Today I found a chart depicting the evolution of web browsers. In this picture you can see a very interesting look at the past and how far we’ve come. For instance, I didn’t even know that Netscape Navigator is older than damn Internet Explorer. For those who cannot view Scalable Vector Graphics there’s a picture converted to the PNG format.
Honesty I’m afraid I haven’t even heard about 50 percents of all these applications (WebRunner / HotJava WTF?!). Awesome.
A few quotes from Digg:
- Netscape Navigator brings back horrible, horrible memories.
- I remember once counting the number of Netscape versions in the 90s and I stopped at around 350.
- I didn’t know SlipKnot made a web browser
- Great use of SVG!
September 3rd, 2007 #
> For those who cannot view Scalable Vector Graphics …
upgrade to a proper browser
September 3rd, 2007 #
Some Diggers reported problems, even in Firefox. BTW have you noticed a green firefox somewhere within the sidebar?
September 3rd, 2007 #
The first web browser I stumbled upon was Netscape Navigator version 3. Some time later I got my first Internet Explorer on CD with “Fifth Element OST”. Now I use only Firefox, but in the past I also used Opera and K-meleon…
September 4th, 2007 #
Yeah, Netscape is ancient! I never liked it. Version 7 was truly horrible.
September 4th, 2007 #
Just cannot believe there was a time when Firefox was a sucky browser and Opera was unable to display correctly 40% of all available websites.
BTW check this out, it might be a nice flashback
September 4th, 2007 #
Konqueror!
September 4th, 2007 #
Lynx!
September 4th, 2007 #
Excellent find Bart. Where did you start you web browser lifecycle.
I first started with IE4 back in about 96-97, had a brief affair with netscape before switching to FF about 2 or years ago. I have quite a lot of converts under my belt too
September 4th, 2007 #
I don’t remember the number of Internet Explorer added in Windows 95, just guess it was IE 3.0 (there was a support for mighty frames, surely). Let’s say the first conscious choice was an adware version of Opera 5.0 (December 2000?
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September 6th, 2007 #
Galeon is another halfway decent one for Linux.
December 6th, 2007 #
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December 13th, 2007 #
Browsers has gone a long way. Change is the constant thing. But im glad that its all fo the best.
March 7th, 2008 #
Memories.