Editing Cello (web browser) (section)

==Usage==
When released in 1993, Cello was the only browser for the [[Microsoft Windows]] platform. Shortly after launch, Cello was being downloaded at a rate of 500 copies per day.<ref name="GilliesCailliau2000">{{Cite book|first1=James |last1=Gillies|first2=R. |last2=Cailliau|title=How the Web was born: the story of the World Wide Web|url=https://archive.org/details/howwebwasbornsto00gill|url-access=registration |access-date=2 April 2010|date=1 September 2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-286207-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/howwebwasbornsto00gill/page/235 235]}}</ref> As such, it achieved a fair amount of use and recognition within the legal community, including a number of PC users with between 150,000 and 200,000 users.<ref name="pioneering"/> In 1994, most websites were visited using either the Cello browser or the Mosaic browser.<ref name="practical internet">{{Cite book | last = Kasser | first = Barbara | title = Practical Internet | publisher = Knopf Books for Young Readers | location = New York | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-7897-2226-3 | page = [https://archive.org/details/practicalinterne00kass/page/19 19] | url = https://archive.org/details/practicalinterne00kass/page/19 }}</ref> Despite having fewer features than Mosaic, Cello continued to be used due to its simpler interface and lower system requirements.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aloha.net/hol/html/wsckrvu.html |title=Winsock Client Software Reviews |access-date=2017-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961220095033/http://www.aloha.net/hol/html/wsckrvu.html#wwwb |archive-date=20 December 1996}}. Retrieved 2014-03-17.</ref> Cello was praised for being easy to install, because it wasn't necessary to install [[Win32s]] or a TCP/IP stack for Windows 3.1.<ref name="adahome">{{cite web|last=Wheeler|first=David A.|title=Information on How to Download Lovelace|url=http://www.adahome.com/Tutorials/Lovelace/download.htm|access-date=26 July 2010|date=5 October 1996}}</ref> Following the release of [[Windows 95]], which offered a much better TCP/IP interface, Cello fell into disuse and was abandoned.<ref name="practical internet"/><ref>{{Cite book | last = IV | first = Louis | title = Microsoft Windows Dna Exposed | publisher = Knopf Books for Young Readers | location = New York | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0-672-31561-9 | page = [https://archive.org/details/microsoftwindows00loui/page/13 13] | url = https://archive.org/details/microsoftwindows00loui/page/13 }}</ref>

By 1995, Cello, like the Mosaic browser, was overshadowed by two newer browsers — [[Netscape Navigator|Netscape]] and Internet Explorer — and fell into disuse.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1145/286238.286240|title=Who won the Mosaic War?|year=1998|last1=Berghel|first1=Hal|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=41|page=13|issue=10|s2cid=14458048|doi-access=free}}<!--|access-date=30 March 2010--></ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Windows Sockets (Winsock) Apps - winter15.zip|url=http://cd.textfiles.com/cica/cica9603/disk2/disc2/winsock/00_index.htm|access-date=2021-01-23|website=cd.textfiles.com}}</ref> By 1999, Cello was considered to be a "historical" browser.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1145/319382.319384|title=Digital village: the cost of having analog executives in a digital world|year=1999|last1=Berghel|first1=Hal|journal=Communications of the ACM|volume=42|page=11|issue=11|s2cid=16651522}}<!--|access-date=30 March 2010--></ref><ref name="Castells2002">{{Cite book|first=Álvaro |last=Castells|title=Internet dictionary: a comprehensive guide to the language of the Web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkwoO8IUEosC&pg=PA30|access-date=2 April 2010|date=1 November 2002|publisher=Kogan Page Publishers|isbn=978-0-7494-3667-4|page=30}}</ref>

Cello is considered to be one of the early casualties of the first [[browser wars]].<ref name="Kent1999">{{Cite book |first=Allen |last=Kent|author-link=Allen Kent |title=Encyclopedia of library and information science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v0UHXl5cEAEC&pg=PA50|access-date=2 April 2010|date=29 June 1999|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8247-2064-3|page=50}}</ref>