# THE HISTORY OF INTERNET BROWSERS
I will be talking about the history of internet browsers. Discussion will mostly be about the evolution of browsers, starting with the beginning of webpage browsers and ending with today's cutting edge options. The purpose of this lightning talk is to inform the audience of how simple browsers were and how far they've advanced in capability. I will examine documents on the internet to give a timeline of different browsers . I will talk about how each browser influenced the design and mechanics we are accustomed to using today.

## INTRODUCTION TO INTERNET BROWSERS
* World Wide Web Invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee
* Berners-Lee also made the first browser (Nexus)
* Talk about Nexus

## FIRST GENERATION OF BROWSERS
* Mosaic (1993), Netscape Navigator (1994), Opera (1994)
* The importance of *Mosaic* allowing anyone to browse the WWW
* *Netscape Navigator* changing the way browsers could enhance experience
* *Opera* is the oldest browser still in use today

## DOMINANCE OF MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER
* First shipped with Windows 95
* Leading browser by 1999
* Supported multimedia and mail

## NEXT GENERATION OF BROWSERS
* Safari (2003) - Ships with all OS products
* Firefox (2004) - First competitor for IE
  * Discuss why Firefox drew people away from IE
* Chrome (2008) - the most used browser today

## FUTURE OF BROWSERS
* If I have time I will discuss Microsoft Edge and other future projects and prototypes