The following is a list of notable web browsers.
 Timeline representing the history of various web browsers. [edit] Historical 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)[1] | | 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[2], Internet Explorer 2, Grail | 16 | | 1996 | Arachne 1.0, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0,
PowerBrowser 1.5[3], Cyberdog, Amaya 0.9[4], AWeb, Voyager | 36 | | 1997 | Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0, Opera 3.0[5], Amaya 1.0[4] | 70 | | 1998 | Internet Explorer 5.0 Beta 1, iCab, Mozilla | 147 | | 1999 | Amaya 2.0[4], Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0 | 248 | | 2000 | Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4[6], Opera 5[7], K-Meleon 0.2, Amaya 3.0[4], Amaya 4.0[4] | 361 | | 2001 | Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6[8], Amaya 5.0[4] | 513 | | 2002 | Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0, Amaya 6.0[4], Amaya 7.0[4] | 587 | | 2003 | Opera 7[9], Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0, Amaya 8.0[4] | 719 | | 2004 | Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 | 817 | | 2005 | Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8.[10], Epiphany1.8, Amaya 9.0[4], 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[11], 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[12], Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0[4], Flock 2, Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0[4] | 1565 | | 2009 | Internet Explorer 8, Chrome 2, Safari 4, Opera 10, Chrome 3, SeaMonkey 2, Camino 2 | | | Beta | Chrome 4 | | | Alpha | Maxthon 3 | | [edit] Notable browsers In order of release: - WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
- Mosaic, April 22, 1993
- Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994
- Internet Explorer 1, August 16, 1995
- Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite
- Mozilla Navigator, June 5, 2002[13]
- Safari, January 7, 2003
- Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004
- Google Chrome, September 2, 2008
[edit] Notable layout engines [edit] Graphical 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 Current/maintained projects are in boldface. -
- Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
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- K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon; discontinued)
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[edit] Gecko- and Trident-based browsers Browsers that use both Trident and Gecko include: [edit] KHTML-based browsers [edit] WebKit-based browsers [edit] Presto-based browsers [edit] Browsers for the Java platform [edit] Specialty browsers Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities. [edit] Current - Flock (To enhance social networking, blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
- Gollum browser (Created specially for browsing Wikipedia)
- 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.)
[edit] Discontinued [edit] Other browsers [edit] Mobile browsers Main article: Mobile browser[edit] Text-based [edit] See also [edit] External links |
