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Mosaic (web browser)
&sq=HTML&lang=en&file=File:NCSA_Mosaic_Browser_Screenshot.png) NCSA Mosaic 1.2 for Unix | |
| Original author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | NCSA |
| Initial release | 0.5 / January 23, 1993[1] |
| Final release | 3.0 
/ 7 January 1997 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C[2] |
| Platform | |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
NCSA Mosaic is a discontinued web browser, and one of the first to be widely available. It was instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics.[3][4][5] It was named for its support of multiple Internet protocols, such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol, Network News Transfer Protocol, and Gopher.[6] Its intuitive interface, reliability, personal computer support, and simple installation all contributed to its popularity within the web.[7] Mosaic is the first browser to display images inline with text instead of in a separate window.[8] It is often described as the first graphical web browser, though it was preceded by WorldWideWeb, the lesser-known Erwise,[9] and ViolaWWW.
Mosaic was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)[8] at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign beginning in late 1992. NCSA released it in 1993,[10] and officially discontinued development and support on January 7, 1997.[11]
From late 1994, Mosaic lost market share to Netscape Navigator[12] and only had a tiny fraction of users left by 1997, when the project was discontinued. Microsoft licensed one of the derivative commercial products, Spyglass Mosaic, to create Internet Explorer in 1995.
- ^ Stewart, William. "Mosaic – The First Global Web Browser". Archived from the original on 2 July 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "xmosaic 1.2 source code". NCSA. 1994-06-29. Archived from the original on 2016-06-19. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ Gregersen, Erik. "Browser Computer Program". Britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "NCSA Mosaic". NCSA. National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "The Second International WWW Conference '94: Mosaic and the Web". Internet Archive. 19 October 1994. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ Douglas Crockford (Sep 10, 2011). Crockford on JavaScript – Volume 1: The Early Years. YouTube. Event occurs at 1:35:50. Archived from the original on 2021-11-18.
- ^ Andreessen, Marc. "Mosaic – The First Global Web Browser". Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ a b Berners-Lee, Tim. "What were the first WWW browsers?". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ Holwerda, Thom (3 Mar 2009). "The World's First Graphical Browser: Erwise". OSNews. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ Vetter, Ronald J. (October 1994). "Mosaic and the World-Wide Web" (PDF). North Dakota State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Exhibits – Internet History – 1990's". Computer History Museum. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
- ^ Behlendorf, Brian (13 Oct 1994). "Re: Netscape v NCSA". The World Wide Web History Project. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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