Netscape and the Start of the Internet
During the early years of the internet, not many people even knew it existed. To access it you needed to use and internet browser, and there were few good ones, if any, that people knew about.
The first widely known and accessible web browser was created by Netscape in 1994, and it was called Netscape Navigator. It was free to download and gave millions of internet users access to the internet's content through an easy to use and innovative interface.
The Navigator was popular for many reasons:
- It was one of the first accessible web browsers
- It was highly publicized and acclaimed
- It had the ability to display web pages on the fly
- It introduced many technical innovations including cookies!
Netscape came out on top of other web browsers with over 50% usage share.
However, over the years Netscape became decreasingly less popular, and with the launch of Internet Explorer, they were eventually decreased to a measly less than 1% usage share. However, the Netscape company helped found the Mozilla brand, which has created many open sourced software, including the very popular web browser Mozilla Firefox.
The Internet started as a way to get ahead of the Russians in technology. The first real "internet" was a bunch of radars networked together. The concept kept expanding, and the technology was present for the internet in the 1980's; however it didn't become publicly known or used until the 90's, which is when the internet revolution took place. The 90's is also when Netscape was founded. Presently the internet is one of the most popular things ever in the world and continues to grow larger, better, more efficient and more innovative every day.
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