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Browser
Progress Browser in Progressbar 95
Availability	Progressbar 95 onward All server systems Progressbar PE 2.0 onward BAR/X, BarOS 9 onward, H@ckgresh B OS
Requirements	Modem
Use	Accessing the Progressnet

“	Progressnet is a hypertextual adventure for curious users. By exploring in-game web-pages you can discover cookies, bonuses, cheats, easter eggs and other secrets	”
	— Clippy showing about the Progressnet

A Browser is a program which allows you to access the Progressnet (based on the Internet). It requires a modem, which can be unlocked via basic hardware progression. Progressnet access is available from systems released in 1991 onwards.

Despite Windows 3.1 and Mac OS 7 being the earliest systems in real life with network capabilities, systems in the game released in 1995 or later (as well as BAR/X) have network capabilities. Despite the Progresh BC 800 having a modem, BarOS 8 doesn't have any web browser, mainly due to the fact BAR/X uses the same device as BarOS 8.

Browsers

There are currently 6 browsers in the game.

Progress Browser

Progress Browser icon in Progressbar XB

Progress Browser and Progressnet redirect here. For the websites on the Progressnet, see the Websites section of this article.

Progress Browser is the first browser in the game. It is based on Internet Explorer and is available in Progressbar 95 to Progressbar 10 and NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2011. In Progressbar 95, it is known as Progressnet (based on older versions of Internet Explorer, which are called "Internet" on the desktop), and PE Browser (based on Pocket Internet Explorer) on all PE systems.

Beige

Beige icon in Progressbar 1X to 11.22

Beige redirects here.

“	Beige is the new browser	”
	— The third era Progressbar website

Beige is the second browser in the game, made by Progressbar Corporation. It is based on Microsoft Edge and is available in Progressbar 1X onwards and Server 201X onwards.

Barari

Barari icon in BarOS 10

Barari and +B rowser redirect here.

Barari is the third browser in the game, possibly made by Pyrus Pyrifolia Calculators. It is based on Apple Safari and is available in BarOS 9 onwards, BAR/X, H@ckgresh and B OS. In B OS, it is known as +B rowser (based on NetPositive, which is shortened to Net+). From BarOS 10.III onwards, this browser features Tabs.

ProgressScape Navigator

ProgressScape Navigator icon in Progressbar XB

ProgressScape Navigator redirects here.

“	Progressscape Navigator is a progressive browser for the Progressnet. It is fast, reliable and convenient. It support latest PBML standards	”
	— The first era Progressscape website

ProgressScape Navigator is the fourth browser in the game, made by a company called ProgressScape Corp. It is based on Netscape Navigator. The only new feature in this browser is an info button, which includes information about the browser.

Poodle Barium

Barium icon in Progressbar XB

Poodle Barium and Barium redirect here.

“	Barium is a  browser that combines an advanced technology and nice clean design simple to make Progressnet faster and safer	”
	— The second era Barium website

Poodle Barium (or simply Barium) is the fifth browser in the game, made by a company called Poodle Corp. It is based on Google Chrome. This browser introduces a cleaner design. Also has the Dino offline minigame. It is based on the Chrome Dinosaur game when you don't have a internet connection or if you are offline.

Progressilla

Progressilla icon in Progressbar XB

Progressilla redirects here.

“	Your favorite premium browser	”
	— The second era Progressilla website

Progressilla is the sixth browser in the game, made by a company called Progressilla Organization. It is based on Mozilla Firefox. The new features in this browser are Tabs, a history page, ad/banner blocking, and a downloads page. In order to download this browser, the player must spend Progress Data (except on the first era^[verify]). The maximum amount of tabs that you can have is 5.

Eras

There are three periods in the history of the Progressnet, called eras in this article. Each system belongs to a certain era:

	First era	Second era	Third era
Progress Computer and Progress Server	Progressbar 95 to Whisper and B OS (PC kernel) Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to 2000 Server	Progressbar XB to 81 Progressbar Server 2002 to 2081	Progressbar 10 and onwards Progressbar Server 2011 onwards
BarOS	BAR/X, BarOS 9 and B OS	BarOS 10, 10.II and H@ckgresh	BarOS 10.III onwards

Websites

Websites redirects here.

The web address of all websites start with pb://ppp, based on http://www, a prefix used in web addresses in real life. pb:// is based on HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol), while PPP (Public Progress Plexus) is based on WWW (World Wide Web). In the third era, the pb:// part is dropped from the web address.

You can find hyperlinks leading to different websites. In most unknown websites, there are three pictures that can randomize after each visit. Most of the websites also contain badges that say either "Progress Browser", "Made with Notebook" or both (only in the first era). On some occasions, a logon box will appear asking you to input 3 asterisks (1 for the Suspicious website and 10 for Searchoo!! website); if you do so, you are able to get a bonus (see the Asterisks section in Bonuses).

Unknown websites and the personal site are hosted on a web hosting service.

• In the first era, the service is called Progresscities, based on Yahoo! GeoCities, which shut down in 2009.
• In the second era, the service is called Barpress, based on WordPress.
• In the third era, the service is called Progresspix, based on Wix.

Types

There are several different types of websites.

1. Search engines: Websites that let you search other websites.
2. Home: Websites that are immediately accessible when opening the Browser or can be searched.
3. Unknown: Websites that can be accessed via hyperlinks on other websites.
4. Searchable: Websites that can be accessed via search results.
5. Special: Websites that can change appearance depending on what system you use.
6. Collectible: Websites that can be added to the Favorites page.
7. Bonus: Websites that only contain bonuses. Accessible via logging on to other websites or other means.
8. Miscellaneous: Other-related websites.

Documented Progressnet websites

Search engines
Image	Name	Description
1994 2000 2026	Searchoo!!	This is the first search engine and a searchable website it is based on the Yahoo! search engine. You can find this site by searching 'searchoo' or 'search' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2000 2026	Poodle	This is the second search engine and a searchable website it is based on the Google search engine. You can find this site by searching 'poodle' or 'search' in Searchoo!!.
2000 2026	Ping	This is the third search engine and a searchable website it is based on the Bing search engine. and it can be only accessed in the second era and third era. You can find this site by searching 'ping' or 'search' in Searchoo!!.
Unknown websites
	Relax	This website makes people feel happy, as it is relaxing. It also contains images of a butterfly.
	Cats	A website about cats.
	Dogs	Similar to the previous website, but it's about dogs instead of cats. A button saying "Give him a cookie" sometimes appears below a picture of Dog. Clicking it will give you a Bonus from the Dog.
	Food	This is similar to other unknown websites, but is about food. It shows you a picture of a cookie tin.
	Travel photos	This shows you some random travel photos.
	Broken	A mess of random pictures, bonuses and "NULL" buttons. Most of the pictures are cats, but sometimes they can be other pictures.
	Intersection	A website with 4 hyperlinks instead of 2.
	Under construction	A website that tells you that it is currently under construction. This website does not have hyperlinks except for a Back button. Sometimes you can find a bonus or meme. When you reach 50 pages and/or 10000 browser points, every hyperlink directs you to this website.
	Suspicious	This website tells you that the site is considered suspicious. Sometimes, a 'Take a cookie' button appears. Tapping it will change your current amount of cookies by an amount ranging from -3 to +3, with -1 and +1 being the most common results.
	Dangerous	This website tells you to scroll down to find a "Deactivate" button before the time runs out. If you press the "Deactivate" button, the website changes to text saying "Have a nice day! :)))". If you don't do anything until the time runs out, or tap any hyperlinks, a warning message will appear saying "All your browser bonuses and cookies are belong to us!" and all of your browser points, cookies, asterisks, and memes will be lost (but the website still changes anyway). However, there is a very small chance that the "Deactivate" button will not be there, which makes you unable to escape. The website also can sometimes be dark red.
	Web-design puzzle	A website with a colored square on top of another different colored square and 3 horizontal scroll bars. Adjusting the 3 scroll bars to match the colored square outside will grant you a bonus. There are three versions of this puzzle: Version 1: RGB (500 points) Version 2: Hex (1000 points) Version 3: A mix of both. The sliders are RGB and the answer is displayed in hex. (1500 points) The first version will appear at first. After solving the first version of the puzzle, the next time the website appears the second version is used instead, and so on.
	PBML puzzle	A website with a window containing PBML code and another one which contains the preview of the code. You'll need to rearrange the code in order for the bonus button to appear correctly. To get the bonus button, you need the code to look like this: PBML puzzle solution <pbml> <head> <title>Code puzzle</title> </head> <body> <button>Bonus</button> </body> <legs> </legs> </pbml>
Searchable websites - Special
	icoeye	This website is based on the real icoeye website. It tells you more about: the developer of Progressbar95, icoeye games that he made besides said game art it made its concepts its book Clicking on the Glassfall or Wheeltris icons takes you to the Google Play or the App Store page of either game. You can find this website by searching 'icoeye' in Searchoo!!. It is one of websites where you can save subpages to the favorites.
	My homepage	The player can edit their homepage by changing the text style and also changing the images and the background by clicking the edit button. and it shows how many achievements the player got and how many systems the player got. It has badges like the beta tester badge if you join the beta tester program. The steam badge if you are playing the PC version. The troll reporter badge if you are reporting their comments on PBook. The Blue Tick badge if you get the blue tick. The Poodle Barium badge if you download Barium. and the Navigator NOW! badge if you download Progressscape Navigator from it's website. and the Progressilla badge if you download it from the website.
	Spooky House Studios	This website is based on the real Spooky House website. It tells you more about the publisher of Progressbar95, Spooky House Studios, and other games they published. You can find this website by searching 'spooky' or 'spooky house studios' in Searchoo!!. It is one of the websites where you can save subpages to the favourites.
1993 2001 2026	Progressbar Corporation	The website of the corporation that made the Progressbar line of systems, the Progressbar Server systems and the Progressbar PE line of systems and the Progress Browser and Beige browsers and the Ping search engine. It is based on the Microsoft website. In the first era, it resembles the Microsoft website from 1995. In the second era, it resembles the Microsoft website from 2002. In the third era, it resembles the current Microsoft website. You can find this website by searching 'progressbar', 'progressbar95', 'pb', 'pe' or 'server' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2000 2026	Pyrus Pyrifolia Calculators	The website of the corporation that made BarOS, Progresh, the Pyrus - and = computers and the Barari browser. It is based on the Apple website. In the first era, it resembles the Apple website from 1996. In the second era, it resembles the Apple website from 2001. In the third era, it resembles the current Apple website. You can find this website by searching 'pyrus', 'baros' or 'computer' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2000 2026	Flint	A website that talks about the Flint CPU's. It is based on the Intel website. You can find this website by searching 'flint' or 'cpu' in Searchoo!!.
1995 2000 2026	CRX	A website that talks about the CRX CPU's. It is based on the now-defunct Cyrix website. You can find this website by searching 'crx' or 'cpu' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2000 2026	MD	A website that talks about the MD CPU's. It is based on the AMD website. You can find this website by searching 'md' or 'cpu' in Searchoo!!.
1993 2000 2026	ProgressScape Navigator	The website of the corporation that made the ProgressScape Navigator browser (in the case of this website referred to as Progressscape Navigator). It is based on the Netscape Navigator website.
1995 2001 2026	nVD	A website that talks about the nVD GPU's It is based on the NVidia website. You can find this website by searching 'gpu' or 'nvd' in Searchoo!!.
1995 2001 2026	At	A website that talks about the At GPU's It is based on the defunct ATI website. You can find this website by searching 'gpu' or 'at' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2001 2026	3DFix	A website that talks about the 3DFix GPU's It is based on the defunct 3dfx website. You can find this website by searching 'gpu' or '3dfix' in Searchoo!!.
1994 2001 2026	9S Graphics	A website that talks about the 9S GPU's It is based on the defunct S3 Graphics website. You can find this website by searching 'gpu' or '9s' in Searchoo!!.
1995 2000 2026	PBay	It is a website that is based on the eBay website. The player can buy CPU's and GPU's RAM's, HDD's and the Pyrus - and the Pyrus -'s microchip with progress data. You can find this website by searching 'pbay' in Searchoo!!.
2000 2026	PBook	A website that is a site that is based on Facebook. You can post your own posts in the site. You can find this site by searching 'pbook' in Searchoo!!.
2000 2026	Barium	The website of the Poodle Barium browser. It is based on the Google Chrome website. This website is a subpage of the Poodle website. You can find this website by searching 'browser' or 'barium' in Searchoo!!. In the first era, when you load this webpage, a under construction site will appear, but different to the usual under construction site.
1992 2000 2026	Progressilla	The website of the Progressilla browser. It is based on the Mozilla Firefox website. You can find this website by searching 'browser' or 'progressilla' in Searchoo!!.
	B OS	A website that tells you about B OS. It also shows a picture of Dog and Clippy from the system. This is one of two sites to have the +B rowser badge. You can find this website by searching 'b os' or 'byte' in Searchoo!!.
	Progressive Microtrends	This website tells you about Progressive Microtrends, a system firmware maker. You can find this website by searching 'bios' in Searchoo!!.
	ENERGY	This website tells you about ENERGY, another system firmware maker. You can find this website by searching 'bios' in Searchoo!!.
	8-bit fan	An 8-bit fan's website. It is based on The 8-Bit Guy. You can find this website by searching "8bit" in Searchoo!!.
	Spectre	The company that made the BX Spectre. You can find this website by searching "spectre" or "8bit" in Searchoo!!.
	Pabari	The company that made the Pabari 950. You can find this website by searching "pabari" or "8bit" in Searchoo!!.
	Pomodoro	The company that made the Pomodoro 84. You can find this website by searching "pomodoro" or "8bit" in Searchoo!!.
	Pyrus - Kit	This website basically tells you about building the Pyrus -. It also shows pictures of the microchips and the motherboard that you need in order to build it. You can find this website by searching 'pyrus' or '8bit' in Searchoo!!.
	PDRD Theory Forum	This website is a forum where certain users post about PDRD and its secrets. You can find this website by searching 'pdrd' or 'forum' in Searchoo!!, or by clicking a link on Progressilla's home page.
	Server 59	This website will give you a bonus in this website when you select the right datablock, which can be obtained when you read a file called Pdrdlog.txt, than can be copied in the File Copying gamemode (Or just brute force it). There are also the "Server 56-58" websites, however, unlike the "Server 59", it does not work, saying "Offline". You can find this website by searching '59' in Searchoo!!.
1993 2001 2026	PB Devices	The website of the PB company, it talks about PB's devices and specs. It is based on the Hewlett-Packard and HP Inc.. You can find this website by searching 'pb' in Searchoo!!.
1995 2001 2026	BEC	The website of the BEC company, it talks about BEC's devices and specs. It is based on the NEC Corporation. You can find this website by searching 'bec' in Searchoo!!.
Searchable websites - Collectible
	PAPER BARFIN	Similar to the Under Construction website, but with a different picture. It also says that it is "Coming Christmas". This website may be possibly based on Dunder Mifflin, a fictional company from The Office. You can find this website by searching 'paper' in Searchoo!!.
	Spacebar	This website is based on the Space Jam website, which has a reputation for being a time capsule of the early Internet, being still online and unchanged since the film's release in 1996. You can find this website by searching 'bar' or 'spacebar' in Searchoo!!.
	Recursion	This website has one bonus and has a hyperlink that links to itself, hence the name. You can find this website by searching 'recursion' in Searchoo!!.
	Public Progress Plexus	This website tells you about the Public Progress Plexus. This website is based on the World Wide Web project, the first website in existence, and has a copyright stamp from Tom Barnard-Lee and Progressdata Refinement Department. You can find this website by searching 'ppp' or 'pdrd' in Searchoo!!.
	Test	A white page with a wall of "TEST!". It gives you a bonus. You can find this website by searching 'test' in Searchoo!!.
	Clippy Dance	This website contains 3 rows of Clippies and 2 rows of Dogs dancing by going up and down constantly. It is based on the Hampster Dance website. You can find this website by searching 'clippy dance' in Searchoo!!.
	Lorem ipsum	This website contains the famous Lorem Ipsum text, which is often used as placeholder text for design mockups. You can find this website by searching 'latin' in Searchoo!!.
Bonus websites
	Back bonus	In the first era, this website has a black background with a white dot pattern, while in the other eras, it has a white background. It has text saying "You found a secret page!" and then a header. When pressing the back button while starting the Browser, it will lead you to the website. It can be accessed even if you're not connected to the Progressnet.
	Locked bonus	This website can be accessed by logging on to an unknown website with a login prompt that has 3 asterisks.
	Treasure	Unlike most other websites, this one has 4 bonuses. It is only accessible when logging on to Searchoo!!, which requires 10 asterisks.
	Magic	A website with a tiny sunburst behind the Bonus button. Can be found when you click on a Magic hyperlink on any unknown website. Magic hyperlinks look like this: [MagicHyperlink]
Miscellaneous
	Offline	This page appears when the player uses a first era system and is not connected to the Progressnet, but it isn't a page anyway. It says that you are not connected to the Progressnet and provides a button below to do so, but the Back bonus website can be still accessible. Sometimes, when the player is not connected to the Progressnet on Poodle Barium in the first era, an image of a dinosaur appears. Tapping it will cause a minigame similar to the Chrome Dino game. There are 4 segments in the minigame: blue (gives 1 point), cyan (gives 2 points), yellow (doesn't give any points) and red (causes a game over).
	Progressnet	This website only appears when connecting to the Progressnet for the first time. It has a green text saying "Welcome to Progressnet", along with a paragraph that tells you about the Progressnet. A hyperlink also appears, which will lead you to the Searchoo!! website. The website includes a "counter" with a 5-digit random number in between the badges, and the meaning of this counter is currently unknown.
	Policy	A wall of text, or "gibberish", similar to the Test website. You can get a bonus by reading all the text. You can find this website by clicking the Policy hyperlink on the Searchoo!!, Pyrus, Progressbar, Poodle, Barium and Progressilla websites in applicable eras.
	Downloads	This website shows the downloads that the player downloaded from the Progressnet. It has a list of downloaded files on the page.
	Dead End	This website shows a page that says under construction and it looks identical and very similar to the under construction page. It only appears when you press the Unlucky Me button in Poodle.
	Server not found	This page appears when the player uses a first era system and tries to open Ping. You can get a bonus by scrolling all the way down.
2000 2026	Pong	This website is similar to the Ping website, but there are no links, only a search bar and the copyright line. If you attempt to search, it will use Ping instead. You can find this website by searching 'ping' in Ping.

Source code

It is possible to view the source code of the website you are currently at in PBML code by pressing the </> button on the status bar, just below the website. PBML is based on HTML (HyperText Markup Language). You can find bugs, bonuses or asterisks sometimes in here.

Bonuses

In some websites, bonuses will sometimes appear, and clicking them will award you bonus points. There are counters for cookies, password asterisks, memes and browser points that you have collected just below the search box.

Browser points

Browser points are collectable points which can be redeemed after finishing a level. There are many ways to earn them, for example:

• accessing websites;
• favoriting websites;
• getting bonuses;
• accepting the 'Ring the bell?' pop-up in the third era;
• liking PBook posts/comments;
• pressing the like/comment button on the very top of the PBook website;
• reporting trolls on PBook;
• deactivating the script on the Dangerous website.

Points will be removed if the countdown of the Dangerous website ends or you unfavorite a website.

Cookies

Cookies are bonus points that can be found in the search bar. They will count as 5 points. There are 3 types of cookies, which are:

1. Bad cookies: Removes 1 cookie when clicked. Bad cookies do not exist in the first era.
2. Cookies: Normal cookies. They give 1 cookie.
3. Chocolate cookies: Gives 2 cookies.

Cookies can be given to Dogs in exchange for bonuses from the Dog, and cookies can sometimes be taken away if you press the "Take a cookie" button on the Suspicious website.

In systems that use the third era of the Progressnet, you need to click on a pop-up (appearing the first time you visit a different website) which asks you if you want to accept cookies in order to make them appear.

Meme

Memes are bonus points which usually appear on most websites. There will be an image of a magenta square containing the white text "Meme" in ''Impact'' and with a shadow. When it is clicked, you will receive a meme. Each meme is converted to 10 points.

Asterisks

Asterisks are usable items which are used for login prompts (if a website has one). If you log on with the correct amount of asterisks that the website asks for, you can enter a "locked" site with a bonus in it. If you do it on the Searchoo!! website, you will receive 4 bonuses, but you will need 10 asterisks, not 3 like other websites.

Ads

Ads (also known as banners) are rectangles containing information inside. In the Progressnet, they may appear in locations where they are most likely to fit and appear.

Clicking any ad will lead you to the Store (in the mobile version) or a random website hyperlink depending on what they say. If the ad says about a free product, clicking it will send you the Suspicious website.

After accessing pages a lot of times, ads will not appear.

You can block ads in Progressilla by pressing on the menu button.

Downloads

To download files, the player must collect segments -- Blue ordinarily, but Pink and Grey will also work only if their respective Bonus mode is active -- in Relax, Normal, or Hardcore. Any other game modes, including the randomly-occurring Matrix, Progress Pipes and 3D Screensaver, will not download any data.

On BarOS and Compact PC systems, as of 1.095, when attempting to initiate a download, a window saying "Not supported" will show up instead. Prior to that, you could actually download files on BarOS systems that has both a Browser and the Progressbar gamemode, such as H@ckgresh, you could even download other browsers, although doing that did nothing but open an empty "About" window in Barari.

In the Searchoo!! website, there are 3 possible random downloads that can be obtained. Only one random download can be queued up at a time.

• A useless program with just a "Close" button.
• The same as before, with now a "Bonus" button. The bonus is worth 512 points.
• A program with 2 buttons that lets you flip the wallpaper horizontally and vertically respectively. Changes made to the wallpaper are kept unless the player can get this program again and decide to flip it into a different position, or the player switches to a different system, or if the game is shut down.

Alternate browsers such as Progressilla can be downloaded by the same mechanic.

To speed up downloads, the SYSTEM32 boss fight can be exploited and farmed, especially if it has a system file shield active, by repeatedly deliberately catching the Pink and Grey segments that it attacks with.

Evolution of User Experience

Depending on the system, the user experience of browsing the Progressnet can be affected. This can include the design of websites, modem speed, reliability, and browser behavior. All of these elements are listed here, along with how they behave in different eras.

Websites

First era

Most websites will appear to have a design last updated around the early-mid 90's. For proof, here are some websites that may reflect this:

• Despite the Pyrus Pyrifolia Calculators website only showing BarOS 9, which was released in 1995, it actually says it was last updated in 1994, 1 year before said system was released.
• While Progressbar's website shows products up to PB Whisper, the website's design actually says that it has been last updated in 1993, and weirdly, the company was called "Progress Industries (PDRD)", since Progressbar was originally created by Progressdata Refinement Department.
• The Flint, MD and CRX websites feature earliest CPU's.
• Progressilla's website says it's been last updated in 1992.
• PB's website says it's been last updated in 1993.
• Progressscape Navigator's website says it's been last updated in 1993.
• Poodle's homepage says it has been last updated in 1994.
• 3DFix's website says it has been last updated in 1994.
• 9S's website says it has been last updated in 1994.
• The Searchoo!! and Poodle websites says that they've been last updated in 1994.
• PBay's website was been last updated in 1995.
• BEC's website says it's been last updated in 1995.
• The nVD and At websites says that they've been last updated in 1995.
• B OS's website says that it has been last updated in 1996.
• The Clippy Dance website says that it's been last updated in 1997.
• The unknown websites hosted on Progresscities seem to have a mid-90s like design.
• In the Poodle site in Barium, the hyperlinks from the Searchoo!! website (including a PDRD Forum hyperlink) is used and the Lucky me and Unlucky me buttons are gone.
• if you try to access Ping in first era, it says Server Not found, but if you scroll down, it says Wow! You found a server!

Second era

Most websites claim to be last updated around the early 2000's. Again, there are some websites that reflect this:

• Despite the Pyrus Pyrifolia Calculators website showing products up to BarOS 10.III and pBar 65, it actually says that it was last updated in 2000, 16 years before BarOS 10.III was released.
• PB's website says it's been last updated in 2001.
• The nVD and At websites says that they've been last updated in 2001.
• BEC's website says it's been last updated in 2001.
• 9S's website says it has been last updated in 2001.
• 3DFix's website says it has been last updated in 2001.
• Despite the Progressbar website showing versions of Progressbar up to Progressbar 81, it actually says it was last updated in 2001, 10 years before Progressbar 81 was released.
• The Flint, MD and CRX websites feature CPU's that were released between earliest and latest.
• PBook is added, with a seemingly modernish look.
• Poodle's homepage says it's been last updated in 2000.
• Searchoo!!, Poodle and Progressilla say that they have been last updated in 2000.
• Progressscape Navigator's website says it's been last updated in 2000.
• PBay's website was been last updated in 2000.
• Ping says that it has been last updated in 2000.
• Searchoo!! also has links to PBook and ProgressScape Navigator.
• The Poodle Barium website says that Barium is available for Progressbar XB, Wista and 7, but Progressbar 81 is not included.
• The unknown websites hosted on Barpress now have a background that is either a solid colo(u)r or a tiled background with less visual elements.
• In the Poodle site in Barium, there are image previews of the websites in the hyperlink area.

Third era

Most websites are updated around the current year. There are some websites that reflect this:

• PBay's website was been last updated in 2026.
• The nVD and At websites says that they've been last updated in 2026.
• 9S's website says it has been last updated in 2026.
• 3DFix's website says it has been last updated in 2026.
• PB's website says it's been last updated in 2026.
• BEC's website says it's been last updated in 2026.
• The Pyrus Pyrifolia Calculators website shows a banner reading "BarOS" at the way bottom of its homepage. In the BarOS page, versions from BarOS 11 to 15 are listed. In the Hardware page, "amazing things" from pBar 65 to pBar 2023 (B3) are listed.
• The Progressbar website shows products from Progressbar 10 to 12 (calling them the "tenth generation"). It also says "Beige is the new browser", since Beige appears in Progressbar 1X onwards.
• The Flint, MD and CRX websites feature latest CPU's.
• Poodle's homepage says it's been last updated in 2026.
• Progressscape Navigator's website says it's been last updated in 2026.
• Searchoo!! and Poodle (the latter only in Barium) now have individual icons for PBook, the personal site, the "link you may like", Pbay, PDRD Forum and the random download.
• Ping says that it has been last updated in 2026.
• The ProgressScape Navigator website is dropped from the Searchoo!! website.
• PBook's interface is refurbished.
• The Poodle Barium website says that Barium is available for Progressbar 10, 1X and 11, but Progressbar 11.22 is not included.
• The design of unknown websites hosted on Progresspix got updated to use a gradient background.

While not necessarily related to website design, websites now have an encrypted connection most of the time, represented with a padlock beside the URL. The Suspicious and Dangerous websites will not have a encrypted connection, represented by the padlock being unlocked.

Modem connection

First era

Since these systems are outdated, they use dial-up access. The player is not connected to dial-up by default, so they'll be offline at first. To be online, the player will have to connect to the Progressnet via dial-up, which emulates how people would connect to dial-up in real life.

After that, the player is connected to the Progressnet unsurprisingly, but since it's using a dial-up connection, the speed and reliability of a dial-up connection will be bad. For example:

• Pages will have a slower loading time, and elements will noticeably pop in, including the background.
• If there's images on a page, they will be loaded slower. Images appear either by wiping down from the top, or becoming un-pixelated.
• Images can suddenly break while loading (or not load at all) and leave behind a broken image indicator.

In shorter terms: Pages load slower; elements and images can break or not load at all, thus causing a decrease in both speed and reliability.

Second and third era

An Ethernet connection is now used instead of dial-up. This means that the player will have a much faster connection, along with full reliability. For example:

• Page loading times and image loading times will be greatly reduced.
• Images and elements will no longer break.

For a summary, Ethernet connections are more faster and reliable than dial-up connections.

Browser behavior

First and second era

• Cookies will be automatically accepted and will give you cookies without manually asking the user for confirmation.
• Pop-ups may sometimes appear. They are the same as ads, and if you click them, you will get sent to the Store (in the mobile version) or a random website.
• A feature to "ring the bell" on websites (which will be explained in the next section) has not been added yet.
• A dialog box that causes the player to receive some spam messages in Mailbox has not been added yet.

Third era

• Cookies need to be manually accepted, and it asks for confirmation every time. This change reflects changing regulations in the real world, where this type of manual cookie acceptance became required by law in the European Union through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018.
• A feature to "ring the bell" on websites has been added, which can give you browser points. It also asks for confirmation every time.
• Pop-ups no longer appear on websites.
• A dialog box may appear saying: "Please give your email to get some spam messages". Pressing Submit on the email input will cause the player to receive some spam messages in the Mailbox. This feature asks for confirmation sometimes when the player opens a website.

Trivia

• When opening the program for the first time, a window appears asking the player if they want to set the current system's browser as the default Progressnet browser. The player can only press the "Yes" button, since the "No" button is disabled.
• The warning messages that appear in the Dangerous and Suspicious websites are a reference to the "All your base are belong to us" meme.
• When the player spams messages in PBook, they will get banned temporarily for a day.
• When the PBook website is ready for an update to be posted, the text "Maximum 95 symbols..." will be shown.
  • The "95" part may be a reference to the name of the game: Progressbar95, which also appears in numerous other areas of the game such as several Bonuses and Achievements. Incidentally, the longest message possible, "[A picture of a lunch]", is only 22 characters.
• The Troll's avatar on PBook borrows the icon from another Spooky House Studios app, Face Archer.
• The middle of the Dangerous website has 3 bonuses. It often also has multiple cookies and, occasionally, a Bug or MagicHyperlink. Going after these comes with the risk of not deactivating the script in time.
• If you try to access PBook in the first era, you will see the Under construction website with a gray background.
  • It also appears if you try to go to the Games page in the Spooky House website.
• In beta versions of 0.96, when looking at untranslated PBook posts, the post will be “PBPost_##”.
• In PBook, Cosinus's name is derived from a portmanteau of Cosine and Linus.
• Weirdly, BAR/X is the earliest BarOS system to have Barari. This is a paradox, since macOS didn't have the Safari browser until it was released in Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.
• Tom Barnard-Lee (whose name was seen in the Public Progress Plexus website) is based on Tim Berners-Lee.
• Before a website loads fully, the throbber box with the logo at the top right animates, as contemporary versions of Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator did. This box only appears in Progress Browser and ProgressScape Navigator in Progressbar 95 to 7 and Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081 (the latter browser excluding Progressbar Server 2081).
  • In the PC version of B OS, the frame where the animation appears shows nothing.
  • In Progress Browser in Progressbar XB, Largehorn and Server 2002, the box is transparent.
• Broken images in the first era can also occasionally include Memes.
• Surprisingly, the Offline page can be skipped in the first era of the Progressnet if the player uses a second or third era system and starts up the browser.
• Some of the images that are found in the Travel photos website are actually wallpapers from Progressbar 10 and BarOS 10.III.
• The Pbay website is unavailable in BarOS. If you go into the Pbay website in BarOS, the text in the website says: "Progresh computers are coming soon...".
  • It is supposed that in beta versions of 1.02, the Microchip, Pyrus -, PB Screwdriver and PB Wirecutter items show when using the Pbay website on BarOS systems.^[verify]
    • Also, the Pyrus - computer costs less Progress Data.
  • Interestingly, opening the PBay website in Compact PC shows nothing inside, as there is a seperate physical Computer Shop for that.
• The Suspicious website has a logon box with 1 asterisk. Attempting to logon in said website takes away all of your asterisks.
• Prior to 0.9712, +B rowser in B OS was called +Browser.
• Energy's website mentions that they make core system software. However, that is not true in real life, because Energy Star is a US government-backed symbol for energy efficiency.
• The Energy and Progressive Microtrends websites have a copyright stamp from 2025, but it does not change regardless of the era.
• The heading of the Hardware page in the third-era Pyrus website, "Amazing things", is a reference to Apple's "Wonderful Tools" video, which can be seen here.
• Weirdly, the Browser Bonuses icons in classic BarOS systems are actually the Progressbar 1 bonus icons, and vice versa. This will be fixed in a later update.
• TINFOILHAT_USER95 is Barny Fortschritt's username on the PDRD Theory Forum website.
• There are some paradoxical facts about several browsers existing in certain eras:
  • ProgressScape Navigator exists in the third era. This is because in the real life, the development of Netscape Navigator was halted on 28 December, 2007 and its updates was halted in January 2008.
  • Poodle Barium exists in the first era. This is because in the real life, Google Chrome was not released until 2 September, 2008.
• In Progressbar XB, ProgressScape Navigator's logo is still at a 3D angle like all the other icons.
• Attempting to search "searchoo" in Poodle will display a warning message saying "You broke the Progressnet!".
• In version 1.0450, the Poodle Barium browser was downloadable but could not be accessed.
• When using Poodle Barium version 2 in the first era of the Progressnet, the about box shows "Ver.2 [PB 9x compatible mode]".
• The Poodle logo uses segment colors.
• In the PDRD Forum website, Progress Browser is mentioned as "Progressnet Browser".
• In the game files, there is an unused ProgressScape Navigator icon for Progressbar NOT 3.60.
• Although all the other thumbnails in the 2nd era of the Poodle site in Barium and the Progressilla Homepage site correspond to the name of them, the Random download thumbnail is the 8-bit fan site instead.
• You can't install any browsers in BarOS, despite the download ability is possible.
• Progressscape, Progressilla, and Barium can be opened through ProgressDOS by navigating to the "PROGRAMS" directory, going to their respective subfolders, and typing the EXE name. Attempting to do this in systems too old to use the browser (Progressbar 3.14 or earlier), however, will bring up the error message "Cannot be run in DOS".
  • But, if you want to access the Progress Browser in systems that are Progressbar 3.14 or below (except for PB-DOS Shell), open the Devices menu and click to buy hardware. You can open Pbay in the browser if you did the method on a newer system.
• There is a hard cap of 50 subpages in the browsing history, after which all will lead to dead ends. However, with each page having two links, there are approximately 2^50, or 1.125 quintillion (1.125 × 10^18), possible paths from the first unknown page to the fiftieth. This does not count pages with additional links, such as intersections, banner ads, or popups. It would be impossible to explore every possible path starting from a single Link of the Day within the current age of the universe, let alone a human lifetime.
• An easter egg exists where there is a chance for Progressnet to be called "The button for the Progressnet" in Progressbar 95.
  • This is a reference to the IT Crowd TV show.
• The Pong website is an easter egg of the word Ping Pong, another name for Table Tennis, as it is an alternate Ping website.
  • Searching Pong on the Ping search engine would return Ping instead of the said Pong website.
  • Despite being an easter egg website, it doesn't have a bonus, as it acts and functions the same as the Ping website.
  • In the third era, the website uses the Ping logo instead of the Pong logo. The said Pong logo stays unused in the game file.
• There was a bug in 1.0939 where if you go to the Progressbar website in the first era and go to the PE link, you won't get to the PE section.

Gallery

Loading animations

Loading animation used in Progress Browser in Progressbar 95 to 7, Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2081 and Progressbar PE 2.0

Loading animation used in ProgressScape Navigator in Progressbar 95 plus to Largehorn, Progressbar NOT 4.0 Server to Server 2002 and Progressbar PE 2.0

Loading animation used in ProgressScape Navigator in Progressbar Wista to 7 and Progressbar Server 2005 to Server 2007

Miscellaneous

The question asked when starting the Browser for the first time

No modem detected prompt when trying to connect to Progressnet without modem

Attempting to go on the PBay website on the Browser using a Compact PC

Icons

Progress Browser/Beige/Barari/PE Browser

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

PE	PE2	PET3	PEC7.0	PEC10

BS1	BS2	BS3	BS4	BS5	BS6	BA7	BAR/X	BA8	BA9	BA10	HG	BA10.II	BA10.III	BA11	BA12	BA13	BA14	BA15

B OS

ProgressScape Navigator

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

Barium

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

Progressilla

DOS	1	2	3.14	NOT 3.60	Chitown	95	95+	NOT 4.0	98	Meme	2000	Nepbar	Whisper	XB	Largehorn	Wista	7	81	10	1X	11	11.22	12

NOT 4.0 Server	2000 Server	Server 2002	Server 2005	Server 2007	Server 2081	Server 2011	Server 201X	Server 2021	Server 2023	Server 12

Changelog

Update	Version	Type	Description
0.95	0.9420	Alpha	Added Browser and the Progressnet (only available in certain systems).
	0.9425	Alpha 2	Icon moved below the Calendar.
	0.9430	Beta	Browser added in more systems, added Web-design puzzle, Broken, Intersection and Userpage websites and Dangerous websites are now escapable by pressing the back button.
	0.9435	Beta 2	Added PBook and PBML puzzle websites and moved Browser icon below My menu.
	0.9440	Release Candidate	Browser added in all systems (excluding server systems), added websites for companies, added sounds and added translations for some of the Progressnet websites and the Browser itself.
	0.9445	Release Candidate 2	Browser added in server systems, more translations for the Browser and the Progressnet websites and changed the Browser icon in Progressbar Whisper.
	0.9500	Release	Bonus icons finalized and fixed game-breaking bugs with some translations.
	0.9500 (PC)	Hotfix	Addressed an issue with the Searchoo!! website.
0.96	0.9506	Beta 1	Modified some strings for the Progressnet and Browser, improved PBook, added BarOS 13 in the third-era Pyrus website and renamed Progressbar 11/22 to Progressbar 11.22 in the third era Progressbar website.
	0.9507	Beta 2	Fixed the Clippy Dance website.
	0.9???	Unknown	Finalised the translations for untranslated PBook posts that were left from version 0.9506.
0.97	0.9???	Unknown	Added Progressbar 11.22 in the third-era Progressbar website and changed the top image in said website.
0.98	0.9710	Alpha	Improved PBook again and added the Flint website.
	0.9712	Release Candidate	Added the B OS website.
0.99	0.9830	Release Candidate	Added the PBay website.
1.00	0.9966	Beta 1	Mentioned BarOS 14 in the third-era Pyrus website.
	0.9976	Release Candidate 2	Added websites related to the new 8-BIT computers.
1.01	1.0065	Release Candidate	Added BarOS 14 in the third-era Pyrus website.
1.02	1.0160	Alpha	Added the Pyrus - Kit website and a server section for the Progressbar website.
	1.0170	Beta	Added the PDRD Theory Forum website.
	1.01??	Unknown	Added Progress Browser on Progressbar NOT 4.0.
	1.01??	Unknown	Added Progressive Microtrends, MD and ENERGY websites.
1.03	1.0230	Beta	Added the CRX website.
1.04	1.0320	Alpha	Added Cosinus/Cosine user to PBook, "Ver. 0.2" topic to PDRD Theory Forum and "Please give your email to get some spam messages" pop-up in the third era.
1.05	1.0440	Alpha	Added the ProgressScape Navigator browser and downloads.
	1.0450	Beta	The Poodle Barium browser, Poodle website and an icon for the random download link in the third era Searchoo!! website are added.
	1.0460	Beta 2	A bug where the Poodle Barium browser cannot be accessed has been fixed.
	1.0470	Beta 3	Added the Progressilla browser and the Downloads page.
	1.0480	Release Candidate	Added new ProgressScape Navigator, Barium and Progressilla icons in Progressbar Whisper. Added new phrases for Cat, Cosinus and Mask in PBook.
1.06	1.0520	Alpha	Added the Ping website in the Progressnet.
1.09	1.0820	Alpha	Added the Server 59, the "New beta" section in the Progressbar website and 9S Graphics websites in the Progressnet.
1.10	1.0935	Beta	Got rid of browser swapping in Progressbar PE systems and renamed Progress Browser to "PE Browser".
	1.0939	Release Candidate	Added the PE section in the Progressbar website, added the PB website, and added BEC website.
	1.0950	Release	Added a window saying "Not supported" when trying to download anything on BarOS and Progressbar PE systems.