Using the Browser to Look at Information

Netscape Communicator is a web browser. You are  using Netscape Communicator  to look at this web page right now.

Just like you use Microsoft Word as a tool to do word processing or Microsoft Excel as a tool to do spreadsheets and calculations, Netscape Communicator is a browser or tool for navigating and accessing information on the web.

The browser's toolbar shows the controls for navigating the web and managing the information you find there.