Previous -1995
Introduction
Users
By 1996, ITU statistics estimate that around 4.1 percent of the UK population had used the internet in the past three months.
The Client Side
The Server Side
By the end of 1996, NetCraft had recorded just over 600,000 website hostnames. The most popular webservers recorded by NetCraft were the Apache Webserver with about 41 percent of the market, Sun’s Solaris Internet Server with around 13 percent of the market, NCSA’s HTTPd with about 13 percent of the market, and Microsoft’s Internet Information Services with about 10 percent of the market.
Screenshot
Pages from 1996
Period Sites in Period Browsers currently has images of 59 webpages archived in 1996.
- Windows 3.11 x86 with NCSA Mosaic 1.0 showing RNLI
- Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Oracle PowerBrowser 1.5 showing IMDB
- Windows 95 RTM x86 with Delrina CyberJack 7.0 showing HotWired
- Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Oracle PowerBrowser 1.5 showing Sky
- Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 2.0 showing Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 2.0 showing IMDB
- Windows 3.11 x86 with NCSA Mosaic 1.0 showing Wired
- Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 1.0 showing Open University
- Mac OS 7 m68k with NCSA Mosaic 2.0 showing Scan Computers
- Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 1.0 showing Electronic Frontier Foundation
- The Campaign for Real Ale on Windows 3.11 x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.0
- Microsoft.com on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.1
- Oasis on Windows 3.11 x86 with Cello 1.0
- Aardman Animations on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- DEC on Windows 3.11 x86 with NCSA Mosaic 1.0
- Wired on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 2.0
- Electronic Frontier Foundation on Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 3.0
- Electronic Frontier Foundation on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Oracle PowerBrowser 1.5
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway on Windows 3.11 x86 with NCSA Mosaic 1.0
- Aardman Animations on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 2.0
- Sun Microsystems on Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- Oasis on Mac OS 7 m68k with NCSA Mosaic 1.0
- Wired on Windows 3.11 x86 with Cello 1.0
- DEC on Mac OS 7 m68k with Internet Explorer 2.0
- Microsoft.com on Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 1.0
- NASA on Mac OS 7 m68k with NCSA Mosaic 1.0
- The Onion on Mac OS 7 m68k with Internet Explorer 2.0
- University of Aberystwyth on Mac OS 7 m68k with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.1
- Yahoo on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- Oasis on Windows 3.11 x86 with NCSA Mosaic 1.0
- NASA on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 1.0
- Channel 4 on Windows 95 RTM x86 with NCAS Mosaic 2.1.1
- Electronic Frontier Foundation on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- Electronic Frontier Foundation on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- New Scientist on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Electronic Frontier Foundation on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- Oasis on Windows 3.11 x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.0
- Heaven's Gate on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.1
- IMDB on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- UK Parliament on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Channel 4 on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 2.0
- Yahoo on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- RNLI on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 2.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- UK Parliament on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Scan Computers on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 1.0
- GeoCities on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Sun Microsystems on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.1
- IMDB on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0
- Netscape on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Internet Explorer 1.0
- IMDB on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Netscape Navigator 3.0 Gold
- IMDB on Windows 95 RTM x86 with Netscape Navigator 1.1
- Apple.com on Windows 95 OSR2 x86 with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0