Jon Mittelhauser

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Jon Mittelhauser

Added citation for Mosaic million downloads claim per University of Illinois news

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==Career==
==Career==
In 1993, as a graduate student, he co-wrote NCSA Mosaic for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] with fellow student [[Chris Wilson (open web advocate)|Chris Wilson]] while working at the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] (NCSA).{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/People.html |title=People who have contributed to the World Wide Web project |author=Henrik Frystyk Nielsen |date=December 11, 1995 |work=w3.org}} Mittelhauser was part of the original team of five programmers of Mosaic with [[Marc Andreessen]] and [[Eric Bina]] ([[Unix]] version), [[Aleksandar Totic|Aleks Totic]] ([[Apple Macintosh|Mac]] version) and Chris Wilson (Windows version).{{cite book |author=Daniel Ehrenhaft |title=Marc Andreessen: Web Warrior |location=Brookfield, Connecticut |publisher=Twenty-First Century |year=2001 |isbn=9780761319641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuF1vB3OAygC&q=Thanksgiving+of+1993 |page=31}}{{cite book |title=How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web |author1=James Gillies |author2=Robert Cailliau |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University |year=2007 |orig-year=2000 |isbn=9780192862075 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIH-JijUNS0C&q=Jon+Mittelhauser&pg=PA257 |pages=241, 257}}{{cite web |author=Brian McCullough |url=http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2014/04/on-the-20th-anniversary-an-oral-history-of-netscapes-founding/ |title=On The 20th Anniversary – An Oral History of Netscape's Founding |work=Internet History Podcast |date=April 3, 2014 |type=audio interviews}} The Windows version that Mittelhauser and Wilson wrote was the first [[web browser|browser]] with over a million downloads and is often characterized as the first widely used web browser.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} Mittelhauser is considered a founding father of the browser.{{cite news |author=Mike Swift |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/18/websites-promote-click-and-give-charity/ |title=Websites promote click-and-give charity |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=June 18, 2010}}{{cite web |author=Mike Yamamoto |url=http://news.com.com/2009-1032-995680.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713142405/http://news.com.com/2009-1032-995680.html |title=Legacy: A brave new World Wide Web |work=CNET News |date=April 14, 2003 |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
In 1993, as a graduate student, he co-wrote NCSA Mosaic for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] with fellow student [[Chris Wilson (open web advocate)|Chris Wilson]] while working at the [[National Center for Supercomputing Applications]] (NCSA).{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/People.html |title=People who have contributed to the World Wide Web project |author=Henrik Frystyk Nielsen |date=December 11, 1995 |work=w3.org}} Mittelhauser was part of the original team of five programmers of Mosaic with [[Marc Andreessen]] and [[Eric Bina]] ([[Unix]] version), [[Aleksandar Totic|Aleks Totic]] ([[Apple Macintosh|Mac]] version) and Chris Wilson (Windows version).{{cite book |author=Daniel Ehrenhaft |title=Marc Andreessen: Web Warrior |location=Brookfield, Connecticut |publisher=Twenty-First Century |year=2001 |isbn=9780761319641 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CuF1vB3OAygC&q=Thanksgiving+of+1993 |page=31}}{{cite book |title=How the Web was Born: The Story of the World Wide Web |author1=James Gillies |author2=Robert Cailliau |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University |year=2007 |orig-year=2000 |isbn=9780192862075 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIH-JijUNS0C&q=Jon+Mittelhauser&pg=PA257 |pages=241, 257}}{{cite web |author=Brian McCullough |url=http://www.internethistorypodcast.com/2014/04/on-the-20th-anniversary-an-oral-history-of-netscapes-founding/ |title=On The 20th Anniversary – An Oral History of Netscape's Founding |work=Internet History Podcast |date=April 3, 2014 |type=audio interviews}} The Windows version that Mittelhauser and Wilson wrote was the first [[web browser|browser]] with over a million downloads and is often characterized as the first widely used web browser.{{cite web |url=https://news.illinois.edu/ncsa-web-browser-mosaic-was-catalyst-for-internet-growth/ |title=NCSA Web browser 'Mosaic' was catalyst for Internet growth |publisher=University of Illinois News |access-date=2026-04-22}} Mittelhauser is considered a founding father of the browser.{{cite news |author=Mike Swift |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/06/18/websites-promote-click-and-give-charity/ |title=Websites promote click-and-give charity |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=June 18, 2010}}{{cite web |author=Mike Yamamoto |url=http://news.com.com/2009-1032-995680.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713142405/http://news.com.com/2009-1032-995680.html |title=Legacy: A brave new World Wide Web |work=CNET News |date=April 14, 2003 |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}


After leaving the University of Illinois in 1994, Mittelhauser became one of the founders of [[Netscape Communications Corporation]].
After leaving the University of Illinois in 1994, Mittelhauser became one of the founders of [[Netscape Communications Corporation]].
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