NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by stmw » Sun, Jan 11, 2026, 8:04 PM UTC

NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers
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Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by roytam87 » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC

I put some Mosaic derivations to my github[1][2][3]

[1] multicast mosaic ("mMosaic") https://github.com/roytam1/multicast-mosaic

[2] VMS Mosaic https://github.com/roytam1/vms-mosaic

[3] mosaic-CK https://github.com/roytam1/mosaic-ck

Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by gregw2 » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 2:37 AM UTC

Just for the record, the remark in the webpage linked from that github saying that in 1996 "gopher was in its heyday" doesn't seem right to my memory. Gopher heyday in 1992-93? Sure! But gopher faded with the rise of Mosaic throughout 1994 iirc...

Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by pipeline_peak » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

Anyone else have trouble scrolling GitHub source files on iOS?

Using iPhone 17 Pro

Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by drittich » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC

gregw2 wrote: post #3

Just for the record, the remark in the webpage linked from that github saying that in 1996 "gopher was in its heyday" doesn't seem right to my memory. Gopher heyday in 1992-93? Sure! But gopher faded with the rise of Mosaic throughout 1994 iirc...

Your description matches my recollection exactly.

Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by stmw » Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 2:52 PM UTC

roytam87 wrote: post #2

I put some Mosaic derivations to my github[1][2][3] [1] multicast mosaic ("mMosaic") https://github.com/roytam1/multicast-mosaic [2] VMS Mosaic https://github.com/roytam1/vms-mosaic [3] mosaic-CK https://github.com/roytam1/mosaic-ck

wow, Mosaic on VMS, who knew! Any more details on the others, what's CK or multicast, does the letter use multicast for HTTP requests?

Re: NCSA Mosaic 2.7, one of the first graphical web browsers

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Post by roytam87 » Tue, Jan 13, 2026, 1:29 AM UTC

stmw wrote: post #6

roytam87 wrote: post #2

I put some Mosaic derivations to my github[1][2][3] [1] multicast mosaic ("mMosaic") https://github.com/roytam1/multicast-mosaic [2] VMS Mosaic https://github.com/roytam1/vms-mosaic [3] mosaic-CK https://github.com/roytam1/mosaic-ck

wow, Mosaic on VMS, who knew! Any more details on the others, what's CK or multicast, does the letter use multicast for HTTP requests?

W3C has a page about multicast mosaic: https://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/9610_Workshop/paper05/paper05....