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In 1993, browser software was further innovated by [[Marc Andreessen]] with the release of [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]], "the world's first popular browser",<ref name="bloomberg">{{cite news|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/video/67758394 |title=Bloomberg Game Changers: Marc Andreessen |publisher=Bloomberg |date=17 March 2011 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref> which made the World Wide Web system easy to use and more accessible to the average person. Andreesen's browser sparked the internet boom of the 1990s.<ref name="bloomberg" /> The introduction of Mosaic in 1993 – one of the first graphical web browsers – led to an explosion in web use. Andreessen, the leader of the Mosaic team at NCSA, soon started his own company, named [[Netscape]], and released the Mosaic-influenced [[Netscape Navigator]] in 1994, which quickly became the world's most popular browser, accounting for 90% of all web use at its peak (see [[usage share of web browsers]]).

[[Microsoft]] responded with its [[Internet Explorer]]tauko in 1995, also heavily influenced by Mosaic, initiating the industry's first [[browser war]]. Bundled with [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], Internet Explorer gained dominance in the web browser market; Internet Explorer usage share peaked at over 95% by 2002.<ref name="searchenginejournal.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.searchenginejournal.com/mozilla-firefox-internet-browser-market-share-gains-to-74/1082/ |title=Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser Market Share Gains to 7.4% |publisher=Search Engine Journal |date=24 November 2004 |accessdate=2011-12-07}}</ref>

[[File:WorldWideWeb FSF GNU.png|thumb|[[WorldWideWeb]] for [[NeXT]], released in 1991, was the first web browser.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_browse.htm|title=Web Browser History|last=Stewart|first=William|accessdate = 5 May 2009}}</ref>]]