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 Line Mode Browser displaying the German Wikipedia | |
| Original author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | W3C / CERN |
| Initial release | 0.7, 14 May 1991[1] |
| Stable release | 5.4.2
/ 24 June 2017[2] |
| Written in | C[3] |
| Operating system | Cross-platform, same as Libwww |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | W3C Software Notice and License |
| Website | www |
The Line Mode Browser (also known as LMB,[4] WWWLib, or just www[5]) is the second web browser ever created.[6] The browser was the first demonstrated to be portable to several different operating systems.[7][8] Operated from a simple command-line interface, it could be widely used on many computers and computer terminals throughout the Internet. The browser was developed starting in 1990, and then supported by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as an example and test application for the libwww library.[9]
- ^ Berners-Lee, Tim (23 April 1998). "Change History of Line Mode Browser". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Getting the W3C libwww Source". www.w3.org. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Pellow, Nicola (February 1991). "LM_Availability – /Talk_Feb-91". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk (April 1995). "How can I download a Document?". World Wide Web Consortium. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
- ^ Bolso, Erik Inge (8 March 2005). "2005 Text Mode Browser Roundup". Linux Journal. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Berners-Lee, Tim. "Frequently asked questions – What were the first browsers?". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Ten Years Public Domain for the Original Web Software". CERN. 30 April 2003. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2005.
- ^ "How the web began". CERN. 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Nielsen, Henrik Frystyk (4 May 1998). "WWW – The Libwww Line Mode Browser". World Wide Web Consortium. Retrieved 9 June 2010.