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“ In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1)” Mosaic was for UNIX at first and wasn’t the first browser, so
by mattl 5y ago
“ In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1)”
Mosaic was for UNIX at first and wasn’t the first browser, so what on earth is this?
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- stringoftheseus 5y agoIt's been a while, but I think I didn't bother going any further back because Mosaic was the last time the user agent string that made sense. After that we got "Mozilla" and things started going crazy. Hopefully the humorous tone dissuades anyone from thinking it was meant to be a serious and comprehensive treatment of the subject.
- mattl 5y agoYou wrote the piece?
- adamomada 5y agoPerhaps it was the first browser to send a user-agent string? It’s not labelled a history of browsers.