# 25 years ago, Mosaic 1.0 was released **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-mosaic-1-0-was-released/824385 "2018-11-12T01:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-mosaic-1-0-was-released/824385/41 "2018-11-13T23:04:08Z")
I used Mosaic, and I even wrote to the University of Illinois to ask for (and I received) documentation on HTML so I could write some primitive web pages. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-mosaic-1-0-was-released/824385/42 "2018-11-15T15:09:35Z")
I only briefly played with Mosaic on Win 3.1.1 before Navigator came out. I still have the single 3.5 disc for Navigator 1.0 somewhere in the basement. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-mosaic-1-0-was-released/824385/43 "2018-11-15T15:27:52Z")
Here’s my [comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20045238&postcount=39) on downloading and installing Mosaic last year. I left it on my machine for a bit but deleted it several months ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25-years-ago-mosaic-1-0-was-released/824385.md?page=2)