WebHistory-Browse ,laterrenamedCommunicator,thenrenamedbacktojustNetscape。TheNetscapebrowserledinusershareuntilMicrosoftInternetExplorertooktheleadin1999duetoitsadvantageinbeingbundledwithWindowsoperatingsystems。
AnopensourceversionofNetscapewasthendevelopedcalledMozilla,whichwastheinternalnamefortheoldNetscapebrowser,andreleasedin2002。
Mozillahassincegainedinmarketshare,particularlyonnon-Windowsplatforms,largelyduetoitsopensourcefoundation,andin2004wasreleasedinthequicklypopularFireFoxversion。
Achronologicallistingofsomeinfluentialearlywebbrowsersisprovidedbelow,eachofwhichadvancedthestat ,calledWorldWideWeb,finishingthefirstversiononChristmasday,1990。
HereleasedtheprogramtoanumberofpeopleatCERNinMarch,1991,introducingthewebtothehighenergyphysicscommunity, b ,callingthenewbrowserlib , 。
Line-mode。NicolaPellow,amathstudentinterningatCERN,wrotealine-modewebbrowserthatwouldworkonanydevice,evenateletype。
In1991,Nicolaandtheteamportedthebrowsertoarangeofcomputers,fromUnixtoMicrosoftDOS,sothatanyonecouldaccesstheweb,atthatpointconsistingprimarilyoftheCERNphonebook。
Erwise。AfteravisitfromRobertCailliau,agroupofstudentsatHelsinkiUniversityofTechnologyjoinedtogethertowriteawebbrowserasamaster'sproject。
Sincetheacronymfortheirdepartmentwascalled"OTH",theycalledthebrowser"erwise",asajokeontheword"otherwise"。
ThefinalversionwasreleasedinApril,1992,andincludedseveraladvancedfeatures,butwasn'tdevelopedfurtherafterthestudentsgraduatedandwentontootherjobs。
ViolaWWW。PeiWei,astudentattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,releasedthesecondbrowserforUnix,calledViolaWWW,inMay,1992。
ThisbrowserwasbuiltonthepowerfulinterpretivelanguagecalledViolathatWeihaddevelopedforUnixcomputers。
ViolaWWWhadarangeofadvancedfeatures,includingtheabilitytodisplaygraphicsanddownloadapplets。
Midas。Duringthesummerof1992,TonyJohnsonatSLACdevelopedathirdbrowserforUnixsystems,calledMidas,tohelpdistributeinformationtocolleaguesabouthisphysicsresearch。
Samba。RobertCailliaustarteddevelopmentofthefirstwebbrowserfortheMacintosh,calledSamba。
DevelopmentwaspickedupbyNicolaPellow,andthebrowserwasfunctionalbytheendof1992。 Mosaic。
MarcAndreessenandEricBinafromtheNCSAreleasedthefirstversionofMosaicforX-WindowsonUnixcomputersinFebruary,1993。
AversionfortheMacintoshwasdevelopedbyAleksToticandreleasedafewmonthslater,makingMosaicthefirstbrowserwithcross-platformsupport。
Mosaicintroducedsupportforsound,videoclips,formssupport,bookmarks,andhistoryfiles,andquicklybecamethemostpopularnon-commercialwebbrowser。
InAugust,1994,NCSAassignedcommercialrightstoMosaictoSpyglass,Inc。,whichsubsequentlylicensedthetechnologytoseveralothercompanies,includingMicrosoftforuseinInternetExplorer。
TheNCSAstoppeddevelopingMosaicinJanuary1997。Arena。In1993,DaveRaggettatHewlett-PackardinBristol,England,developedabrowsercalledArena,withpowerfulfeaturesforpositioningtablesandgraphics。
Lynx。TheUniversityofKansashadwrittenahypertextbrowserindependentlyoftheweb,calledLynx,usedtodistributecampusinformation。
AstudentnamedLouMontulliaddedanInternetinterfacetotheprogram,andreleasedthewebbrowserLynx2。 0inMarch,1993。
Lynxquicklybecamethepreferredwebbrowserforcharactermodeterminalswithoutgraphics, Lynxpage,theISCLynxpage,andtheLynxUserGuide。
Cello。TomBruce,cofounderoftheLegalInformationInstitute,realizedthatmostlawyersusedMicrosoftPC's,andsohedevelopedawebbrowserforthatplatformcalledCello,finishedinthesummerof1993。
Opera。In1994,theOperabrowserwasdevelopedbyateamofresearchersatatelecommunicationcompanycalledTelenorinOslo,Norway。
Thefollowingyear,twomembersoftheteam--JonStephensonvonTetzchnerandGeirIvarsøy--leftTelenortoestablishOperaSoftwaretodevelopthebrowsercommercially。
Opera2。1wasfirstmadeavailableontheInternetinthesummerof1996。Internetinabox。InJanuary,1994,O'ReillyandAssociatesannouncedaproductcalledInternetInABoxwhichcollectedallofthesoftwareneededtoaccessthewebtogether,sothatyouonlyhadtoinstalloneapplication,insteadofdownloadingandinstallingseveralprograms。
Whilenotauniquebrowserinitsownright,thisproductwasabreakthroughbecauseitdistributedotherbrowsersandmadethewebalotmoreaccessibletothehomeuser。
Navipress。InFebruary,1994,NavisoftreleasedabrowserforthePCandMacintoshcalledNavipress。
ThiswasthefirstbrowsersinceBerners-Lee'sWorldWideWebbrowserthatincorporatedaneditor,sothatyoucouldbrowseandeditcontentatthesametime。
NavipresslaterbecameAOLPress,andisstillavailablebuthasnotbeenmaintainedsince1997。Mozilla。
InOctober,1994,Netscapereleasedthethefirstbetaversionoftheirbrowser,Mozilla0。 96b,overtheInternet。
OnDecember15,thefinalversionwasreleased,Mozilla1。0,makingitthefirstcommercialwebbrowser。AnopensourceversionoftheNetscapebrowserwasreleasedin2002wasalsonamedMozillaintributetothisearlyversion,andthenreleasedasthequicklypopularFireFoxinNovember,2004。
InternetExplorer。OnAugust23rd,1995,MicrosoftreleasedtheirWindows95operatingsystem,includingaWebbrowsercalledInternetExplorer。
Bythefallof1996,Explorerhadathirdofmarketshare,andpassedNetscapetobecametheleadingwebbrowserin1999。
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