Mosaic was not the very first web browser; @TimBerners_Lee’s WorldWideWeb (later renamed Nexus) & a few others came first, but it was the first to reach a mass audience. Built by a small NCSA team including Marc Andreessen & Eric Bina, it inspired the browsers that followed & shaped the modern web.

Mosaic made the early web simple & exciting. Text, images, data, audio, & video all in one window. Suddenly, the internet was something anyone could explore. Traffic soared & the web began its rapid growth.