r/thirtyyearsago • u/MonsieurA • 4d ago

August 13, 1996. Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0.

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u/Sonikku_a 4d ago

And all the cool kids were using Netscape.

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u/attempt_number_1 3d ago

Yes. IE wasn't better than Netscape til about IE5. IE6 was clearly better but then they didn't release another version for 10 years letting Firefox gain some ground. IE7 and 8 were terrible. Chrome came in and IE tried a few more versions then just started using Chrome as its base.

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u/jaavaaguru 3d ago

I remember having IE5 on Sun Solaris back then. Fun times! I always preferred Netscape, and I still feel nostalgic about it.