History of Web Browsers

First Web Browser

1990

First Web browser was invented in 1991 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Was named World Wide Web but later called Nexus

Second web Browser

1993

Second Web Browser was invented in the year of 1993. The name of it is Mosaic.

Third Web Browser

1994

Third Web Browser was the MacWeb. Its major attraction was to run well on low-end hardware footprints as well as fast page display

Fourth Web Browser

1995

The fourth Web Browser was the Internet Explorer 1. This browser was ran on Windows using.

Fifth Web Browser

1998

Mozilla development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation. It was based on the source code of Netscape Communicator.

Sixth Web Browser

2000

Konqueror is a free open source web browser and file manager. It provides web access for file systems. It also forms a core part of the KDE Software Complication.

Seventh Web Browser

2003

Apple Safari is a web browser developed by Apple based on the Webkit engine. A mobile version has been included in iOS devices since the introduction of iPhones.

Eighth Web Browser

2004

Firefox was developed by the Mozilla Foundation. It is available for Windows, Androids, macOS, etc.

Ninth Web Browsers

2008

Google Chrome is a Web browser developed by Google. It was fisrt released in 2008. It is a main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as a platform for running web pages.

Tenth Web Browser

2017

Microsoft Edge is a Web Browser developed by Microsoft. It is designed to be a lightweight web browser with a layout engine build around web standards.