When you run the finished application, both visual and non-visual objects are defined in the runtime environment according to your specifications. When you use a component, the required component files are automatically added to your project, so that they are deployed with your HTML pages to the web server and compiled into an application. Netscape Netcaster Netscape Netcaster is the component of Communicator that enables push delivery of information and off-line browsing capabilities. Netcaster is the leading push client on the market based on the open Internet standards of HTML, Java, and JavaScript, requiring no server-side changes, no changes to existing web site content, and no new files, formats, or protocols to learn or maintain. Netcaster can be centrally administered and controlled by the IT manager.
Users can receive updates automatically, view content off line, and make any channel into a webtop.
Netcaster features Channel Finder to help users find and subscribe to the best channels on the Web. Netscape is working with several hundred leading content providers to offer the most compelling content through Channel Finder.