List of web browsers
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The following is a list of web browsers.
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[edit] Historical
[edit] Other Important Browsers
In order of release:
- WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
- Erwise, April 1992
- ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
- WWW - The Libwww Line-Mode Browser, before February 11, 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
- Internet Explorer 6, August 27, 2001
- Safari (web browser), January 7, 2003
- Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004
- Internet Explorer 7, October 18, 2006
[edit] Graphical
[edit] Layout Engines
The Trident layout engine 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 (layout engine) was included with Internet Explorer 5 for Mac.
The Gecko layout engine is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
The KHTML layout engine is developed by the KDE project. WebKit is an open-source fork of that engine by Apple Inc..
The Presto layout engine is developed by Opera Software.
Browsers that use both Trident engine and Gecko engine include:
- Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE2)
- Netscape Browser 8
- Mozilla Firefox with the IE Tab extension
[edit] 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
- Altimit OS Web Browser
- Avant Browser
- Bento Browser (Built into Winamp)
- Enigma
- Maxthon
- Slim Browser
- NeoPlanet
- NetCaptor
- Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
- iRider
- Smart Bro
- UltraBrowser
- Runecats Explorer
[edit] Gecko-based browsers
- Beonex Communicator
- Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
- CompuServe
- DocZilla, a SGML browser
- Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
- e-Capsule™ Private Browser Portable/HD browser for secure and anonymous web surfing (online transactions)
- 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
- 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)
- Skipstone
- XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing
[edit] KHTML and WebKit-based browsers
- ABrowse
- Web Browser for Android (mobile device platform)
- Arora
- Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
- iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
- Konqueror
- OmniWeb
- Safari
- Shiira
- Skipstone
- Midori
- Swift
- Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
[edit] Presto based browsers
- Internet Channel (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered)
- Nintendo DS Browser (Opera Powered)
- Opera
[edit] Browsers for the Java platform
- Bitstream ThunderHawk
- HotJava (discontinued)
- Lobo
- Opera Mini
- X-Smiles (experimental)
[edit] 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 (Browser designed specifically to view and download images)
- Songbird (software) (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.)
[edit] Specialty browsers (discontinued)
[edit] Other browsers
- 3B (3D browser)
- Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
- AM Browser
- Amaya
- Arachne (DOS)
- AWeb
- Charon (for Inferno)
- Dillo (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
- Emacs/W3
- Gollum browser
- IBrowse
- Krozilo
- 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)
- Sleipnir
- Tkhtml
- VMS Mosaic
- Voyager
- HighWire Browser (Atari 68k Computers)
[edit] Mobile browsers
See Mobile browser
[edit] 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)
[edit] See also
- List of layout engines
- Comparison of web browsers
- List of web browsers for Unix/Linux
- Browser timeline
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
[edit] 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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