWare 7.1.3. String from Jonathan McCormack - thanks.
Mozilla/4.5 [en] (Win98; I)
Explanation: NS 4.5 on Windows 98. String from Erik Inge Bolsø - thanks.
Mozilla/4.5 [en]C-CCK-MCD {TLC;RETAIL} (Win95; U)
Explanation: NS 4.5 on Windows 95 (purchased at retail) (string from Mark Odell - thanks)
Mozilla/4.08 [en] (WinNT; I ;Nav)
Explanation:NS 4.08 on Windows NT with weak security(!).
Mozilla/4.08 [en] (X11; U; IRIX 5.3 IP5; Nav)
Explanation: NS 4.08 - the last version built for IRIX 5.3, running on an SGI PowerSeries 4D/120 (that
would be 2x16.7MHz R2000 procs. String from Michael Doyle - thanks.
Mozilla/4.06 [es] (Win98; I)
Explanation: NS 4.06 (Spanish language) on Windows 98 with low security. String from Miguel Angel Gonzales - thanks.
Netscape Navigator 3.x
Mozilla/3.04Gold (X11; U; IRIX 5.3 IP22)
Explanation: NS Navigator Gold 3.04 on SGI with IRIX. Another rave from the grave!. String from Peter Landbo - thanks.
Mozilla/3.01 (WinNT; I) [AXP]
Explanation: NS 3.01 on DEC ALPHA under NT - wow! You can get it here. String from Jonathan McCormack - thanks.
Mozilla/3.01-C-SYMPA (Macintosh; I; PPC)
Explanation: NS 3.01 on a Mac. Rave from the grave (NS 3 not the Mac!!). Also probably a Canadian visitor (oh really!)
Netscape Navigator 2.x
Mozilla/2.02 [fr] (WinNT; I)
Explanation: NS 2.02 on MS NT 4.0. This might now be the oldest string known to man cos NS1 cannot access virtual servers - its not see below. String from Stanislas Renan - thanks.
Netscape Navigator 1.x
Mozilla/1.1N (Windows; I; 32bit)
Explanation: NS 1.1 on XP SP2 no less. N means it was freely downloaded (as opposed to being paid for which you could do if you were foolish enough). Filling in the blanks for all known versions of Netscape. String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Mozilla/1.0N (Windows)
Explanation: NS 1.0 again on XP SP2. See notes above. String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Netscape Navigator Pre 1.x
Mozilla/0.96 Beta (X11; Linux 2.6.25.18-0.2-default i686)
Explanation: Netscape 0.96 on a modern production system - SUSE 11! You need these instructions from Jamie Zawinski's web site to make it fly - all we can say is - Wow! String from Deyan Mavrov - thanks.
Mozilla/0.91 Beta (Windows)
Explanation: The ex-dinosaur string. Netscape 0.91, a pre-1.0 beta release from 1994. Also known as 'Mosaic NetScape'. Running under Win XP SP2 (honest). String from Andrew Praeter - thanks.
Mozilla/0.6 Beta (Windows)
Explanation: The new dinosaur string. Netscape 0.6 on WfWG 3.11. HTML 2.0 - no tables - who needs tables - how about everyone. String from Andrew Praeter - thanks.
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