In 1991 and 1992, he co-authored a text web browser called Lynx, with Michael Grobe and Charles Rezac, while he was at the University of Kansas.
[citation needed] In 2002, he was named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.
[citation needed] In 2022, he was recognized among Hidden Heroes for his significant technology contribution, including the HTTP cookie and Lynx.
[5] While working on the Netscape browser, Montulli built the Fishcam, one of the earliest live image websites[6] (ie.
live as in broadcasting), famously built into early versions of the Netscape browser as the Fishcam Easter egg.