Web browsers by year

[sreejesh]

Year - Web Browsers - Internet Users (in millions)

Pre-browser: HyperCard, Gopher

1991 - WorldWideWeb

1992 - ViolaWWW, Erwise, MidasWWW, MacWWW

1993 - Mosaic, Cello, Lynx 2.0, Arena, AMosaic 1.0

1994 - IBM Web Explorer, Netscape Navigator, SlipKnot 1.0, MacWeb, IBrowse, Argo, Minuet

1995 - Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator 2.0, OmniWeb, WebRouser, Internet Explorer 2, Grail 16

1996 - Arachne 1.0, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0,PowerBrowser 1.5, Cyberdog, Amaya 0.9, AWeb, Voyager 36

1997 - Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0, Amaya 1.0 70

1998 - Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta 1, iCab, Mozilla 147

1999 - Amaya 2.0, Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0 248

2000 - Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4, Opera 5, K-Meleon 0.2, Amaya 3.0, Amaya 4.0 361

2001 - Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6, Amaya 5.0 513

2002 - Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0, Amaya 6.0, Amaya 7.0 587

2003 - Opera 7[10], Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0, Amaya 8.0 719

2004 - Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 817

2005 - Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8, Epiphany1.8, Amaya 9.0, AOL Explorer1.0, Maxthon 1.0, Shiira 1.0 1018

2006 - SeaMonkey 1.0, K-Meleon 1.0, Galeon 2.0, Camino 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Avant 11, iCab 3, Opera 9, Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik 1093

2007 - Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0, Conkeror 1262

2008 - Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5, Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0, Flock 2, Google Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0 1565

2009 - Internet Explorer 8, Chrome 2, Safari 4, Firefox 3.5

Beta - Camino 2, Opera 10, SeaMonkey 2

Alpha - Maxthon 3, Google Chrome 3, Firefox 3.6

[Mike]

Memory lane.

I still have the 2 diskettes I received when I signed up for the internet in 1994.
Mosaic, and Netscape 0.94b.



They sit right beside my 5 Windows 3.1 diskettes and DOS-6.22 disk.