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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of Web Browser s. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.


WEB BROWSERS BY YEAR


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This is a table of personal computer web browsers by year of release of major version, in descending 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.''History and Growth of the Internet'' http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Accessed March 3 2007

''See also Microbrowser ''


GENERAL INFORMATION

Basic general information about the browsers: creator/company, license/price etc.



OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT

The Operating System s the browsers have been Compiled to run on without Emulation ; for the given browser/OS combination, there are seven possibilities:
  • ''No'' indicates that it does not exist or was never released.

  • ''Partial'' indicates that while the browser works, it lacks important functionality or is extremely unstable compared to versions for other OSs (that is to say it has roughly Alpha or Pre-alpha quality). It is still being developed however.

  • ''Beta'' indicates that while a version of the browser is fully functional and has been released, it is still in development (e.g. for stability).

  • ''Yes'' indicates that the browser has been officially released in a fully functional, stable version.

  • ''Dropped'' indicates that the latest stable version of the browser does not work on the operating system, although an older version is available that does. The number in parentheses is the last known stable version which was officially released for that OS.

  • ''Terminated'' indicates that while the browser works (e.g. Internet Explorer For Mac ), development has ceased and no new versions will be released; the number in parentheses is the last known stable version.

  • ''Included'' indicates that the browser comes pre-packaged as part of or has been integrated into the operating system.

    • Please note that the list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSs today (e.g. Netscape Navigator was also developed for OS/2 at a time when Mac OS X did not yet exist) but does not include the growing appliance segment (e.g.the Opera Browser has gained a leading role for use in mobile phones, smartphones, the Nintendo DS and Wii, and Personal Digital Assistants, and is also used in Interactive televisions).



BROWSER FEATURES

Information about what common browser features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).


ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES (CONT.)

Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).


WEB TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT

Information about what web standards, and technologies the browsers support, except for JavaScript. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.

See what parts of DOM your browser supports .


PROTOCOL SUPPORT

Information about what Internet Protocol s the browsers support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
  • HTTP-Auth (Basic/Digest), WebDav and GZip info missing



    • IMAGE FORMAT SUPPORT

    Information about what image formats the browsers support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.



    VULNERABILITIES

    This comparison of unpatched publicly known vulnerabilities in latest stable version browsers is based on vulnerabilities reports by SecurityFocus and Secunia . See Computer Security for more details about the importance of unpatched known flaws.

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