1.   And the software browser companies will continue to play a powerful mediating role.

2.   Do we have new browser companies popping up?

3.   In July, Netscape, the leading Internet browser company, started offering My Netscape.

4.   It bought Spry, a browser company, earlier this year, and plans to create an online area that will be accessible with any other browser.

5.   Netscape Communications Corp. surprised many in the tech world when it declared last year that it was no longer an Internet browser company.

6.   Times Mirror, an early investor in Netscape, received AOL shares in exchange for its Netscape holding when AOL bought the Internet browser company.

7.   Ultimately, how effective such standards are will depend on whether the major Internet browser companies apply them.

8.   On Netscape itself, Nava reiterated that the company has grown to be more than just a browser company.