Netscape was best until about version 3. It had some niceties that IE lacked, actually IE was not even acceptable. Netscape 4.7 was &quot;not so nice&quot; and IE 4 was faster so, although terribly unsafe, it dominated market for years.<p>Oh, and by the time Netscape 4.7 and IE 4.01 were released, Microsoft had already destroyed Netscape&#x27;s business.