<P> By the end of 1992 other browsers had appeared, many of them based on the libwww library . These included Unix browsers such as Line Mode Browser, ViolaWWW, Erwise, and MidasWWW, and MacWWW / Samba for the Mac . Even though these browsers tended to be simple HTML viewers, relying on external helper applications to view multimedia content, they provided choice to users both in browsers and platforms . </P> <P> Further browsers were released in 1993, including Cello, Arena, Lynx, tkWWW, and Mosaic . The most influential of these was Mosaic, a multiplatform browser developed at National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). By October 1994, Mosaic was "well on its way to becoming the world's standard interface", according to Gary Wolfe of Wired . </P> <P> Several companies licensed Mosaic to create their own commercial browsers, such as AirMosaic and Spyglass Mosaic . One of the Mosaic developers, Marc Andreessen, co-founded the Mosaic Communications Corporation and created a new web browser named Mosaic Netscape . </P> <P> There are two ages of the Internet - before Mosaic, and after . The combination of Tim Berners - Lee's Web protocols, which provided connectivity, and Marc Andreesen's browser, which provided a great interface, proved explosive . In twenty - four months, the Web has gone from being unknown to absolutely ubiquitous . </P>

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