History of the browser user-agent string

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In the beginning there was NCSA Mosaic, and Mosaic called itself NCSA_Mosaic/2.0 (Windows 3.1), and Mosaic displayed pictures along with text, and there was much rejoicing…

Have you ever wondered why every major web browser identifies itself as “Mozilla”? Wonder no longer…

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