EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 17 MIN
The Button That Accidentally Saved the Web
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In 1993, a university student named Marc Andreessen made a last-minute decision to add a simple tag to his web browser code. That tiny addition turned the internet from a world of boring text documents into the visual playground we know today — but it also accidentally broke decades of careful web standards and sparked the first great browser war. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In 1993, a university student named Marc Andreessen made a last-minute decision to add a simple tag to his web browser code. That tiny addition turned the internet from a world of boring text documents into the visual playground we know today — but it also accidentally broke decades of careful web standards and sparked the first great browser war.
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The Button That Accidentally Saved the Web
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