At the beginning of the web there was ....

[kimmer]

Interesting article on the early days.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/before-netscape-forgotten-web-browsers-of-the-early-1990s/

Sneakers and I were "on the web" way back in the days when you had to log in to private servers. No icons, no photos, just code and text.

[Paddy]

Well, that certainly takes me back...my hubby had a NeXT as a prof at Oregon State and I do remember that browser, and Mosaic. He was very excited about the "world wide web" and dragged me down to check it out. At the time, I found it frustrating - search engines were pretty lame back then, and trying to find something specific could be a frustrating experience. Of course, within a couple of years, AltaVista and Netscape changed everything...