NCSA Mosaic was among the first widely available web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet by integrating multimedia such as text and … See more

The licensing terms for NCSA Mosaic were generous for a proprietary software program. In general, non-commercial use was free of charge … See more

Mosaic led to the Internet boom of the 1990s. Other browsers existed during this period, such as Erwise, ViolaWWW, MidasWWW See more

• History of the World Wide Web
• History of the web browser
• Comparison of web browsers See more

In December 1991, the Gore Bill was passed, which provided funding for new projects at the NCSA, where after trying ViolaWWW, … See more

Robert Reid notes that Andreessen's team hoped:
... to rectify many of the shortcomings of the very primitive prototypes then floating around the Internet. … See more

Netscape Navigator was later developed by Netscape, which employed many of the original Mosaic authors; however, it intentionally shared … See more