WWW Facts - Browsers
1991-08-20
WorldWideWeb wide-area hypertext app available
1992-02-12
WorldWideWeb wide-area hypertext browser
1993-01-29 New "XMosaic" World-Wide Web browser
from NCSA
1993-03-15 NCSA Mosaic for X 0.10
1993-04-22 NCSA Mosaic for X 1.0
1993-11-11
NCSA Mosaic
1.0 for Microsoft Windows
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1993-11-11 NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh 1.0
1993-11-11 NCSA Mosaic for X 2.0
1993-11-22 Mosaic compiled with Motif 1.2
1994-01-27 Silicon Graphics Departure of Founder
1994-02-17 Cello v1.0 released
1994-04-xx Chris Wilson Signs on with Spry Inc
1994-04-07 NCSA Mosaic for Microsoft Windows
v2.0alpha3 release
1994-04-12 Enhanced NCSA Mosaic
1994-04-29 WWW Job offering at Spry Inc
1994-05-xx Mosaic Creators Bolt NCSA To Join
Commercial Venture
1994-05-06 New Venture in Cyberspace by Silicon
Graphics Founder
1994-05-09 Introduction to Mosaic Communications
1994-06-01 Spyglass Signs Agreement with NCSA
1994-06-01 Digital to Provide Mosaic with its
Computer Systems
1994-07-06 User-agents
1994-08-05 Mosaic Communications (Netscape)
Selects Client Name: Mozilla
1994-08-24 U. Illinois Assigns All Future Mosaic
Licensing to Spyglass
1994-09-13 Companies Unveil Products for Use Of
the Internet
1994-09-14 Navigating with the WebExplorer
1994-09-26 How the Internet was Tamed
1994-10-xx Illinois's Boys Make Noise. And
they're doing it with Mosaic
1994-10-xx The (Second Phase of the) Revolution
Has Begun
1994-10-11 IBM WebExplorer
1994-10-13 Mosaic Communications Offers New
Network Navigator
1994-11-14 Mosaic Communications Changes Name
1994-12-12 NCSA Mosaic - 1994 Product of the
Year - Awards
1994-12-15
Netscape
Navigator 1.0
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1994-12-21 University of Illinois and
Netscape Communications Reach Agreement
1994-12-23 Jim Clark sends e-mail to Brad
Silverberg
1995-01-11 James Barksdale Joins Netscape
Communications as President and CEO
1995-01-17 NCSA Enters Microsoft World
1995-01-24 Silicon Graphics and Netscape to
Deliver World Wide Web Systems
1995-02-01 NCSA Mosaic Wins Industry Week Award
1995-02-10 Smarr Nominated to National Academy
of Engineering
1995-03-09 AT&T GIS among six to license
Enhanced Mosaic 2.0 from Spyglass
1995-03-14 CompuServe Buys Spry
1995-04-05 Peter Currie Joins Netscape as Chief
Financial Officer
1995-05-05
NCSA Mosaic for the Macintosh User Guide
1995-06-02 Microsoft and Netscape Discuss
Relationship in Detail
1995-06-21 Netscape, Microsoft Discuss
Technologies and Possible Aspects of a Partnership
1995-08-09 Netscape Announces Initial Public
Offering
1995-08-17
Internet
Explorer 1.0
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1995-09-18 Netscape Navigator 2.0
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1995-10-xx Chris Wilson Switches Teams at
Microsoft.
1995-10-07 Netscape and others v Microsoft
1995-10-11
NCSA Mosaic
2.0
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1995-10-30 Netscape Cuts Prices on Netscape
Server Software
1995-10-31 Netscape and IBM Sign Agreement
1995-11-27
Internet
Explorer 2.0
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1995-12-07 Microsoft and Spyglass Announce
Cross-Platform Internet Technologies
1996-01-23 Microsoft Announces Microsoft
Internet Explorer Beta Version for Apple Macintosh
1996-02-13 Compaq and Netscape Announce
Strategic Partnership
1996-03-06 Final Versions of Microsoft Internet
Explorer 2.0 Available in 22 Languages
1996-03-11 America Online and Netscape Announce
Marketing and Technology Alliance
1996-03-12 AOL, Microsoft Announce Strategic
Partnership
1996-04-15 Netscape's Barksdale explains how to
give software away
1996-04-16 Explorer Catching up with News, Mail
1996-04-23 Microsoft Ships Internet Explorer 2.0
for Macintosh
1996-05-01 Netscape outpaces Microsoft in
"browser wars"
1996-05-10 Navigator a threat to Windows,
Microsoft VP Steve Ballmer speaks
1996-05-29 Microsoft Introduces Internet
Explorer Administration Kit
1996-06-09
America
Online 3.0
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1996-06-19 Netscape Navigator Surpasses 38
Million Users
1996-07-01 Browsers: The Race Heats Up
1996-07-12 Battle of the browsers: Microsoft,
Netscape vie to master Web
1996-07-15 Netscape: Sitting Pretty--or Sitting
Duck?
1996-07-29 Microsoft Strengthens Cross-Platform
Commitment For Microsoft Internet Explorer
1996-08-13
Internet
Explorer 3.0
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1996-08-13 Microsoft Delivers State-of-the-Art
Web Security
1996-08-26 Netscape and Microsoft butt heads in
Internet battle
1996-09-10
Netscape
Navigator 3.0
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1996-09-16 If Microsoft overwhelms Netscape,
Bill Gates could rule the Information Age
1996-10-10 Sun's Schmidt and Netscape's
Andreessen to Address Netscape Developers
1996-10-15 Netscape Announces Strategy to
"Embrace and Integrate" Microsoft Platforms
1996-10-22 Browsers at the Crossroads
1996-11-05 Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Beta
Software Now Available for Macintosh Users
1996-11-20 Netscape Outlines New Technology
Code-Named "Constellation"
1996-12-16 IBM Announces Availability Of
Netscape Navigator for OS/2
1996-12-17 IBM, Lotus, Netscape, Novell, Sun
Microsystems: Plans For Internet Training
1997-01-03 Spyglass Will Exercise Right To Audit
Microsoft
1997-01-07
NCSA Mosaic
3.0
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1997-01-08 Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
for Macintosh
1997-01-22 Spyglass, MS Settle Differences
1997-02-05 Continental Airlines Selects
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
1997-02-10 Netspeed at Netscape. How to outrun
Microsoft
1997-03-11 Sun Microsystems to Ship HotJava
Browser 1.0
1997-03-25 MS upgrades Explorer to 3.02
1997-03-25 Internet Explorer Security - An Open
Letter
1997-05-14 Microsoft Announces New Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.1 for Macintosh
1997-06-24 Microsoft Obtains Government License
For Export of 128-Bit Encryption
1997-07-15 Microsoft Delivers "The Web the Way
You Want It" With Preview Release Of IE 4.0
1997-08-08 Microsoft "World Wide Live" Brings
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 Technologies
1997-08-18
Netscape
4.0
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1997-08-18 Digital, IBM, HP, Novell, SGI and
Sun Bring Netscape to Enterprise Customers
1997-08-19 Microsoft Kicks Off IE 4.0 Countdown
With Launch Of "Reserve Your Copy Early"
1997-09-09 Microsoft Announces First Open
Security Solution for Worldwide Online Banking
1997-09-16 Spyglasses' second coming
1997-09-30 AOL Browser Features/Functionality
Table
1997-10-xx Chris Wilson Becomes Program Manager
at Microsoft.
1997-10-01
Internet
Explorer 4.0
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1997-10-10 Netscape Names Eric Hahn as Chief
Technology Officer
1997-10-13 Over 2,000 Corporations License
Internet Explorer Administration Kit 4.0
1997-10-21 Netscape beats estimates
1997-10-27 Microsoft Internet Explorer Plus Now
Available at Retail
1998-01-05 Netscape Rung by New Year's Loss
1998-01-06 Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for
Macintosh
1998-01-21 Microsoft Releases IE 4.0 Featuring
Outlook Express For Users of Windows 3.1
1998-02-24 Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer
4.0 for UNIX
1998-02-24 Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer
Administration Kit 4.01a
1998-03-02 ISVs Voice Overwhelming Support for
Browser-Operating System Integration
1998-04-06 Spyglass Becomes Systems Integrator
for Microsoft Windows CE
1998-04-18 Chris Wilson Presents "Style Sheets
in Internet Explorer" at WWW7
1998-06-04 Netscape Outlines Strategy for Net
Economy
1998-07-30
AOL 4.0
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1998-08-09 Netscape Taps Industry Exec to Serve
as EVP, Chief Operating Officer
1998-08-24 Microsoft Delivers Internet Explorer
for HP-UX Platform
1998-10-01 Microsoft's Web Browser Overtakes
Netscape's
1998-10-12 Jim Clark is Off and Running Again.
Can he ring up another blockbuster?
1998-10-19
Netscape
4.5
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1998-11-24 America Online to Acquire Netscape
Communications
1998-11-24 America Online and Sun Microsystems
Form Strategic Alliance
1998-12-xx Spyglass Reborn
1998-12-07 Power Play: AOL-Netscape-Sun
1998-12-07 Sun Needs a Disposition to Match
1998-12-08 Customers Report High Level of
Satisfaction With Internet Explorer 5 Beta Release
1998-12-21 Netscape and Vendors Build Momentum
for Netscape Net Economy Solutions
1999-01-05 Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.5 for
the Mac
1999-01-29 Class Action Lawsuit Against Spyglass
1999-03-17 America Online Completes Acquisition
of Netscape Communications
1999-03-18
Internet
Explorer 5
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1999-03-18 MSN Announces New Customized
Version of Internet Explorer 5
1999-03-24 America Online Announces New
Organization to Integrate Netscape
1999-03-30 America Online and Sun Detail Product
Strategy of Sun-Netscape Alliance
1999-03-31 Microsoft Delivers Industry's First
XML-Compliant Browser
1999-04-13 Exodus of Netscape Executives
1999-05-18 Netscape Communicator 4.6
1999-05-26 Andreessen Preaches AOL Religion
1999-07-21 Sun-Netscape Alliance Sees Partner
Momentum Build in First 100 Days
1999-07-21 Momentum Grows for Sun-Netscape
Alliance E-Commerce Solutions
1999-08-30 Sun-Netscape Alliance's Vision for
Net Economy Integration Amasses Support
1999-09-10 AOL Replaces Andreessen With Sun
Executive
1999-09-30 Netscape 4.7
1999-10-01 Key Netscape Executive Ariko Stepping
Down
1999-10-05
AOL 5.0
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1999-10-19 Microsoft Announces Availability
of Outlook Express 5 Macintosh Edition
1999-12-01 Microsoft prepares IE 5.5
1999-12-03 Communicator browser delayed another
two months
2000-01-05 Microsoft Unveils Internet Explorer 5
Macintosh Edition
2000-01-05 Microsoft IE 5 Mac Edition the
Fastest, Simplest and Most Reliable Mac Browser
2000-02-24 Microsoft Unveils Internet Explorer
for the Pocket PC at CeBIT
2000-02-24 Sony Licenses Microsoft Mobile
Explorer
2000-03-27 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
Macintosh Edition
2000-03-27 IE 5 Changes How Mac Users See the
Web
2000-04-05 Netscape Launches Next-Generation
Netscape 6 Browser
2000-04-05 Netscape Announces Availability Of
Javascript 1.5 In New Netscape 6 Browser
2000-04-05 America Online Launches
Next-Generation Netscape 6 Browser
2000-04-18 Patent demands may spur Unisys rivals
in graphics market
2000-06-13 AOL Browser Features and
Functionality Table
2000-07-06 IE's lead over Netscape lengthens
with new version
2000-07-12 Internet Explorer 5.5
2000-07-20 Netscape Communicator 4.74
2000-07-20 For the Good of the Web: An Open
Letter to Netscape
2000-08-10 Netscape Allows Java Applets to Read
Protected Resources
2000-10-25 MSN Explorer
2000-10-25
AOL 6.0
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2000-10-26 Netscape 4.76 a "maintenance"
upgrade
2000-11-xx Browser Incompatibilities Undermine
Web's Foundations
2000-11-02 Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
2000-11-14
Netscape
6.0
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2000-11-30 Did Netscape jump the gun with new
browser?
2000-12-04 Sun Continues Strong Relationship
with Apache Software Foundation
2001-02-19 Microsoft Mobile Explorer 3.0
Provides Tomorrow's WAP 2.0 Functionality Today
2001-04-02 Netscape Communicator 4.77
2001-04-12 AOL: Summary OEM Strategy Response to
.Net/XP
2001-04-18 AOL: Summary OEM Strategy Response to
.Net/XP - Full
2001-04-25 AOL Considering Dropping IE
2001-05-03 AOL Marshals Troops Against MS XP
Offensive
2001-05-17 Is Netscape Losing the Browser Wars?
2001-05-25 AOL, MS to Finalize Deal for XP Real
Estate
2001-06-04 Will AOL miss the window for Windows
XP?
2001-06-16 AOL, Microsoft dissolve Windows XP
talks
2001-07-02 AOL's Point Man in the Web War
2001-07-02 Why AOL Nixed a Microsoft Deal
2001-07-19 Netscape Communicator 4.78.
2001-08-08 Netscape 6.1
2001-08-28
Internet
Explorer 6.0
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2001-09-10 AOL Browser Features and
Functionality Table
2001-10-16
AOL 7.0
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2002-01-22 Netscape Files Suit Against Microsoft
For Violations of the Antitrust Laws
2002-04-30 Reading local files in Netscape 6 and
Mozilla
2002-05-16 AOL Webmaster Info
2002-06-05
Mozilla 1.0
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2002-08-29 Netscape 7.0
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2002-09-12 IE6 Fix Is Incomplete, Security
Experts Say
2002-10-15 AOL 8.0
2003-01-07 Apple Unveils Safari. Fastest Web
Browser Ever Created for the Mac
2003-01-07 Greetings from the Safari team at
Apple Computer
2003-01-14 Apple snub stings Mozilla
2003-05-29 Microsoft to pay AOL $750 million
2003-05-29 AOL Time Warner and Microsoft Settle
Pending Litigation
2003-06-09 Bell tolling for PNG graphics format?
2003-06-23 Safari 1.0
2003-07-01 Netscape Founder Says Web Browsing
Innovation Dead
2003-07-15 AOL lays off Netscape developers
2003-07-24 AOL Names John McKinley as Chief
Technology Officer and President
2003-07-31 America Online Introduces AOL 9.0
Optimized
2003-08-05 America Online Launches AOL
Communicator
2003-08-11 Microsoft ordered to pay $521 million
2003-08-15 Microsoft Outlines Specific Steps to
Help Ensure PC Security
2003-08-29 Will Microsoft tweak IE?
2003-09-11 IE patent endgame detailed
2003-09-17 AOL 9.0 Optimized
2003-09-19 Eolas says it would settle over IE
2003-09-20 Comments on Eolas vs Microsoft, and
the Viola Prior Art
2003-09-25 Rivalries set aside in defense of
Internet Explorer
2003-10-06 Microsoft Announces Steps to Address
Eolas Patent Ruling
2003-10-07 Microsoft tweaks Explorer to address
ruling
2003-10-08 Eolas files motion to enjoin IE
2003-10-29 W3 Presents US Patent Office with
Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent
2003-10-29 Web group backs Microsoft in patent
suit
2003-10-31 Web patent critics spotlight old
technology
2003-11-05 Microsoft Announces Anti-Virus Reward
Program
2003-11-11 Patent office to re-examine Eolas
patent
2003-12-09 AOL lays off 450 California employees
2004-01-14 Judge rules Microsoft infringed on
Eolas patent
2004-01-29 Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas-Related
Changes To Windows, Internet Explorer
2004-01-29 Microsoft Offers Reward for
Information Leading to MyDoom.B Perpetrators
2004-03-05 Feds reject Eolas browser patent
2004-05-08 Microsoft Reward Program Helps in
Arrest Related to Sasser Internet Worm
2004-08-17 Netscape 7.2
2004-08-25 Feds Bust File-Sharing Sites
2004-08-26 Microsoft Lauds U.S. Department of
Justice's Cybercrime Sweep
2004-08-31 Patent: Discoverability and
navigation of hyperlinks via tabs
2004-09-10 Microsoft Wins 'Tabbed Browsing'
Patent
2004-10-14 Netscape 7.2 Browser Passes Four
Million Download Milestone
2004-10-27 Internet Explorer - How to determine
which version is installed
2004-11-09
Firefox 1.0
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