Browsing the web today, I came across the coolest interactive infographic.
This infographic does a great job of creating a "funner" timeline of the internet than one might find elsewhere. It hits all the major points, like developments in CSS and JavaScript.
Check it out. Were you on the web when Netscape was the only option? I have never gotten along with Netscape, even in the mid-nineties. However, I have heard good things from other about the old Netscape. Apparently it was once the fastest and most reliable browser for the Mac OS. I believe it was purchased by AOL around the end of 1998.
How about the first version of Internet Explorer? You can still download it, as a matter of fact. Not that you would want to. I imagine it would break the internet pretty hard (prevent pretty much everything from displaying or functioning correctly on the internet, that is). I know IE 6 and 9 are already doing a pretty good job of that. I'm a big fan of Opera and Chrome, myself. Most of the best features of Mozilla/Firefox were available in Opera first. Plus it is so easy to customize. Chrome is amazing because it’s so fast. It is a slim, sleek browser that gives you the option of using a ton of great add-ins. Where it's different than other browsers in that respect is that all of the add-ins are opt in - you have to specifically request them. The lack of bloatware is part of what makes Chrome so fast and reliable.
That's all… just my two cents. Again, check out the infographic for details on the evolution of some of the things you use to access the internet.
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