HarryM
13th January 2013, 12:52 PM
Just found this which I guess we should remember...
The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee). It was called WorldWideWeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb) (no spaces) and was later renamed Nexus.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-3)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Marc_Andreessen.jpg/170px-Marc_Andreessen.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marc_Andreessen.jpg) http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf7/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marc_Andreessen.jpg)
Marc Andreessen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen) inventor of Netscape
In 1993, browser software was further innovated by Marc Andreessen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen) with the release of Mosaic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29) (later Netscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape)), "the world's first popular browser",[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-bloomberg-4) which made the World Wide Web system easy to use and more accessible to the average person. Andreesen's browser sparked the internet boom of the 1990s.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-bloomberg-4) The introduction of Mosaic in 1993 – one of the first graphical web browsers – led to an explosion in web use. Andreessen, the leader of the Mosaic team at NCSA, soon started his own company, named Netscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape), and released the Mosaic-influenced Netscape Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator) in 1994, which quickly became the world's most popular browser, accounting for 90% of all web use at its peak (see usage share of web browsers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers)).
Microsoft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) responded with its Internet Explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer) in 1995, also heavily influenced by Mosaic, initiating the industry's first browser war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_war). Bundled with Windows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows), Internet Explorer gained dominance in the web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-searchenginejournal.com-5)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png/220px-WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png) http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf7/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png)
WorldWideWeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb) for NeXT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT), released in 1991, was the first web browser.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-6)
Opera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_%28web_browser%29) debuted in 1996; although it has never achieved widespread use, having less than 2% browser usage share as of February 2012 according to Net Applications.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7) Its Opera-mini version has an additive share, in April 2011 amounting to 1.1% of overall browser use, but focused on the fast-growing mobile phone web browser market, being preinstalled on over 40 million phones. It is also available on several other embedded systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_system), including Nintendo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo)'s Wii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii) video game console.
In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the Mozilla Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation) in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) software model. That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox), which developed a respectable following while still in the beta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28software%29) stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7% of browser use.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-searchenginejournal.com-5) As of August 2011, Firefox has a 28% usage share.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7)
Apple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_inc.)'s Safari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29) had its first beta release in January 2003; as of April 2011, it had a dominant share of Apple-based web browsing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browsing), accounting for just over 7% of the entire browser market.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7)
The most recent major entrant to the browser market is Chrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome), first released in September 2008. Chrome's take-up has increased significantly year on year, by doubling its usage share from 8% to 16% by August 2011. This increase seems largely to be at the expense of Internet Explorer, whose share has tended to decrease from month to month.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-8) In December 2011, Chrome overtook Internet Explorer 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8) as the most widely used web browser.[clarify (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)][9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-9)
The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners-Lee). It was called WorldWideWeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb) (no spaces) and was later renamed Nexus.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-3)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Marc_Andreessen.jpg/170px-Marc_Andreessen.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marc_Andreessen.jpg) http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf7/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Marc_Andreessen.jpg)
Marc Andreessen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen) inventor of Netscape
In 1993, browser software was further innovated by Marc Andreessen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen) with the release of Mosaic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29) (later Netscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape)), "the world's first popular browser",[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-bloomberg-4) which made the World Wide Web system easy to use and more accessible to the average person. Andreesen's browser sparked the internet boom of the 1990s.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-bloomberg-4) The introduction of Mosaic in 1993 – one of the first graphical web browsers – led to an explosion in web use. Andreessen, the leader of the Mosaic team at NCSA, soon started his own company, named Netscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape), and released the Mosaic-influenced Netscape Navigator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator) in 1994, which quickly became the world's most popular browser, accounting for 90% of all web use at its peak (see usage share of web browsers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers)).
Microsoft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft) responded with its Internet Explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer) in 1995, also heavily influenced by Mosaic, initiating the industry's first browser war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_war). Bundled with Windows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows), Internet Explorer gained dominance in the web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-searchenginejournal.com-5)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png/220px-WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png) http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.21wmf7/skins/common/images/magnify-clip.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WorldWideWeb_FSF_GNU.png)
WorldWideWeb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb) for NeXT (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT), released in 1991, was the first web browser.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-6)
Opera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_%28web_browser%29) debuted in 1996; although it has never achieved widespread use, having less than 2% browser usage share as of February 2012 according to Net Applications.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7) Its Opera-mini version has an additive share, in April 2011 amounting to 1.1% of overall browser use, but focused on the fast-growing mobile phone web browser market, being preinstalled on over 40 million phones. It is also available on several other embedded systems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded_system), including Nintendo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo)'s Wii (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii) video game console.
In 1998, Netscape launched what was to become the Mozilla Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation) in an attempt to produce a competitive browser using the open source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source) software model. That browser would eventually evolve into Firefox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox), which developed a respectable following while still in the beta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_%28software%29) stage of development; shortly after the release of Firefox 1.0 in late 2004, Firefox (all versions) accounted for 7% of browser use.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-searchenginejournal.com-5) As of August 2011, Firefox has a 28% usage share.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7)
Apple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_inc.)'s Safari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29) had its first beta release in January 2003; as of April 2011, it had a dominant share of Apple-based web browsing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browsing), accounting for just over 7% of the entire browser market.[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-browsershare-7)
The most recent major entrant to the browser market is Chrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome), first released in September 2008. Chrome's take-up has increased significantly year on year, by doubling its usage share from 8% to 16% by August 2011. This increase seems largely to be at the expense of Internet Explorer, whose share has tended to decrease from month to month.[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-8) In December 2011, Chrome overtook Internet Explorer 8 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_8) as the most widely used web browser.[clarify (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)][9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser#cite_note-9)
