The forgotten Web browsers

By Aleksander AasAleksander. Tuesday, October 18, 2011 12:43:33 PM

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As we race towards Opera 12 with Hardware Acceleration, WebGL and all manner of shiny things it's cool to take a look back. When I wrote The evolution of the Modern Web, I was quickly corrected when trying to give Mosaic credit for being first. This time around Ars Technica posted an extensive article talking about the forgotten browsers of the 90's.

Starting with the original World Wide Web browser by Tim Berners-Lee, they give you a rundown on most of the early day browsers. If you got in a time machine and had to choose your 1993 browser, what browser would you choose? Would you stay classy with the Cern browser or would platform issues force you to another browser? Find your favorite in the Ars Technica article!

How green and clean is Opera Mini?This one came from our labs

Comments

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:01:18 PM

'If you got in a time machine and had to choose your 1993 browser, what browser would you choose? '

Nothing. I would wait for 1996, and buy Opera 2.0 lol

Aleksander AasAleksander Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:11:23 PM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Nothing. I would wait for 1996, and buy Opera 2.0


awww! <3 for you!

bagumka Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:40:41 PM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

'If you got in a time machine and had to choose your 1993 browser, what browser would you choose? '

Nothing. I would wait for 1996, and buy Opera 2.0 lol

+1 )))

RahulRahulpr6661 Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:42:38 PM

i have a suggestion to modify ur version.pls add facebook onlines frnds list on ur operamini web browser.its a attractive feature

Swapnil RustagiSwapnil99pro Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:49:24 PM

Originally posted by Rahulpr6661:

i have a suggestion to modify ur version.pls add onlines frnds list on ur operamini web browser


This is not a wishlist. Go to Opera Mini forums and use the sticky Opera Mini 6+ wishlist. Though if you post like what you have commented now, forum moderators will not be able to understand anything, resulting in your post being declared off-topic.

Originally posted by Aleksander:

awww! <3 for you!


Thankyou Sir. love happy

ClashCityRockerclashcityrocker Tuesday, October 18, 2011 1:52:50 PM

People still read Ars Technica? hasn't Ben Kuchera destroyed all their credibility by now?

ishfaaq loneishfaaqlone Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:02:20 PM

again was ditto huff to go I'd had en

praetor87 Tuesday, October 18, 2011 2:59:21 PM

Mosaic. I know it.

Javier Alejandro Bastardo Villalobosjbastardov Tuesday, October 18, 2011 3:57:25 PM

Uhm, I'm really torn in this, I'm a browser enthusiast so if I could I would just try them all haha

d4rkn1ght Tuesday, October 18, 2011 4:35:54 PM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Nothing. I would wait for 1996, and buy Opera 2.0


yes

Abhinavdecodedthought Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:31:42 PM

lol interesting ... I haven't used any of the browsers in that list ... and ever since I started using Opera browser there has been no turning back. love O

KarenNerak Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:28:54 PM

I only have one thing to say: HAIL HLN! headbang

aichoaniki Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:38:53 PM

Originally posted by Nerak:

I only have one thing to say: HAIL HLN! headbang

Yes! HAIL HLN!!! headbang

KarenNerak Tuesday, October 18, 2011 7:44:11 PM

Originally posted by aichoaniki:

Yes! HAIL HLN!!!




ชุดตรวจสารเสพติดsomsak01 Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:47:49 AM

thank you for sharing bigsmile bigsmile

wyrmmage Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:54:38 AM

The lack of commas: it burns! ;(

Aleksander AasAleksander Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:49:43 AM

Originally posted by wyrmmage:

The lack of commas: it burns! ;(


I'll add some here and hope they spread out a bit! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Seriously though: noted!

"That lil' ol' ZZ Top cover band..."bluezzbastardzz Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:09:16 PM

I think I already used Arachne back then, a graphical DOS browser for 486 CPU computers.

Julianjjsl6 Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:46:28 AM

Originally posted by Swapnil99pro:

Nothing. I would wait for 1996, and buy Opera 2.0



up up up up up up

mamonimamoni1988 Thursday, October 20, 2011 1:27:05 PM

thanks to all the designers from the begginning till today, bywhom we can use the wonderful worldwideweb

Ab.Razaque.keeriokeerio2k Friday, October 21, 2011 5:30:51 AM

up down up

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