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 1, August 16, 1995
- Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite
- Mozilla Navigator, June 5, 2002[13]
- Safari, January 7, 2003
- Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004
- Google Chrome, September 2, 2008
Notable 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-shells
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
- GreenBrowser
- Maxthon
- MenuBox
- MSN Explorer
- NeoPlanet
- NetCaptor (died)
- iRider
- RealPlayer
- Smart Bro
- Tencent Traveler
- TheWorld Browser
- UltraBrowser
- WebbIE
- Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
Gecko-based browsers
Current/maintained projects are in boldface.
- Mozilla Application Suite (discontinued)
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- Beonex Communicator (fork, based on Mozilla Application Suite) (discontinued)
- Netscape (Netscape 6 to 7, based on Mozilla) (discontinued)
- SeaMonkey (successor to Mozilla Application Suite)
- Classilla (an updated fork of the Suite to Mac OS 9)
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- K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon; discontinued)
- Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird and Phoenix)
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- Netscape Browser 8 to Netscape Navigator 9 (discontinued)
- AT&T Pogo (based on Firefox, discontinued)
- Madfox (based on Firefox 1.0.x) (discontinued)
- Swiftfox (processor-optimised builds based on Firefox)
- Flock (based on Firefox)
- XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing, originally based on Firefox
- Iceweasel, Debian's Firefox rebrand
- Swiftweasel (processor-optimised builds based on Iceweasel)
- GNU IceCat, GNU's free fork of Firefox
- lolifox, an anime centric browser. (based on Firefox 2.0.x) (discontinued)
- DocZilla, an SGML browser (discontinued)
- Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
- Conkeror, character- and keyboard driven browser, possibly targeted at people with disabilities
- Minimo (for mobile, discontinued)
- Fennec (for mobile)
- Skyfire (for mobile)
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 (discontinued)
- Sleipnir
Gecko- and WebKit-based browsers
KHTML-based browsers
WebKit-based browsers
- ABrowse
- Arora
- Web Browser for Android (mobile device platform)
- BOLT browser
- Google Chrome
- Epiphany (web browser)
- iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
- Iris Browser
- Midori
- OmniWeb
- rekonq
- Safari
- Shiira
- Sputnik for MorphOS (based on S60 WebCore)
- SRWare Iron
- Stainless
- TeaShark
- Uzbl
- Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
- WebOS, used in the Palm Pre 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
- BOLT Browser
- HotJava (discontinued)
- Lobo (formerly Warrior)
- Opera Mini
- uZard Web
- X-Smiles (experimental)
- Flying saucer, a Java library for rendering XML, XHTML, and CSS 2.1 content.
Specialty browsers
Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.
Current
- Flock (To enhance social networking, blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
- Gollum browser (Created specially for browsing Wikipedia)
- 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.)
Discontinued
- AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet)
- Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity)
- 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)
- Gazelle (from Microsoft Research, OS-like)
- 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
Main article: Mobile browser
Text-based
- Alynx
- edbrowse (Line-mode browser)
- ELinks (active version of Links)
- Emacs/W3
- Links (not currently active)
- Lynx
- Net-Tamer
- w3m
- WebbIE
See also
- Browser timeline
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of layout engines
- List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems
Notes
- ^ a b "History and Growth of the Internet". Internet World Stats. 9 May 2009. http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
- ^ "Eolas releases WebRouser via the Internet". Eolas Information. September 18, 1995. http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1995q3/0566.html. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ^ "Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser". Oracle Corporation. June 18, 1996. http://www.ncns.com/browser.html. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Release history". W3C. http://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/New.html. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ Opera Software (1998-05-12). "Opera Software Releases 3.60". Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/1999/05/19990512.dml. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Opera Software (2000-06-27). "Opera 4.0 for Windows Released". Press release. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved 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 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 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 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 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 2008-12-10.
- ^ Opera Software (2008-06-12). "Opera redefines Web browsing yet again". Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/06/12/. Retrieved 2008-06-12.
- ^ "Mozilla 1.0". mozilla.org. 2002. http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.html. Retrieved 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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