A wealth of browsers

[skwirlinator]

Which Browser do YOU use the MOST?






Historically 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

Early browsers

• AMosaic
• Arena
• Cello
• CyberDog
• Grail
• IBM Web Explorer
• Lynx
• MacWeb
• MidasWWW
• Oracle PowerBrowser June 18, 1996 (version 1.5)
• SlipKnot
• WebRouser September 18, 1995

Graphical


Layout Engines

The Trident layout engine was developed by Microsoft for use in the Windows version of their web browser, Internet Explorer.
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

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

Gecko-based browsers

• Alefox
• Beonex Communicator
• Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
• CompuServe
• DocZilla, a SGML browser
• Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
• Flock (based on Firefox)
• Fusion WebPilot browser (Embedded Web Browser)
• Galeon, GNOME's former default browser
• IceWeasel, Debian'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 Firefox (formerly Firebird and Phoenix)
• Netscape (version 6 and newer)
• SeaMonkey (internal name for Mozilla Application Suite, now the public name)
• Skipstone
• XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing

KHTML and WebKit-based browsers

• ABrowse
• Web Browser for Android (mobile device platform)
• iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
• Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
• Konqueror
• OmniWeb
• Safari
• Skipstone
• Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
• Shiira
• Swift

Presto based browsers

• Opera
• Nintendo DS Browser (Opera Powered)
• Internet Channel (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered)

Browsers for the Java platform

• 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)
• 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)

Specialty browsers (discontinued)

• AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet)

Other browsers

• 3B (3D browser)
• Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
• 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)

Mobile browsers

See Microbrowser

Text-based

• Abaco
• Alynx
• cURL (Line-mode browser)
• DosLynx
• ELinks (active version of Links)
• Links (not currently active)
• Lynx
• Net-Tamer
• w3m
• WebbIE
• wget (Line-mode browser)

[painkiller64]

IE7 for me. personally never was too crazy about the other browsers. wont say i wouldnt try them but i like the look and feel of IE7 the most.

[Kevin]

Work: IE6 (corporate standard)

Home: FF3

I hate Safari, have to use IE for work, and have played with Opera (also test with it), but, in the end, I always find myself going back to FireFox.

[Tim]

Still forced to use IE7 for several things, but FF3 generally for everything.

Tried a load of other browsers after first trying Firefox and can't find anything as useful that isn't just a reskinned IE

[skwirlinator]

Since I added the IE Tab extension I haven't used IE. I just switch rendering agent and continue on in Firefox.

[skwirlinator]

I even have the IE favorites extension

[mlittle2005]

Internet Explorer 7 most of the time, but I've found myself using Firefox for visiting more places on the Internets(including CoolSciFi) because it doesn't hangup like IE7 seems to do every so often.........

[hayden]

Some one dropped my pc when I was moving house. Taped together old coal-fired circa 95 running windows 98 'til I buy a replacement. IE 6 & 7 won't support on my relic but when I loaded Firefox (prefered for last 3 years) it will use IE no problem. Still avoid using IE where ever I am far fewer problems -as mlittle says: fewer hangups forr starters.

[Mojo]

I like IE7, and use it 100% of the time... but I can see the appeal of FireFox. If nothing else, they have much better plug-ins, and a better user community.

[mlittle2005]

Originally Posted by mlittle2005

Internet Explorer 7 most of the time, but I've found myself using Firefox for visiting more places on the Internets(including CoolSciFi) because it doesn't hangup like IE7 seems to do every so often.........

Correction on the above....I've pretty well moved everything over to Mozilla Firefox...I don't think I've used IE7 in a few weeks now......