The Internet has come a long way. Earlier this week, we covered the story of a man who took a 27-year-old Mac Plus and introduced it to the modern web, and all the little thing could handle was displaying some hyperlinks in black and white. Today, we have websites with huge high-resolution photographs, moving images, and rich colors. Sometimes we even use sites like YouTube as a music player instead of opening Spotify. The web browser has transformed many times in the past two decades, with little improvements here and there that have contributed to the overall experience we have today. Like tabs! Tabs have helped clear our growing collection of windows that spilled across our desktop, and now instead of having 15 windows open, we can have one window with 25 tabs open. Add in some plug-ins, games, and bookmark folders, and our browsers have turned into a full-on beast.
So, let's take a look back at the evolution of the browser, and how the accumulation of little improvements, like tabs, can make one hell of a difference in the long run.
