<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
(	O
or	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
4	I-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suite	I-Protocol
produced	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
fourth	O
major	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
line	O
of	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
addressed	O
the	O
problem	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
3.x	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
both	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
and	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
contained	O
within	O
it	O
by	O
renaming	O
the	O
suite	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
more	O
groupware	B-Application
features	O
intended	O
to	O
appeal	O
to	O
enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1998	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
Mozilla.org	B-Operating_System
would	O
co-ordinate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
5	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
dedicated	O
team	O
within	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
with	O
an	O
associated	O
Web	O
site	O
that	O
will	O
promote	O
,	O
foster	O
and	O
guide	O
open	O
dialog	O
and	O
development	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
client	O
source	O
code.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
whole	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Communicator	O
was	O
re-written	O
by	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
,	O
who	O
were	O
then	O
testing	O
it	O
as	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
AOL	O
,	O
finally	O
released	O
Communicator	O
's	O
successor	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
6	I-Protocol
in	O
November	O
2000	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
with	O
changes	O
and	O
additions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minor	O
updates	O
to	O
Communicator	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
issued	O
,	O
culminating	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
4.8	O
in	O
August	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
was	O
available	O
in	O
various	O
editions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Professional	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Complete	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
components	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
(	O
different	O
editions	O
had	O
different	O
components	O
and	O
some	O
components	O
were	O
dropped	O
in	O
later	O
editions	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
included	O
many	O
improvements	O
,	O
mostly	O
to	O
the	O
Messenger	O
e-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
now	O
also	O
took	O
on	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
Collabra	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
less	O
popular	O
components	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Netcaster	B-Protocol
,	O
were	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
called	O
"	O
Roaming	O
Profiles	O
"	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
version	O
4.5	O
that	O
synchronized	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
bookmarks	O
,	O
address	B-Operating_System
book	I-Operating_System
and	O
preferences	O
with	O
a	O
remote	O
server	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
home	O
and	O
work	O
browsers	B-Application
could	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
bookmarks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
version	O
4.5	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
had	O
started	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
project	O
and	O
had	O
ceased	O
charging	O
for	O
Communicator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
Navigator	O
"	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
component	O
alone	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
Communicator	O
"	O
referred	O
to	O
the	O
suite	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
as	O
established	O
in	O
version	O
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
because	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
besides	O
Navigator	O
were	O
popular	O
on	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
and	O
because	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
never	O
produced	O
any	O
other	O
desktop	O
software	O
that	O
approached	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Navigator	O
,	O
people	O
would	O
often	O
refer	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Communicator	O
suite	O
and	O
the	O
Navigator	O
browser	B-Application
as	O
simply	O
"	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
code	O
base	O
,	O
providing	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
as	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
decided	O
in	O
2006	O
to	O
discontinue	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Application	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
community-maintained	O
version	O
called	O
SeaMonkey	B-Language
has	O
come	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
Application	O
Suite	O
.	O
</s>
