Uploaded September 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Early versions of the web were text-based and felt a bit like an upgrade version of Gopher. But at some point the web caught fire and took over the internet. Mosaic is a big part of that, and this is why.

Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.