> No browser had tab isolation. In fact, no browser had tabs.
The article mentions Windows XP which certainly had IE with tabs but the problem predates that.
Earlier versions of Windows (95, 98, 2000) featured a single window per site. So if one wanted 3 "tabs" one would need three separate windows. But the browser windows were not isolated. An issue in one window would impact ALL of the web browser's windows.
In addition, there was some issue with IE in particular. A crash in IE would sometimes make the taskbar and desktop disappear then restart.
More generally, browsers did not have isolation. This made for a much worse user experience.
The article mentions Windows XP which certainly had IE with tabs but the problem predates that.
Earlier versions of Windows (95, 98, 2000) featured a single window per site. So if one wanted 3 "tabs" one would need three separate windows. But the browser windows were not isolated. An issue in one window would impact ALL of the web browser's windows.
In addition, there was some issue with IE in particular. A crash in IE would sometimes make the taskbar and desktop disappear then restart.
More generally, browsers did not have isolation. This made for a much worse user experience.