The First Web Browser
The world’s first web browser was WorldWideWeb, created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1990 at CERN(European Council for Nuclear Research). Later, for clarity, it was renamed Nexus.
| Year |
Version |
Highlights |
|---|---|---|
|
1990 |
WorldWideWeb Browser |
First web browser created by Tim Berners-Lee |
|
1991 |
HTML 1.0 |
Basic tags; simple document sharing |
|
1995 |
HTML 2.0 |
Forms and improved structure |
|
1997 |
HTML 3.2 |
Tables, applets, scripting |
|
1999 |
HTML 4.01 |
CSS separation, accessibility |
|
2000 |
XHTML 1.0 |
XML-based strict rules |
|
2014 |
HTML5 |
Video, audio, canvas, semantic tags |
|
2017–Now |
HTML Living Standard |
Continuous updates, modern features |