Weekly Poll: What’s the First Browser You Ever Used?

Do you remember the first time you ever used a web browser?

I’m going to make myself sound young (or old perhaps) to some of you, but I’ll never forget the first time I used internet at home. It must have been 1996, and my parents had a 133Mhz desktop running Windows 95 and perhaps IE 3. We attempted to watch a NASA shuttle launch online with an Aol. dialup trial that I believe came on a floppy. That’s when I got my first experience with how show video really could go.

Sometime shortly thereafter, I remember getting a book from the library about using Netscape Navigator. Imagine buying a printed book about using Chrome or Safari today! And yet, at that time, simple web browsing seemed new and confusing enough that you needed a book to figure it out. Of course, that was the same time period when you could buy books that listed interesting websites to check out…

Do you remember the first web browser you used? Do you have any interesting stories about when you got started using the internet? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!