Timeline of web browsers

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Graphical timeline representing the development of various web browsers.
Graphical timeline representing the development of various web browsers.

A time line of web browsers from the early 1990s to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. See also HyperCard, Gopher, E-mail, Viewdata, Teletext, Videotex, Aliweb, TELNET, NCSA Telnet, Elm, UUCP, Usenet, ARPANET, BITNET, Prodigy, CompuServe

[edit] 1994–present

The following table chronicles the major release dates since 1994 for the more popular web browsers. For a history of earlier web browsers, including WorldWideWeb, ViolaWWW and Mosaic, see the web browser article.

Netscape Opera IE Mac IE
1994 1.0* 1.0*
1995 2.0 1.0*
1996 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.0*
1997 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE
Jan 3.0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun 4.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct 4.0
Nov
Dec 3.0
1998 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE
Jan 4.0
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct 4.5
Nov 3.5
Dec
1999 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla
Jan 4.5
Feb
Mar 5.0 M3*
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2000 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla
Jan
Feb
Mar 5.0**
Apr
May
Jun 4.0
Jul 5.5
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov 6.0
Dec 5.0 0.6
2001 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla
Jan 0.7
Feb 0.8
Mar
Apr
May 0.9
Jun
Jul
Aug 6.1
Sep
Oct 6.2 6.0
Nov 6.0
Dec
2002 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla Camino Phoenix
Jan
Feb 0.1
Mar
Apr 0.2
May
Jun 1.0
Jul 0.4
Aug 7.0 1.1
Sep 6.0 SP1 0.5 0.1*
Oct 0.4
Nov 1.2 0.6
Dec 0.5
2003 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla Camino Firebird Safari
Jan 7.0
Feb
Mar 1.3 0.7
Apr
May 0.6
Jun 7.1 1.4 1.0*
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct 1.5 0.7
Nov
Dec
2004 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla Camino Firefox Safari
Jan 1.6
Feb 0.8
Mar
Apr
May
Jun 1.7 0.8 0.9
Jul
Aug 7.2 6.0 SP2
Sep 0.10 (1.0 PR)
Oct
Nov 1.0
Dec
2005 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla
SeaMonkey		 Camino Firefox Safari
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr 8.0 2.0
May 8.0
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep 8.5 SM 1.0a*
Oct
Nov 1.5
Dec
2006 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE Mozilla
SeaMonkey		 Camino Firefox Safari
Jan 8.1 SM 1.0
Feb 1.0
Mar
Apr M. 1.7.13**
May
Jun 9.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct 7.0 2.0
Nov
Dec 9.1
2007 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE SeaMonkey Camino Firefox Safari
Jan 1.1
Feb
Mar
Apr 9.2
May
Jun 1.5 3.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct 9.0
Nov
Dec
2008 Netscape Opera IE Mac IE SeaMonkey Camino Firefox Safari
Jan
Feb
Mar 9.x** 8b1 1.1.9 3.1
Apr 1.6
May
Jun 9.5 3.0RC3
  • * Initial release
  • ** No subsequent releases are planned

[edit] References

[edit] See also

v • d • e
Early Web Browsers (up to 1996)
1991
WorldWideWeb (Nexus)
1992
1993
NCSA Mosaic · Cello · Lynx (2.0) · Arena
1994
1995
1996
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