History of Computers in the 1990's

By kdur217
  • Photoshop was released

    Photoshop was released

    Photoshop was created by brothers John and Thomas Knoll . Adobe saw potential in it and released the product in February of 1990. It is an image editing software and became the go to application for many editors and artists in the industry.
  • "World Wide Web" is Born

    "World Wide Web" is Born

    Created by English programmer and physicist Tim Berners-Lee. It created an easy way for people to find access to information they otherwise wouldn't have. It has remained impactful and changed the way the world communicated.
  • World Wide Web became public

    World Wide Web became public

    On April 30, 1993 Tim Berner-Lee's earlier invention of the World Wide Web was now accessible to the public. He released a web browser called Mesh. It was the first royalty free and easy to use web browser.
  • Windows 95

    Windows 95

    Microsoft Windows 95 operating system was launched and came out on CDs. It introduced us to the start button along with the task bar and desktop shortcuts. It became very popular.
  • Windows 98

    Windows 98

    Windows 98 was an updated version of Windows 95 and introduced us to internet explorer, windows media player, and windows address book.