Most Popular Web Browsers 1992 - 2024
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- This is an update to this popular video with additional browsers and information. It starts with the second web browser ever created, Line Mode, and includes the most popular browsers from those first few years. Note that no browser ever really drops to zero since there's always a hobbyist trying to use it. Data for the first half of the video is sourced from Wikipedia and many articles from that time while the data for the second half of the video comes from StatCounter.
Here's the text about the first browsers in the video:
1992, **Line Mode**, Second web browser ever created
1992, **MacWWW**, First Mac web browser
1992, **ViolaWWW**, First browser to support scripting and stylesheets
1993, **Mosaic**, First to be widely available on most OS
1993, **Cello**, First Windows web browser
1994, **Lynx**, Oldest web browser still maintained today
1995, **Netscape**, Launched at $49 with a 90 day trial
1995, **IE**, Launched as part of Windows 95
1996, **Opera**, Launched to the public as trialware
1997, **Netscape**, Held 70% of the market but IE being part of Windows was gaining fast
1998, **Netscape**, Acquired by America Online for $4.2 billion
1999, **IE**, Microsoft was taken to court for violating antitrust laws
2000, **Netscape**, Version 6 launched with AOL Instant Messenger
2001, **IE**, Microsoft was found guilty of unlawful monopolization and decided to split IE from Windows
2002, *IE**, Crowned the official winner of the first browser war
So anyway, what is your favorite browser?
I didn't think about writing this but after buying the pro version of Windows Explorer it's much better, I feel very strange writing this.
Where did you get it? All the versions I have downloaded have come out with many errors.
BNH Software's brother was the place where I got it
Thanks friend, I'll check, I hope everything goes well this time
trust that yes
I thought Opera is more popular. But looks like ADs about Opera are more popular than Opera itself.
yeah.😄
Opera is great with smartphones (personal experience)
Opera is great if you want chines spyware
@@XSonicLikesVideogamesmuch like any other browser, be salty about it all you want, there are rarely ever any exceptions (although firefox is the most dependable here)
@@forgottenstuds8795 You say that but you don't have the proof to compare, so you're just as clueless as them. It's a double edged sword being negligent and making assumptions.
Happy to be one of the three percent. Long live Firefox! 🔥🔥🔥
FIREFOX TAKES UP A LOT OF MEMORY JUST OPEN UP 20 TABS THEN WATCH IT OVER TIME MEMORY KEEPS GOING UP UNTIL YOU RUN OUT OF MEMORY
@@mrboxheadd748that's especially true if you shout a lot.
@@mrboxheadd748 and Chrome takes a lot of laptop bateries.
@@MrWinotu USED TO LOVE CHROME UNTIL THEY BLOCK UA-cam DOWNLOADER EXTENSIONS TO SUPPORT BS UA-cam "PREMIUM"
I'm sticking to Firefox..
even now using edge I'm realizing it's better than Chrome
Brave is super underestimated.
Once you tried it, and you understand you don’t have to deal with ADs and cookies, you can’t turn back
Except Brave doesn't save your bookmarks and you can't export them so when you get a new phone all your bookmarks get lost.
Opera was doing this before brave birth you kinda late with watching web without ads for many years😂
Also brave wants win10 to work properly. But brave definitely better choice than IE/edge or chrome by these monopoly assholes.
The privacy you get using brave is so nice. I love it.
Librewolf does the same thing
@@frickcomments so then it doesnt matter
The scary thing is how little actual choice there is right now. There is Chrome, Chromium-based Edge, Chromium-based Samsung Browser, Chromium-based Opera, Chromium-based Brave.
The only two non-Chromium browsers with over 1% of market share are Safari and Firefox.
This and very much.
So the market leading browsers were:
Until Q1 1992: Line Mode
Q2 1992-Q1 1993 ViolaWWW (3/4 year)
Q2 1993-Q2 1994 Mosaic (1+1/4 years)
Q3 1994-Q2 1998 Netscape (4 years)
Q3 1998-Q1 2012 Internet Explorer (13+3/4 years)
Q2 2012-present Chrome (12 years so far)
If Chrome is still leading the pack at the end of 2025 then it will tie with Internet Explorer's record duration for maket leading. If it's still leading by early summer 2026 then it will be the record holder. It definitely means that there is stagnation in the internet browser market, even before considering the point you made that many of the 'competitors' use the same kernel anyway.
I use brave
Unfortunately, nowadays, the web is pretty much based on Chromium... Microsoft itself has had to adapt, integrating the "enemy" into its browser
@@paulverster9020 Even Brave is Chromium-based.
Please can some people notice that for a short period of time “PS3 Internet” was on the leaderboard
I still use it lol
Back in the day, IE was great for downloading Firefox
IE was actually very good back in the day. Most of the innovations came from it. I don't know what happened, but then it went downhill.
Internet Exploder, the bane of web developpers world wide.
@@kiran9s Security flaws plagued IE back then. That’s also what indirectly killed Flash
@@georgeb3920
Internet Exploder made my day 😂
Yeah IE is the only Browser that just exited to download a better browser
Just scary to see how so many people are funneled to Google products
Its funny, Google went to court because Microsoft Monopoly in the browsers market, saying things like was not fair and so on. And now Google have the Monopoly, how ironic that is.
They claimed that Microsoft was intentionally making their products run poorly on Windows computers. Thus, they were trying to monopolize the browser market by squeezing out the competition. Chrome is just the most popular among users - thanks to the millions of Chromebooks used in schools. Big difference.
@@JohnZeeX Yeah great way to monopolise data and give to various advertisement and government agencies to use as they wish
@@JohnZeeX And now UA-cam runs poorly on non Chrome browsers
@@JohnZeeX Apple has taken many pages from the book of Microsoft, it is being sued left and right for it's monopolistic tendancies. They make other products run worse on Apple. I know, I own an iPhone and Samsung Galaxy.
It's called... hypocrisy? :D
Amazing that Lynx has been around so long. I don't use it much anymore, but used to when I had was in a shell and needed a text browser. It worked quite well.
My battle against webpages that use too much graphics was won when I required our department to support Lynx!
Firefox as my main browser from since I got connected to the internet..
Most important feature that makes me stick with Firefox; it take screenshots from any part of the webpage, or from any PDF document opened with Firefox
You can do this on chrome
@@oliverhawkins6487 I know, but Firefox does it better, and easier.
I use Firefox since i first got a computer, and will continue to
Idk I'm just used to it
Opera is winner in my eyes. Imagine Keeping yourself in race until the end.
I'll stay with Firefox, just like in the past 20 years.
Me too, I've been using Firefox since its name was Firebird/Phoneix.
Firefox is good but, Google Chrome has the fastest download speeds
Another vote for Firefox, and/or it's fork Waterfox. Also been using it since it was called Phoenix. Stick it to the big corps!
i just switched to librewolf with history, but it's still firefox without bloat. Chrome is a memory sucker
I've been using Firefox since it was Netscape Navigator Gold 3.xx. #VivaLaMozilla
Favorite browser? I _REALLY_ miss Opera from the time it still used it's own Presto engine... nothing has come anywhere near what it was back in the day including the newer versions of Opera.
I recommend Vivaldi browser.
same thing, i miss this interface of 7-12 versions
Mozilla Firefox 🦊 I use
I use it because of the snipping feature
Surprised Chrome is still so popular. Used it for a while back in about 2012 but quickly switched to Firefox which I have used ever since.
Mozilla Firefox ♥
R.I.P Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer & Win 7 are still used by many govt employees in India
This analytics is worldwide only
Internet explorer is not used anymore. It is mostly chrome or maybe firefox, although windows 7 is still used by government offices
@@RikTheEmperor its internet explorer. I too use it 💀
@@team3t769 भाई तू वेबसाइट्स कैसे चलाता है?😂
@@RikTheEmperor Ie newer was used the thing is even today there is some core browser inside windows located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer
I know this isn't about rendering engines, but I was disappointed not to see the KDE browser Konqueror browser in there, even at a time when you were showing other browsers at 0%. In a sense, Konqueror did what its name said - it konquered. It was its KHTML rendering engine that became Webkit, and later Blink, used by nearly all today's major browsers except Firefox. Konqueror's role is therefore an important part of web history that shouldn't be forgotten.
Originally an MCSA Mosaic user, I moved to Netscape in 1995. I became a Konqueror user around 2001 when I moved to Mandrake Linux as my OS, and for a good few years after then, before moving to Firefox in more recent years as KDE got replaced by Gnome on my desktop. Although I'm now back on KDE, Firefox remains my main browser.
It was also a file manager as well. A tabbed file manager. It was great at managing files.
"I'm so pissed about the government and corporations selling my information and tracking me! Oh, what browser I use? I love Chrome!"
more precisely it would be: "I use Yandex!"
@@use_r19 fr
Just 1% people use Brave??
I believed the number was a lot higher.
You are all missing out.
Part of the 1% here
I still use Firefox and will always use Firefox.
Firefox is crap, opera is better
@@megaknight4311And that's your opinion.
@@jeramii03 Yes
At least firefox doesn't send all of your data to the Chinese government 🙃
@@megaknight4311
Opera is spyware fyi
I stay with Opera, as the past 23 years. Except 5 years Safari on Windows and Mac. Safari for Windows has also been the only allowed browser in the company.
I've tried many browsers over last decade but nothing can replace Firefox
OPera gx
I use brave on my phone coz it blocks all ads
Me
2010-2019 IE, chrome (no idea about privacy, very young)
2019-2022 Brave (started to care a little more)
2022-2023 Librewolf
2023-now Firefox with betterfox user.js
I've used Samsung internet in 2015-2017, then moved to Chrome 2017-2020 then to Firefox and still is my current browser, the best browser for me only downside it's not chromium based and it's a little slow
Arc is literally a revolution for web browsing.
Opera is always soo underrated
Nah they plague UA-cam sponsorships too often with GX that it’s so annoying and they sell your data to the CCP.
As a Brave user, I'm glad to see some numbers on how many people actually use it. I'm also partial to Vivaldi but looks like it doesn't have enough users to show up on the radar.
Brave is still underrated imo
Hi
I use Vivaldi
how did you make the video?
I'll stay with Firefox, and also with Brave for no ads or scam Nice video you did good!🎉
Same. Chrome might be better but Firefox is what saved me from IE back in the day. Have to show my appriciation.
That's a really good video. I've never seen it summed up so elegantly.
This video is 1/2 full of lies. Go find my comment. I know this not to be true.
8:22 - Yandex browser: Oh, hi! Bye!
The only browser, which can translate videos and even with with different speakers. Show me this, american shit :D An d Yandex had this feature years ago.
Yandex is a great search engine for finding torrents so it gets a pass
@@sanktionus And it's working now, even better. It even has its own AI. The translation performed by Yandex turns out to be a two-voice voiceover. We mute the original soundtrack - so that it is audible, but does not interfere with perception - and superimpose a new one on it, with translation. Male voices are translated with a male voice, female voices with a female voice.
Все що зроблено в Раші - параша. Факед шит кантрі, з всіма іхніми скрєпами.
@@sanktionus Tor browser is the most popular in Russia.
1 Firefox
2 Edge
3 Opera
Chinese spyware waiting for you 😮
Used Chrome for years, Firefox before it. Transferred to Brave last year, with the added incentive of more privacy and built-in ad blockers I haven't looked back.
Firefox can be "hardened" to be as or even a bit more secure than Brave, but it takes a few minutes of altering settings from default and using addons. Brave is the best to run "as is".
Brave is just chrome but objectively better: less bloat and less tracking
@@barccy Yeah but brave is just easier and better for most people leaving the chrome empire
@@RoofusRoof19 Yeah, but Brave lacks Dark Reader addon. If Brave let me have my addons, I'd probably switch. I admit Brave is good.
@@atomicviking2497 brave supports all chrome addons. It's a chromium browser
In my country the Internet Exploder was always a browser to download other browsers. IE was used only in companies and not in all.
Loved Netscape back in the day, then went to Firefox and now Opera since 2015ish.... toyed with Brave and I pull out Lynx sometimes like a party trick, lol
I've tried to get Lynx to work just to try it out of curiosity, but I'm not good enough with computers to get it running.
@@DefaultFlame windows or linux?
@@jasonGamesMaster Windows.
I am in the process of learning Linux since Microsoft has lost the last tiny crumb of faith I had in them, but it's slow going.
So many new things to learn, so many wiki pages to read, so many tutorials to watch.
Edit: I actually finally made the leap to start because I wanted to mess around with local LLMs on my old gaming laptop, and it seemed like a good opportunity to start learning Linux too.
Firefox is the spiritual successor to Netscape. Firefox is basically Netscape. The last version of Netscape was the exact same browser as the version of Firefox at the time with a different logo.
Grand job of the Opera Web Browser; since 1996
The legend is back with more
Real statistics in 2009 (by hours): 1st place - Firefox from Mozilla, 2nd place - Safari, 3rd place - Opera, 4th place - Internet Explorer.
I use Firefox for years and I use Arc for a couple of months. I love those browsers
I used to love Konqueror. It had spell checking in web based forms LONG before anyone else, and was really fast. It did had some compatibility issues though. It's KHTML engine was the starting point for most modern web browsers, including Webkit/Safari and Chrome/Chromium.
I must say.. Team- Opera. You've "fight" well here.. amazing! I mean you have been tagging along for the ride almost from the beginning.
Impressive.. and pls, don't give up. Thanks.
same watching here on opera gx but sometimes use opera one
@@JediLMS520 imagine using a chinese browser
@@XSonicLikesVideogames shut up. as if u could say anything using Google Chrome lightmode 🤮
@@JediLMS520 chrome is spyware too
@@JediLMS520 I use vivaldi, floorp, and tor browser
Opera would have dominated the browser market .Its still a perfect choice browser
Brave user here
same here
Same
Same
same
good guy
What happened to firefox, I remember using it before chrome came in? I thought it would be much popular than edge browser. Opera always sucked😂
Do you count browsers on mobile too?
Did you see Android browser and Samsung browser in the list? Of course ut counts mobile browsers
how can firefox get that low when most people i talk to still use it?
I think it's mainly geeks
Maybe you live in the bubble.
@@Xyronium i love my bubble
Same here - I can't really belive that FF numbers. My friends are not all nerds, most of them use FF / Chrome (50/50) if they care for something else than edge, that comes with the system or are apple user with the forced webkit / safari.
Smartphones bundled with Chrome
I use 3 browsers: Firefox for personal e-mail and banking, Chrome for youtube, Edge for other browsing.
I think it's safer when sites I don't know and can be potentially harmful are opened in different browser.
Also as per my best knowledge, Firefox spies less than others
1. Vivaldi.
2. Firefox
All you need for sure! I wish Floorp had a few less bugs, since it's basically a mix of two
yes! been using Vivaldi for a while it's terribly underrated
@@guerric Vivaldi's very good if you need them extra features and also has a pretty good privacy policy
In PC, I always use Microsoft Edge & in mobile I always use Chrome
BTW MS Edge is superb
I am all for Firefox and Opera!
In my opinion:
1) all the people who ignore the difference between "web browser" and "search engine" use Chrome (EDIT: someone else uses it, too).
2) Safari is exclusive for Apple products.
3) all the people who are happy with the bare default on their computer use Edge (EDIT: someone else use it, too).
4) Firefox and Opera are for people who know computers.
Hey, I am NOT serious here ! 😅
Good thing you put that i am not serious, I mean I know computer science but use Edge. I use it because it actually has some features that I find interesting and helpful
I use Firefox and I don't know computers.
You are defination of Tell me you don't know shit without telling it
I get your point, but I think Chrome looked at Firefox and did something even better... Perhaps the Google brand also helped ;)
Edge is better than all of them, combined with bing, productivity levels gonna boom.
I was watching this thinking these were all gonna be normal browsers, then sony ps3 pulls up out of nowhere 😂😂
My favorite browsers
1: Opera GX
2: Microsoft Edge
3: Firefox (Thought about trying waterfox)
4: Brave
5: Vivaldi
I currently use Opera GX and i don't plan on switching, i know Opera GX is kind of controversial at the moment because its owned by a Chinese company but at this point, everything is owned by China.
I think I'm the only user that uses Microsoft Edge as the main browser.
Lots of people are commenting they use it 😉 I use it too
I use it too
As far as I know, it's very fast
Edge is my primary browser
Is it possible that Chromium-based browsers such as Vivaldi are included in Chrome? I was expecting a few percentages for Vivaldi tbh
probably not due to brave and edge both being chromium based and being included separately
a. Vivaldi is quite small in user base
b. You forget, that around 40% of the Chrome users are android smartphones. Vivaldi and many other chromium browsers only exist for Windows and Linux
Vivaldi is very difficult to track, unlike Chrome and Edge that use a unique user agent string and Brave that uses navigation.brave lines in their javascript code. So technically, Vivaldi's secrecy is one of its features. It could be anything, especially since you can change the Chrome user agent to Firefox/Edge/Vivaldi/no brand in the settings
@@acmenipponairvivaldi also available on android
@@acmenipponair Vivaldi has 5 million downloads in Google Play Store.
I don't see Mozilla there. Not Mozilla Firefox, but the Mozilla Suite, the bridge beteen Netscape and the Firefox/Thunderbird combo. Also, Netscape was a later iteration of Mosaic, Mozilla was the FOSS version of Netscape (forking it from BEFORE AOL acquisition), and Firefox is a spin off from the Mozilla Suite. And Seamonkey is now the continuation of the Mozilla Suite. It's a long(ish) tradition by now....
Man, Chrome has almost 70% of the entire market share, and they're one of the most recent browsers! Great vid! I'm an Opera user here BTW.
It gets scarier when you realize that Edge, Samsung Browser, Opera and Brave are all based on Chromium. Not sure about the browsers below 1% market share, but out of these with at least 1%, the only "independent" ones are Safari and Firefox.
@@Eliastion I'ma getting scared now
Good luck on your chinese spyware browser :)
@@mical-9066 Lol. It can't be any worse than Google itself. 😆
Use brave instead its a one-click transfer for all ur bookmarks.etc and it doesn't spy on you
Thanks but why is there no 2024 data?
not over yet?
My first one was Netscape. Then FF (until now).
Same here, although I occasionally use Chrome. Some Google stuff only runs properly on Chrome (and possibly Chrome-engined others, IDK)
@@klaasbil8459 Absolutely. Chrome for work, FF for relaxation :)
Netscape was great when it had the e mail with it
@@klaasbil8459some websites work on chrome only, damn developers
@@JFM1170you could try seamonkey. It’s a Firefox ESR based on the old school Firefox code, but with the old old school Netscape Communicator UI. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey
I am using Edge for the last two years. I found it quite comfortable.
How do you handle that much ads 🧐
@@scroll.withmohit true, when i see others computers, i wonder how they deal with ads on the NEW TAB PAGE and websites such as youtube. Some even keep windows bloatware installed to see things like ads on their taskbar
When manifest v3 comes out and kills browser add-ons like ad-blockers, It will be interesting to see if there is a spike to Safari and Firefox
Oh there will be
Especially now google anti Adblock has been attracting more attention to ad blockers
In my opinion Firefox addons are already great and there's so many options anyway. It's just in the Firefox addons library, not the chrome web store.
Mozilla really messed up to get firefox that low...
The are not on mobile phones.
I still prefer Firefox
Opera gx
@@Aiden_Gamez_4realzopera gx is so bad
@@FO0TMinecraftPVPikr its basically chinese goverment spyware
You are using slower....Chrome best
Opera GX sitting in the corner:
I liked before watching
Favorite browser on mobile: Opera mini
Favorite browser on PC: Chrome or Edge
Brave. Same as Chrome, but with built in add blocking. Also the logo is nice.
Good bye Internet Explorer, you were the best chrome downloader. I will miss you
I've yet to see any reason to stop using Firefox but my mind could be changed.
No cambies, es el mejor y más seguro.
@@cucho69 Dato curioso: el motor que usa Firefox (Gecko) es más rápido que el que usa Chrome (Blink), pero hay rumores de que Google ralentiza solo sus sitos artificialmente cuando son accedidos por alguien que usa Firefox, aunque eso se puede prevenir cambiando el agente de usuario, ya sea con una extensión o manualmente.
Has any one noticed that opera browser is still has a big market share browser since 1995 Q1?
Love Edging on Edge: it just works
i think microsoft might just consider changing that name
Todd Howard is that you?
most people use Chrome because of its products like Gmail, drive, maps, etc.
Firefox!
Stay strong Firefox...
Former IE, Firefox user ; I now use Opera GX since more than a year but I will move to Edge soon (probably), since my PC isn't powerful and slowly getting old and slower
Firefox is faster than opera and edge. Lol what?
@@mazarinee I don't understand why you are mentionning speed, as I didn't mention it myself
@@Lyothere "my pc is getting older and slower"
@@mazarinee This statement isn't linked to browser speed. I mean by this that it's harder for my computer to run ressource-hungry softwares.
@@Lyothere yup
I have the original Netscape Navigator 1.0 floppy install disks in my home desk. I wonder if it would run with Windows 11? It probably would not be able to display modern web pages. Today, I use Firefox.
Vivaldi is the Best!
Is this for the US or worldwide?
Microsoft Edge>Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox
Yeah, same
yes because it is used to download firefox or chrome
@@use_r19 nope, i actually use Edge all the time.
@@use_r19 Have you ever tried using it?
i totally agree with
giving big corporations money > having a private and usable experience
I have just used Safari for so long I had no idea its held such a small market share this whole time. 🤣🤣 I assumed Safari and Chrome were pretty neck and neck.
my favorite browser is Opera GX it looks really great for computers with bad processors and a low amount of ram
Do you mean spyware gx?
@@XSonicLikesVideogames we've survived Timu I think we'll survive Opera and it's not guaranteed that your data is safe since the Norwegian company is partnership with a Chinese company it is not guaranteed and besides It's got a lot of great features anyway like an ad blocker and if your ad blockers detected on a website just turn off JavaScript but that can affect major parts of the website as long as it doesn't require JavaScript you're good even UA-cam anti-Adblocker even with JavaScript on I might see something that says that I need to turn off my ad blocker but I could just reload the page or click off of it!
Opera is fantastic. I've used it for 16 years. Really like the original version and GX
I've been using Microsoft Edge for 1 year already when I bought my laptop last year. At first, I do not wanna switch and make it my default browser but I tried. Guess what? I also installed Microsoft Edge on my new phone I bought last month since I find it more useful, and convenient than Google Chrome. I just wish everyone would see how many features that Edge can offer.
ya bro even in use edge ... people just don't know it main attributes
People just default to Chrome, with out really thinking about it despite the fact it's far from being the best browser...
That happened to me too. On my phone, I prefer Edge over Chrome because of the ad blocking support. And it really integrates well with desktop version.
Opera for usual web browsing and working. Samsung Internet for video playing provided with useful features.
I am a Mac user and Safari is just ❤
It just fits in so well. I wish safari extensions worked on gnome web (another webkit browser)
... puro marketing, hasta repites un slogan
I always used Lynx to open stuff in text mode from the command line but I never knew it was one of the oldest web browsers. I thought it was just a text based browser that copies the gui ones. By the way I think Lynx is a fork of Links or Links2 which are also very handy lightweight web browsers
I love firefox
96-2007 my household used the generic AOL browser that came with our dialup package. Then it was the obscure Yahoo Browser for my dad then IE for me to keep our stuff separate after upgrading to DSL. Then my first actual computer I used a combination of the Avast Browser and IE plus some other obscure ones in between . When I got my laptop in 2012 I used Firefox and honestly have never looked back since.
I still use the default browser on my phone depending what brand I'm using but PC Im Firefox Ride or Die. Becoming a Linux user I'm glad it's technically the standard browser for that OS
Brave is the best and safest browsers ever!!!
👇
laughing in Firefox secure fork
Tor…
no is ie and you you are gay
"safest" can likely be argued against.
@@maxdmit3282slow as hell
Glad to see Samsung Internet on here. I used chrome forever until i gave Samsung Internet a try. I wish i tried it sooner... Dark mode and ad blocker makes the experience so much better.
Firefox for me all the way. I feel my browsing is more secure.
Its very nice, just I think there is a little omission - there was Mozilla browser around the year 2000 before it became Mozilla Firefox.
Safari for life !!!
A good rule of thumb: whichever is the most popular is the one you probably want to limit your usage of.
🅾️pera forever ⭕️❤
u mean chinese spyware browser?
Brave user here. Imagine watching youtube videos without any ads... Not only youtube...
Brave will be the biggest one 💯
Firefox is only 3% ? I wish it was more popular... other than lack of HDR support, which should be standard in 2024, it is almost perfect.
I use Arc....
wow the memories! Lynx on HP-UX was my first browsing experience in 1993...and how cool it was to pull down a high resolution (640x480) photo off NASA's website!