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@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ of computer enthusiasts), personal computers were still relatively new and
computers themselves still rather forbidding entities.) computers themselves still rather forbidding entities.)
This function of a gateway to the overwhelming content of the web would be taken This function of a gateway to the overwhelming content of the web would be taken
up first by browsers up first by browsers ([Mosaic's](./Mosaic_Netscape_and_Browser_Wars.md) landing
([Mosaic's](c301a0b3-1d8_Mosaic_Netscape_and_Browser_Wars.md) landing page would page would list websites for specific sources of information and user tasks and
list websites for specific sources of information and user tasks and links to links to other directories) and then of course search engines which would allow
other directories) and then of course search engines which would allow users to users to search for what they needed against an index (usually a subset) of the
search for what they needed against an index (usually a subset) of the Web's Web's total content. (Interestingly in this regard, AOL would eventually buy
total content. (Interestingly in this regard, AOL would eventually buy
Netscape.) Netscape.)
AOL et al made sense when users wanted access to the internet and the web didn't AOL et al made sense when users wanted access to the internet and the web didn't