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Internet Explorer 1.0's "About" box claims it is "Based on NCSA Mosaic": http://utilu.com/IECollection/img/iecollection_ie100_win40nt.png http://utilu.com/IECol

• jonathansampson 12y ago
  IE is (originally) based on NCSA Mosaic code, by way of Spyglass. Spyglass had nearly 70 or so vendors using the same code if I'm not mistaken. The original source code of IE 1 can be seen (an Easter egg) in the video on our blog post (at about 40 seconds): http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2015/02/26/a-break-from-the-past-the-birth-of-microsoft-s-new-web-rendering-engine.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2015/02/26/a-break-from-t....
  • wluu 12y ago
    That's a really cool easter egg :)
  • ethomson 12y ago
    More than 100, in fact. But in the end only one of those vendors actually mattered.