The Explorer browser had been online for a week, and its download numbers were growing rapidly.
In just a week's time, daily download numbers had broken a thousand, a pace that was even higher than what Dean had optimistically predicted.
As mentioned before, considering the cost of operations,
Dean and Clark did not initially prepare a massive promotion for the Explorer browser.
Their plan was to let the network spread on its own, waiting for a scale effect to occur, which might align with receiving good news from Europe.
Then, with a substantial number of users, Netscape could smoothly launch the next generation of browsers that included value-added services.
This would minimize Netscape's operating costs while the internal team also gained experience.
However, given the current growth of the Explorer browser, as well as Mosaic's unforeseen disruption,
