Erwise
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Erwise was a pioneering web browser, and the first with a graphical user interface.[1]
Released in April 1992, the browser was written for Unix computers running X and used the W3 common access library.[2], and was the combined master's project of four Finnish students at the Helsinki University of Technology; Kim Nyberg, Teemu Rantanen, Kati Suominen and Kari Sydänmaanlakka.[3][4] The group decided to create a web browser at the suggestion of Robert Cailliau, who was visiting the university,[5] and were supervised by Ari Lemmke.
The development of Erwise froze after the students graduated and went on to other projects. Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, travelled to Finland to encourage the group to continue with the project. However, none of the project members could afford to continue with the project without proper funding.
The name Erwise originates from otherwise and the name of the project group, OHT, which is short for ohjelmatyöryhmä (program working group).[6]
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[edit] See also
- ViolaWWW - the second graphical browser, released just a month later
[edit] Sources
- Berners-Lee, Tim: Weaving the Web ISBN 0-694-52125-6.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.osnews.com/story/21076/The_World_s_First_Graphical_Browser_Erwise
- ^ Cern Courier - Computing at CERN in the 1990s
- ^ World Wide Web Consortium - World Wide Web people
- ^ The Greatest Internet Pioneers You Never Heard Of - Xconomy.com
- ^ Living Internet - Web Brower History
- ^ Helsingin Sanomat: February 10, 2000 (Finnish)
[edit] External links
- The source code at FUNET FTP archives
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