Imagine getting up tomorrow morning and having to use the internet without a browser. It would be like having a wheel without an axle or a cart without a horse. The browser was the invention that made the internet and the world wide web accessible for all. It’s hard to overestimate its importance.
Do you remember your first browser? If you’re over 30 you probably have used more than one. You may remember Netscape which was to the browser what the Model T Ford was to automobiles; but like Henry Ford’s breakthrough, new and improved offerings soon made Netscape, (which had 90% market share) a memory. Such a valuable innovation was bound to attract competition, and so it did. This animated graphic and article from Visual Capitalist offers a visual summary of the “The Rise and Fall of Popular Web Browsers”…and a warning that even for breakthrough products, success is never guaranteed…or permanent.
