| ▲ | pjmlp a day ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You actually couldn't, because browsers did not support tabs back then. 200 browsers instances more likely. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | abanana a day ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opera and Firefox, "actually" (along with some lesser-known browsers), introduced tabs around the same time as, or very soon after, the launch of Windows 2000. Alternatively, read "tabs" as "windows" - we know the word "tabs" is not the important point of that post (and that the number 200 is exaggerating for effect). Right clicking a link and selecting "open in new window" opened a new window in the same browser instance, not a separate instance, although there wouldn't be any visual difference. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | hobo123 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I'm pretty sure my Pentium 3 PC back in the day had 128 or 256MB memory, and I ran tabbed Mozilla/Seamonkey as well as the first versions of Firefox ("Phoenix"), both with tabs. 2003ish. Cold Phoenix start on Windows XP was similar to Firefox startup today on a Mac :D (ok, maybe a few seconds longer of pegging the CPU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | 331c8c71 a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opera definitely had them around that time https://pspb.chrisrcook.com/2025/09/20/4_windows-xp-home-x86... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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