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A Mini Browser for the Masses

Published: July 10, 2018

If you don’t know much about the Opera browser, that’s probably because their market share in the United States has […]

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The Browser Engine That Could

Published: July 7, 2020

From a browser engine that started as the lesser known option used in an obscure browser to one that would take hold over the entire browser market.

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The Many Faces (And Names) of Mozilla

Published: February 6, 2017

One of the web’s most influential browsers has roots that date back to its earliest days, and an evolution that has transformed it several times over.

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How We Got the Favicon

Published: July 24, 2017

The favicon was a total experiment, the result of a bit of serendipity and luck.

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The History of the Browser Wars: When Netscape Met Microsoft

Published: June 19, 2017

Let’s talk about about the “Browser Wars.” They kicked off in the mid-90s, at a time when the world was […]

A Fun List of Browsers You’ve Never Heard Of

Published: January 5, 2021

There are the browsers that everyone’s heard of. And then there are some that, for whatever reason, faded away. These are the latter.

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Before the Wars, Browsers Were Everywhere

Published: April 21, 2020

Before browsers were truly cross-platform, there was a time when each operating system had their browser of choice, and it was tailored to the needs of those users.

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The Web’s First (And Second) Browser

Published: September 25, 2017

The web’s first browser featured full color, read/write capabilities, and multiple windows. The second browser was a text-only command line tool. Guess which one people actually used?

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