2006-10-24 13:31:15 · 6 answers · asked by agal116 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Between the two, it was Netscape Navigator.
Navigator was originally released in December 1994. Internet Explorer was released in August 1995.
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/netscape.htm
The first browser was Mosaic, developed by Marc Andreessen for a federal research lab back when he was a graduate student.
Mosaic was released in November 1993 (I was involved in beta testing during the summer of 1993).
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/history/mosaic.htm
Andreessen started Netscape in 1994 and developed Navigator because the feds wouldn't consider pursuing the development of the rather elementary Mosaic. Marc's nickname for the Navigator project was Mozilla - short for "Mosaic Killer". He wasn't shooting for Internet Explorer, because it wasn't out yet.
2006-10-24 13:56:09 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Technically, since the first version of Internet Explorer was simply a rebranded Spyglass Mosaic (Spyglass being the company created by UIUC's NCSA to commercialize the browser), Internet Explorer was "first". However, Netscape released their first version of "Mosaic Netscape" (later changed to "Netscape Navigator") in the fall of 1994, while Microsoft didn't release the first version of Internet Explorer until the Win95 Plus! Pack in 1995.
Which was first? It doesn't really matter, since the first version of both was very basic, based on the old Mosaic code. Netscape got better quicker (Navigator 3.x was great), but Internet Explorer blew Navigator 4.x out of the water. And then IE stagnated until Firefox, Opera, Safari, et al caused Microsoft to be concerned about their browser dominance and thus began working on IE7 again last year. Now IE7 is out, Firefox 2 will be out Very Soon Now (if it's not already -- the "early release" from yesterday was wrong), and Opera and Safari keep chugging away.
Competition is good. We've seen what's it like to have only one browser, and we know what happens -- stagnation. As long as Firefox and the others can give IE a run for the money, the real winners will be us -- the users.
2006-10-25 00:50:51 · answer #2 · answered by toddos1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IE. Netscape sucked. RIP Netscape
2006-10-24 20:38:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
IE was first. Netscape came much later, but couldn't compete with IE's large plugin support. You can also look it up at www.wikipedia.org
2006-10-24 20:33:37 · answer #4 · answered by Mortimer 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Internet explorer is the oldest, and in my opinion it is currently the worst, FireFox ALL THE WAY!
2006-10-24 20:39:01 · answer #5 · answered by kyle w 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
IE was much older..
2006-10-24 20:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋