The Browser Wars weren't casualty free.

Interesting little piece of internet history. I remember starting with Internet Explorer, then the Firefox, Safari for a bit and I use Chrome now.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    This is a pretty gimped retelling of internet history. The author fails to mention several browsers that made history, most notably Opera, which came out back in '95. Opera was notable for being the first to introduce several features which have now become staples in modern browsers, such as:

    • Tabbed browsing
    • Speed Dial for fast access to favorite sites
    • Pop-up blocking
    • Reopening recently closed pages
    • Private browsing
    • Advanced UI customisations, such as the ability to set custom keyboard shortcuts and mouse gestures for various actions

    Opera contributed so much to the web that it’s almost criminal that it’s left out from an article on browser history.

    There were also several notable browsers which made history, such as:

    • Lynx, the world’s oldest browser that is still being maintained (released in '92)

    • Minuet, an early DOS-based TUI browser (HTML 1.0 only), released’ 94

    • Arachne, an advanced GUI browser for DOS, released '96

    • Neoplanet, the first fully-skinnable browser, based on IE, released’ 97

    • octiman@kbin.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Oh, I agree. It could have gone into more detail. But still an interesting, if brief overview.