Editing Netscape (section)

===Netscape technologies===
Netscape created the [[JavaScript]] web page scripting language. It also pioneered the development of [[push technology]], which effectively allowed websites to send regular updates of information (weather, stock updates, package tracking, etc.) directly to a user's desktop (aka "webtop"); Netscape's implementation of this was named Netcaster.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Netscape pushes out Netcaster |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/netscape-pushes-out-netcaster/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=ZDNET |language=en |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215201859/https://www.zdnet.com/article/netscape-pushes-out-netcaster/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, businesses quickly recognized the use of push technology to deliver ads to users, which annoyed them, so Netcaster was short-lived.

Netscape was notable for its [[cross-platform]] efforts. Its client software continued to be made available for Windows ([[Windows 3.1x|3.1]], [[Windows 95|95]], [[Windows 98|98]], [[Windows NT|NT]]), Macintosh, Linux, [[OS/2]], [[BeOS]], and many versions of Unix including [[Digital Equipment Corporation|DEC]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Sun Solaris]], [[Berkeley Software Design|BSDI]], [[IRIX]], [[IBM AIX]], and [[HP-UX]]. Its server software generally was only available for Unix and Windows NT, though some of its servers were made available on Linux, and a version of Netscape FastTrack Server was made available for Windows 95/98. Today, most of Netscape's server offerings live on as the [[Sun Java System]], formerly under the [[Sun ONE]] branding. Although Netscape Browser 8 was Windows only, multi-platform support exists in the [[Netscape Navigator 9]] series of browsers.<ref name="wired" />