So whatever was to be part of the browser to make the web more dynamic should be accessible to non-programmers. HTML was still young and simple enough for non-developers to pick up. So the scripting language for the web would need to cater to a different type of audience: designers. Java was on the rise as well, and Java applets were to be a reality soon. But, and this was an important strategic call at the time, this scripting language should not be oriented to big-shot developers and people with experience in the software engineering side of things. So the web needed a small scripting language that could interact with the DOM (which was not set in stone as it is right now). Animations, interaction and other forms of small automation should be part of the web of the future. Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape Communications and part of the ex-Mosaic team, had the vision that the web needed a way to become more dynamic. And that is precisely what gave birth to JavaScript.
Netscape was founded by the very same people that took part in the development of Mosaic during the early 90s, and now, with money and independence, they had the necessary freedom to seek further ways to expand the web. Its browser, Netscape Communicator, was gaining traction as a competitor to NCSA Mosaic, the first popular web browser.
Netscape Communications Corporation had a strong presence in the young web. It all happened in six months from May to December 1995.
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