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| Thread ID: 138637 | 2014-12-28 22:21:00 | The Way We Were....1995 | Terry Porritt (14) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1391121 | 2014-12-28 22:21:00 | From PC World July 1995: Web Browsers: Point 'n' click software for cruising the World Wide Web "To find out which Windows based Web browser is the best we took 10 (note: this should have read 6) of them out for a spin. We chose three freeware programs (Cello, NCSA Mosaic, and Win Web), two semi-commercial browsers (Mosaic in a Box) and Netscape Navigator) and one all in one internet suite that includes a browser (Internet Chameleon)." Netscape Navigator 1.0 came out top followed by Win Web. No mention of Internet Explorer of course, Bill Gates had said the Internet would never catch on :lol: But during 1994 were rushing to catch up and bring out a browser. Microsoft brought out version 1 of IE in August 1995 based on Spyglass Mosaic, after the above PC World article was written. ....and thus began the browser wars................. (I used Internet in a Box, and my ISP was IBM) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1391122 | 2014-12-28 22:56:00 | Microsoft are STILL rushing to catch up and bring out a browser (that works half decently and is not primarily used - on new PCs - to download a new default browser).... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1391123 | 2014-12-28 23:48:00 | Talking about old Software. Was watching heartland on TV yesterday, Sensing Murder -- They had an Old Dick Smiths store in Nelson where the guy was found dead on the footpath, on the Window it was advertising NEW - MS DOS6 now available :) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1391124 | 2014-12-29 01:20:00 | Wife remembers that case well as her and her friends had walked past the spot earlier that evening | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1391125 | 2014-12-29 03:33:00 | Microsoft are STILL rushing to catch up and bring out a browser (that works half decently and is not primarily used - on new PCs - to download a new default browser).... IE11 is half decent... :p |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1391126 | 2014-12-29 03:39:00 | IE11 is half decent... :p:tui: | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1391127 | 2014-12-29 04:06:00 | I only half believe that pcuser42 Ken :) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1391128 | 2014-12-29 04:19:00 | IE11 is half decent... :p When I was a kid we'd say "it ain't half decent" meaning it was fully decent :) It may have been a Brummie or Yamyam (Black Country) saying, not sure now. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1391129 | 2014-12-29 04:32:00 | :tui: I speak as a web developer of course ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1391130 | 2014-12-29 05:31:00 | No mention of Internet Explorer of course, Bill Gates had said the Internet would never catch on :lol: (I used Internet in a Box, and my ISP was IBM) Speaking of IBM, wasn't it Thomas Watson who said one computer would be sufficient to service the world's IT needs? :lol: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
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