List of web browsers

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The following is a list of web browsers.

Timeline representing the history of various web browsers.

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[edit] Historical

A rough estimation of usage share by percent of layout engines/web browsers, see usage share of web browsers.

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]

Year Web Browsers Internet
Users (in millions)[2]
Pre-browser: HyperCard, Gopher
1991 WorldWideWeb
1992 ViolaWWW, Erwise, MidasWWW, MacWWW
1993 Mosaic, Cello, Lynx 2.0, Arena, AMosaic 1.0
1994 IBM Web Explorer, Netscape Navigator, SlipKnot 1.0, MacWeb, IBrowse, Argo, Minuet
1995 Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator 2.0, OmniWeb, WebRouser[3], Internet Explorer 2, Grail 16
1996 Arachne 1.0, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0,
PowerBrowser 1.5[4], Cyberdog, Amaya 0.9, AWeb, Voyager
36
1997 Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0[5] 70
1998 Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta 1, iCab, Mozilla, Opera 4[6] 147
1999 Amaya 2.0, Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0 248
2000 Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4[7], Opera 5[8], K-Meleon 0.2 361
2001 Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6[9] 513
2002 Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0 587
2003 Opera 7[10], Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0 719
2004 Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 817
2005 Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8.[11], Epiphany1.8, Amaya 9.0, AOL Explorer1.0, Maxthon 1.0, Shiira 1.0 1018
2006 SeaMonkey 1.0, K-Meleon 1.0, Galeon 2.0, Camino 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Avant 11, iCab 3, Opera 9[12], Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik 1093
2007 Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0, Conkeror 1262
2008 Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5[13], Firefox 3, Amaya 10, Flock 2, Google Chrome 1 1565
2009 Internet Explorer 8
Beta Safari 4, Camino 2
Alpha Opera 10, SeaMonkey 2, Google Chrome 2

[edit] Notable browsers

In order of release:

[edit] Layout engines

[edit] Graphical

[edit] 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:

[edit] Gecko-based browsers

[edit] Gecko- and Trident-based browsers

Browsers that use both Trident and Gecko include:

[edit] KHTML- and WebKit-based browsers

[edit] Gecko- and WebKit-based browsers

[edit] Presto-based browsers

[edit] Browsers for the Java platform

[edit] Specialty browsers (current)

Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.

  • Flock (To enhance social networking, blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
  • 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.)
  • Stainless (A multi-process browser for Mac OS X in early development)

[edit] Specialty browsers (discontinued)

  • AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet) (discontinued)
  • Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity) (discontinued)
  • Prodigy Classic (Executable only within the application) (discontinued)

[edit] Other browsers

[edit] Mobile browsers

See Mobile browser

[edit] Text-based

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed January 18, 2009
  2. ^ History and Growth of the Internet http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed January 12, 2008
  3. ^ "Eolas releases WebRouser via the Internet". Eolas Information. September 18, 1995. http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1995q3/0566.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-18. 
  4. ^ "Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser". Oracle Corporation. June 18, 1996. http://www.ncns.com/browser.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-31. 
  5. ^ Opera Software (1998-05-12). Opera Software Releases 3.60. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/1999/05/19990512.dml. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 
  6. ^ Opera 4.0 for Windows Released. Press release. 2000-06-27. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10. 
  7. ^ Opera 4.0 for Windows Released. Press release. 2000-06-27. http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2000/06/27/. Retrieved on 2008-12-10. 
  8. ^ 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 on 2008-12-10. 
  9. ^ 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 on 2008-02-19. 
  10. ^ Opera Software (2003-01-28). Opera 7 Ready to Rock the Web. Press release. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/01/28/. Retrieved on 2008-02-19. 
  11. ^ 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 on 2008-02-19. 
  12. ^ 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 on 2008-12-10. 
  13. ^ "Opera redefines Web browsing yet again". Opera Software. 2008-06-12. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2008/06/12/. Retrieved on 2008-06-12. 
  14. ^ "Mozilla 1.0". mozilla.org. 2002. http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-07. 

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