Netscape Communicator successfully integrates many of the individual components that users need to deal with their information. This collection of modules allows the user to retrieve and produce information on the Internet or an intranet. The Professional addition of Netscape Com- municator also adds an IBM 3270 emulator in order to access legacy data, as well as a calendaring and scheduling module. The Netscape Communicator e-mail client goes a long way towards dealing with the enormous amounts of information most professionals have to deal with. By introducing powerful mail filtering, users are able to have the system organize their mail in a way that makes sense to them.
Bookmarks are another form of information overload.
The Netscape Communicator QuickFile feature allows users to quickly place the bookmark anywhere in their information hierarchy without leaving their current context. Netscape Communicator's HTML extensions allow for absolute positioning of items down to the pixel. Most profoundly, it allows objects, including Java applets, to exist on overlapping layers with varying transparency. Typography also gets a boost through the introduction of integrated web font technology. These are capabilities that have only been available in high-end multimedia authoring systems.