The following is a list of web browsers.
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Historical
This is a table of personal computer web browsers by year of release of major version, in chronological order, with the approximate number of worldwide Internet users in millions. Note that Internet user data is related to the entire market, not the versions released in that year. The increased growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s means that current browsers with small market shares have more total users than the entire market early on. For example, 90% market share in 1997 would be roughly 60 million users, but by the start of 2007 9% market share would equate to over 90 million users.[1]
Notable browsers
In order of release:
- WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
- Mosaic, April 22, 1993
- Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994
- Internet Explorer (August 1995)
- Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite
- Mozilla Navigator, June 5, 2002[14]
- Safari, January 7, 2003
- Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004
- Google Chrome, September 2, 2008
Layout engines
- Trident was developed by Microsoft for use in the Windows version of their web browser, Internet Explorer 4, and included up to Internet Explorer 8.
- Tasman was developed by Microsoft for use in Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh.
- Gecko is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
- KHTML is developed by the KDE project.
- WebKit is an open-source fork of KHTML by Apple Inc..
- Presto is developed by Opera Software.
Graphical
Trident-based browsers
Other software publishers have extended the functionality of Microsoft's Trident engine. The following browsers are all based on the Trident rendering engine:
- AOL Explorer
- Avant Browser
- Bento Browser (Built into Winamp)
- Enigma
- Maxthon
- NeoPlanet
- NetCaptor
- Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
- iRider
- RealPlayer
- Smart Bro
- Teega
- UltraBrowser
- Runecats Explorer
Gecko-based browsers
- AT&T Pogo (based on Firefox)
- Beonex Communicator (discontinued)
- Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
- CompuServe
- Conkeror
- DocZilla, an SGML browser
- Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
- Flock (based on Firefox)
- Galeon, GNOME's former default browser
- GNU IceCat, GNU's free fork of Firefox
- K-Meleon for Windows
- K-MeleonCCF for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
- K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
- Kazehakase, a very light GTK2 web browser for GNU/Linux
- Kirix Strata, a web browser designed for data analytics
- Madfox (based on Firefox)
- ManyOne
- Mozilla Application Suite
- Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird and Phoenix)
- Netscape (Netscape 6 to Netscape Navigator 9)
- SeaMonkey (successor to Mozilla Application Suite)
- Songbird (based on Firefox)
- Skipstone
- XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing
Gecko- and Trident-based browsers
Browsers that use both Trident and Gecko include:
- Lunascape
- Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE2)
- Mozilla Firefox with the IE Tab extension
- Netscape Browser 8
- Sleipnir
KHTML and WebKit-based browsers
- ABrowse
- Web Browser for Android (mobile device platform)
- Arora
- Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser (2.26+)
- Google Chrome
- iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
- Konqueror
- Midori
- OmniWeb
- Safari
- Shiira
- Skipstone
- Sputnik for MorphOS (based on S60 WebCore)
- Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
Presto-based browsers
- Internet Channel (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered)
- Nintendo DS Browser (Opera Powered)
- Opera
Browsers for the Java platform
- Bitstream ThunderHawk
- HotJava (discontinued)
- Lobo
- Opera Mini
- X-Smiles (experimental)
Specialty browsers (current)
Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.
- Flock (To enhance social networking, blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
- Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity)
- Image Xplorer (Designed for the viewing, downloading, and printing of images only)
- Kirix Strata (Designed for data analytics)
- Songbird (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built in media player with library.)
- SpaceTime (Search the web in 3D)
- Wyzo (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent like Opera's integrated BitTorrent)
- Zac Browser (For children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS.)
Specialty browsers (discontinued)
- AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet)
- Prodigy Classic (Executable only within the application)
Other browsers
- 3B (3D browser)
- Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
- Amaya
- Arachne (DOS)
- AWeb (AmigaOS)
- Charon (for Inferno)
- Dillo (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
- Emacs/W3
- Gollum browser
- Html Viewer 3
- IBrowse (AmigaOS)
- Mothra (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
- NetPositive
- NetSurf (An open source web browser for RISC OS and GTK+ written in C)
- Oregano
- Planetweb browser (discont. for Dreamcast)
- VMS Mosaic
- Voyager (AmigaOS)
Mobile browsers
See Mobile browser
Text-based
- Abaco
- Alynx
- cURL (Line-mode browser)
- DosLynx
- edbrowse (Line-mode browser)
- ELinks (active version of Links)
- Links (not currently active)
- Lynx
- Net-Tamer
- w3m
- WebbIE
- wget (Line-mode browser)
See also
- Browser timeline
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of layout engines
- List of web browsers for Unix/Linux
Notes
- ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed March 3 2007
- ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed January 12, 2008
- ^ "Eolas releases WebRouser via the Internet". Eolas Information (September 18, 1995). Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser". Oracle Corporation (June 18, 1996). Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Opera Software (1998-05-12). Opera Software Releases 3.60. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/1999/05/19990512.dml. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Opera 4.0 for Windows Released. Press release. 2000-06-27. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10.
- ^ Opera 4.0 for Windows Released. Press release. 2000-06-27. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10.
- ^ Opera Software (2000-12-06). The Browser War Lights Up in Europe. Press release. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/12/06_2/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10.
- ^ Opera Software (2001-11-29). Opera 6.0 for Windows launched after record-breaking beta. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2001/11/20011129.dml. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Opera Software (2003-01-28). Opera 7 Ready to Rock the Web. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/01/28/. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Opera Software (2005-04-19). Speed, Security and Simplicity: Opera 8 Web Browser Released Today. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2005/04/19/. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
- ^ Opera Software (2006-06-20). Your Web, Your Choice: Opera 9 Gives You the Control. Press release. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2006/06/20/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10.
- ^ "Opera redefines Web browsing yet again". Opera Software (2008-06-12). Retrieved on 2008-06-12.
- ^ "Mozilla 1.0". mozilla.org (2002). Retrieved on 2008-09-07.
External links
- Adrian Roselli, evolt.org Browser Archive (2004). List and archive of many current and obsolete web browsers.
- Daniel R. Tobias, Brand-X Browsers (2002).
- Michael Bernadi, DOS Applications for Internet Use (2006).
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