Timeline of web browsers

A time line of web browsers from the early 1990s to the present. Prior to browsers, many technologies and systems existed for information viewing and transmission. For an in depth history of earlier web browsers see the web browser article.

1 Graphical timeline
2 1993–2011
3 References
4 See also

Graphical timeline

1993–2011

The following table chronicles the major release dates since 1993 for the more popular web browsers.

1993	Lynx
Jan
Feb
Mar	2.0*
Apr
May
Jun
Jul	2.0.10
Aug	2.0.11
Sep
Oct
Nov	2.0.12
Dec	2.1
1994	Lynx	Mosaic Netscape	Opera
Jan
Feb	2.2
Mar
Apr
May	2.3
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct		0.9*
Nov			1.0β*
Dec		1.0
1995	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE
Jan
Feb
Mar		1.1
Apr			1.0
May
Jun	2.4
Jul
Aug		1.22		1.0*
Sep
Oct
Nov				2.0
Dec
1996	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					2.0B*
Feb
Mar		2.0
Apr			2.0		2.0
May	2.5
Jun
Jul
Aug		3.0		3.0	2.1
Sep	2.6
Oct
Nov
Dec			2.10
1997	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					3.0
Feb	2.7
Mar
Apr
May
Jun		4.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct				4.0
Nov
Dec			3.0
1998	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE
Jan					4.0
Feb
Mar	2.8
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.1	4.5
Nov			3.5
Dec
1999	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan					4.5
Feb
Mar				5.0		M3*
Apr
May
Jun	2.8.2
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2000	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Mac IE	Mozilla
Jan
Feb
Mar					5.0†
Apr	2.8.3
May
Jun			4.0
Jul				5.5
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov		6.0
Dec			5.0			0.6
2001	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE		Mozilla
Jan						0.7
Feb						0.8
Mar
Apr
May						0.9
Jun
Jul	2.8.4
Aug		6.1
Sep
Oct		6.2		6.0
Nov			6.0
Dec
2002	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Chimera	Mozilla	Phoenix
Jan
Feb					0.1*
Mar
Apr					0.2
May
Jun						1.0
Jul					0.4
Aug		7.0 (& 4.8)				1.1
Sep				6.0 SP1	0.5		0.1*
Oct							0.4
Nov					0.6	1.2
Dec							0.5
2003	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firebird	Safari	MyIE2
Jan			7.0
Feb
Mar					0.7	1.3
Apr			7.1
May							0.6
Jun		7.1				1.4		1.0*
Jul
Aug
Sep			7.2
Oct						1.5	0.7
Nov
Dec									.9*
2004	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon
Jan						1.6
Feb	2.8.5						0.8
Mar
Apr
May			7.5
Jun					0.8	1.7	0.9
Jul
Aug		7.2		6.0 SP2
Sep							0.10 (PR)		1.0*
Oct
Nov							1.0
Dec
2005	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr			8.0					2.0
May		8.0
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep			8.5			SM 1.0α*			1.5	3.0 (JPN)*
Oct
Nov							1.5
Dec
2006	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	Mozilla SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape
Jan		8.1				SM 1.0
Feb					1.0
Mar										3 Lite/3 Pocket (JPN)
Apr						M. 1.7.13†
May
Jun			9.0
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct	2.8.6			7.0			2.0
Nov										4.0*
Dec			9.1
2007	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf
Jan						1.1
Feb
Mar
Apr			9.2
May									1.6		1.0*
Jun					1.5			3.0
Jul									2.0
Aug											1.1
Sep
Oct		9.0
Nov
Dec
2008	Lynx	Netscape	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan
Feb		9.0.0.6†
Mar								3.1			1.2
Apr					1.6
May									2.1
Jun			9.5				3.0
Jul
Aug		Chrome
Sep		0.2.149.27*							2.1	5.0 Alpha (JPN)		0.2.155*
Oct			9.6
Nov
Dec		1.0							2.5			1.0
2009	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan
Feb
Mar				8.0
Apr											2.0
May		2.0									2.1	2.0
Jun							3.5	4.0
Jul	2.8.7
Aug
Sep		3.0	10.0							5.1.5		3.0
Oct						2.0
Nov			10.10		2.0
Dec										6.0
2010	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan		4.0					3.6					4.0
Feb
Mar			10.50
Apr										6.1.1	2.5
May		5.0
Jun								4.1, 5.0				5.0
Jul			10.60							6.2
Aug									3.0	6.3
Sep		6.0									2.6	6.0
Oct		7.0										7.0
Nov
Dec		8.0	11.0									8.0
2011	Lynx	Chrome	Opera	IE	Camino	SeaMonkey	Firefox	Safari	Maxthon	Lunascape	NetSurf	Iron
Jan	2.8.8.dev8									6.4.1
Feb		9.0										9.0
Mar		10.0		9.0			4.0					10.0
Apr		11.0	11.10								2.7
May										6.5		11.0
June		12.0	11.50			2.1	5.0		3.1.1
July						2.2		5.1				12.0
Aug		13.0					6.0					13.0
Sep		14.0			2.0.9	2.4.1	7.0				2.8	14.0
Oct		15.0	11.52					5.1.1	3.2	6.5.7
Nov						2.5	8.0	5.1.2	3.2.1			15.0
Dec		16.0	11.60			2.6	9.0

* Initial release
† No subsequent releases are planned

References

Early web browsers (up to 1996)

Comparison · History · List (for Unix) · Timeline · Usage share

1990	WorldWideWeb (Nexus)

1991	Line Mode Browser (libwww)

1992	ViolaWWW · Erwise · MidasWWW · MacWWW (Samba) · tkWWW

1993	NCSA Mosaic · AMosaic · VMS Mosaic · Cello · Lynx (2.0) · Arena

1994	IBM WebExplorer · Netscape Navigator · MicroMind SlipKnot (1.0) · TradeWave MacWeb · IBrowse · Navipress · Argo · Minuet · AIR Mosaic (Internet in a Box) · Spyglass Mosaic · TCP/Connect II · ANT Fresco

1995	Internet Explorer 1 · Netscape Navigator 2.0 · OmniWeb · Sun WebRunner (HotJava) · Grail · Internet Explorer 2 · Delrina Cyberjack · AOL Web Browser for Macintosh · eWorld Web Browser for Macintosh · NetShark · WebShark · Opera · AMSD Ariadna · UdiWWW · ALynx

1996	Arachne 1.0 · Internet Explorer 3 · Netscape Navigator 3.0 · Oracle PowerBrowser · Apple Cyberdog · INRIA Amaya (.9) · AWeb · VaporWare Voyager · tcpCONNECT4

Related articles	3D Markup Language for Web · Aliweb · ARPANET · ASCII · BITNET · Browser wars · CompuServe · Email · Elm · File Transfer Protocol · Gopher · HyperCard · HTML · HyTelnet · libwww · NCSA Telnet · NLS · Prodigy · Teletext · Telnet · Usenet · UUCP · Videotex · Viewdata · Virtual Reality Markup Language · Web page · Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalog · World Wide Web · X.25

Web browsers

Desktop

Trident-based	AOL Explorer Avant Deepnet Explorer Enigma GreenBrowser IEs4Linux Maxthon MenuBox NeoPlanet NetCaptor Netscape 8 Internet Explorer (version 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) Internet Explorer for UNIX MediaBrowser Sleipnir SlimBrowser SpaceTime UltraBrowser WebbIE ZAC Browser

Gecko-based	AmiZilla AT&T Pogo Beonex Communicator Camino Classilla Conkeror Epic Epiphany (versions before 2.28) Flock (versions before 3.0) Galeon Ghostzilla GNU IceCat Gnuzilla Gollum browser K-Meleon Kazehakase Kirix Strata Kylo Mozilla Firefox (2 3 3.5 3.6 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mobile) Netscape (version 6 7 8 9) SeaMonkey Sleipnir Swiftfox Swiftweasel TenFourFox Timberwolf Wyzo XeroBank Browser

WebKit-based	Arora Chrome Chromium Dragon Dooble Epiphany (version 2.28+) Flock (version 3.0+) Fluid iCab Maxthon 3 Midori OmniWeb Origyn Web Browser rekonq RockMelt Safari Shiira SRWare Iron Steam overlay WebPositive Uzbl xxxterm

Presto-based	Opera (10) Internet Channel

Java-based	HotJava Lobo

KHTML-based	Konqueror Sputnik

Tasman-based	Internet Explorer for Mac MSN for Mac OS X

Text-based	ELinks Emacs/W3 Line Mode Browser Links Lynx(ALynx) Net-Tamer w3m WebbIE

Other	3B abaco Amaya Arachne Arena Charon Dillo EGBrowser Gazelle IBM Home Page Reader IBrowse KidZui Lunascape Mosaic-CK Mothra NetPositive Netscape Communicator NetSurf Oregano VMS Mosaic

Mobile

WebKit-based	Dolphin Browser S60 web browser Safari Silk Nintendo 3DS Internet Browser Steel BOLT

Presto-based	Nintendo DS & DSi Browser Opera Mini Opera Mobile

Gecko-based	Firefox for mobile MicroB Minimo

Others	Blazer Deepfish Galio ibisBrowser Internet Explorer Mobile Iris Browser JOCA Konqueror Embedded NetFront Obigo Browser Pixo Skweezer Skyfire Teashark ThunderHawk UC Browser uZard Web Vision WinWAP

Offline readers

HTTrack

Features

Web standards

Italics indicate software no longer in development.

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Timeline of web browsers

Contents

Graphical timeline

1993–2011

References

See also