Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 eyedlule, lapho kuvela i-intanethi, amathuluzi okuxhaphaza inethiwekhi yamanethiwekhi ayesezindala kakhulu futhi amaningi awo akhokhelwa. Kulo mongo, kwaqhamuka iziphequluli zokuqala ze-Intanethi, njengeNCSA Mosaic, iNetscape Navigator futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, manje seyimahhala, i-Internet Explorer neMozilla Firefox
Yebo, mfundi osemncane, ngizokutshela imfihlo: Kunesikhathi lapho i-inthanethi namaselula kwakungekho. Ngokusobala i-fiber optical ekuvumela ukuthi uzulazule kuma-megabyte ayi-100 ngomzuzwana ibingekho. Ungangikholwa uma ngikutshela ukuthi kunesikhathi lapho ukusebenzisa i-landline yakho nokungena kwi-inthanethi kungenzeki?
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi sangaphambi komlando sizokhulula manje ezinye zeziphequluli zokuqala ye-inthanethi eyayikhona. Bekuyiziphequluli zakudala ezazivumela ukuphequlula kuphela: ukungalondolozi izithombe, ukungalandi amafayela kanye nesici sokudweba esidala kakhulu.
Esinye seziphequluli sokuqala se-inthanethi kwakuyi-NCSA Mosaic. Yisiphequluli sesibili sokuqhafaza ukwakhiwa nokwandulelwa kweViolaWWW. Futhi bekuyisiphequluli okufanele sithengwe ngoba ngaleso sikhathi kwakungeyona inkambiso ukuthi iziphequluli zikhululeke njengoba zinjalo manje. I-NCSA Mosaic yavela ngo-1993 futhi yenziwa ngesikhathi esifushane ngo-100% wesabelo semakethe. Kodwa-ke, ngokuzalwa kwezinye iziphequluli, isiphequluli sancipha kancane kancane isabelo semakethe saze sanyamalala ngo-1998.
Esinye seziphequluli eziyinsumansumane ekuqaleni kwe-inthanethi sasithi I-Netscape Navigator, ungowokuqala ukuba yi-multiplatform futhi ukhululeke ngokuphelele. Ngo-1995 iNetscape Navigator yayinamasheya angama-90% emakethe, yize yayingakwazi ukuthwala ukuvela kweWindows 95 ngokuvela kwesiphequluli sokuqala seMicrosoft, i-Internet Explorer. Lesi siphequluli senze wonke umuntu wanyamalala ebusweni bomhlaba futhi iminyaka eyi-10 saba nesabelo semakethe esifinyelele kuma-90%.
Eminyakeni eyi-12 edlule, yini kwi-inthanethi isikhathi eside, IMozilla Firefox yaqhamuka, okuthe ngesikhathi esifushane ngenxa yochungechunge lwezimo - kufaka phakathi ukuvumela ukuphequlula okuphephe - kuthole isabelo esikhulu semakethe ngesikhathi esifushane. IFirefox yazalwa njengenye i-Internet Explorer, ngokuba yisiphequluli esiphephile, umthombo ovulekile futhi ohambisana nawo wonke amazinga wewebhu.