It was not "browser only" internet. There were plenty of apps for different things. At least for music/file sharing, there were: Napster, Soulseek, eMule and

It was not "browser only" internet. There were plenty of apps for different things. At least for music/file sharing, there were: Napster, Soulseek, eMule and many others. Then, chat clients: AIM, ICQ, IRC. I was also using chess clients, and it was perfectly normal to have 5-6 different apps running, all of them being clients to different web services. fun times