Web browsers

The History of Web Browsers

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  • 1990:WorldWideWeb

    1990:WorldWideWeb

    The first web browser named the WorldWideWeb(later called Nexus to avoid confusion with the World Wide Web) was created and developed by Sir Tim Berners Lee.
  • 1992: MidasWWW

    1992: MidasWWW

    At the Standford Linear Accelerator Centre MidasWWW was built.
  • 1992:Lynx

    1992:Lynx

    Lynx, a text-based we browser was created. It couldn't display images, videos or other graphic related content.
  • 1993: NCSA Mosaic

    1993: NCSA Mosaic

    Mosaic was created, being credited the first browser to truly popularise web browsing by displaying images embedded within text.
  • 1995: Internet Explorer

    1995: Internet Explorer

    Microsoft's first web browser, called Internet Explorer, was released.
  • 1996:Opera

    1996:Opera

    Starting as a research project for Norwegian telecoms company Telenor Opera was released in 1996.
  • 2003: Safari

    2003: Safari

    Apple's first web browser named Safari was released.
  • 2004:Mozilla Firefox

    2004:Mozilla Firefox

    The open-source browser in 2004 name Mozilla Firefox was released in the wake of the demise of Netscape Navigator at the hands of Internet Explorer.
  • 2008:Chrome

    2008:Chrome

    Google's Chrome browser was launched in 2008, and has continued to get more and more popular in the upcoming years.
  • 2015: Microsoft Edge

    2015: Microsoft Edge

    Microsoft edge was launched, previously being known as Project Spartan.