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NO because the OS manurfacture dose not have the right to tell you what to use or how to use it. if firefox was intergrated the person who doesn't like firefox will not have a choice but to use it or find another OS. windows user have a choice IE7, firefox, safari, netscape,and so on, same a Linux and mac users. i can uninstall IE7 if i wanted to and have firefox installed i like both so i use both.
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∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoA web browser should NOT be integrated into an Operating System as a part of its core functions. A web browser by definition is simply a "software applications designed to support navigation through point and click hyperlinked resources of the World Wide Web" (O'Brien). The key word in this definition is "support". A web browser is a software support application and should not be integrated into an operating system. This integration could have serious security ramifications, especially with the amount of web-initiated viruses, trojans, and registry errors that are common with web-browsing. Having a browser integrated with an OS could lead to system crashes, registry edits, auto-executable file changes and other computing issues that would be very difficult to fix, especially for work computers connected to internal servers and Intranets.
Works Cited
O'brien, James and George Marakas. Management Information Systems. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2009.
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoBrowser is used for viewing online help and installing additional programs, and also one of the most important programs to today's computer user. It makes it possible to access websites and use online services, which is one of the most used functions of the computer.
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoNo, Microsoft was found in violation of doing this when they rolled out the Windows OS bundled with IE.
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A web browser should be integrated into an operating system because:
it will be convenient for average users who do not have to choose or install software. This integration can also give performance advantage. For example internet explorer is integrated with Windows, it is cached when Windows boots up due to which program loading becomes fast.
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The Operating System (OS) connects the user, applications, and hardware together.
What is a computer program that coordinates all the activities of computer hardware?
An operating system coordinates the activities of computer hardware
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The operating system
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No, a web browser is not an operating system. It is an application software which installs on an operating system.
What is Gmail operating system?
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A consumer operating system would probably be quite useless in this day and age without a web browser. A web browser, or at least some method of installing one, should be made readily available to all users. The main complaints about Microsoft doing so were mostly because they made it impossible to uninstall the web browser, and made it too integrated into the rest of the system, increasing security vulnerabilities.
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In general it doesn't matter what Network Operating System you choose, since they are integrated in the overall Operating System, and most use TCP/IP as the transport/routing model.
Is Linux a web browser?
No. It is an operating system kernel.
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A browser.
What is the internet browser that is included with the Ubuntu operating system?
Firefox
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Not in present form - no browser can handle the requires as it is an application running on an operating system; right now warcraft runs directly on the operating system.
Whether the operating system should include application such as web browser and mail program?
Nobody has exactly definied what an Operating System is. If it is the kernel only, then the answer is no. If it is the kernel, the common libraries, the GUI and the applications together, then the answer is yes.
Which is the fastest web browser?
for windows operating system it is opera 10+
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as long as you have never cleared your history and its the same windows operating system and browser (you have not reinstalled either of them) thenyou should be able to
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Wikipedia's stylesheet only specifies that the font should be sans-serif. This means that the font your browser displays will depend on which browser you are using, and which operating system you are using it on.
