Types of Web Browsers

Web Browsers are software installed on your PC. To access the Web you need a web browsers, such as Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.

Currently you must be using any sort of Web browser while you are navigating through my site tutorialspoint.com. On the Web, when you navigate through pages of information this is commonly known as web browsing or web surfing.

The most popular are:

Internet Explorer
Google Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Opera.

However, there are literally dozens of browsers that have existed since the “birth” of the internet. Not including mobile browsers (such as browsers found on some of the earlier cell phones), the list of major browsers that have existed are as follows:
WorldWideWeb
ViolaWWW
Erwise
MidasWWW
MacWWW
Mosiac
Cello
Lynx
Arena
AMosiac
IBM WebExplorer
Netscape Navigator
SlipKnot
MacWeb
iBrowse
Argo
Minuet
Internet Explorer
OmniWeb
UdiWWW
WebRouser
Grail
Arachne
Opera
PowerBrowser
Cyberdog
Amaya
AWeb
Voyager
iCab
Mozilla
Konqueror
K-Meleon
Galeon
Phoenix
Links
Safari
Epiphany
Firefox
AOL Explorer
Maxthon
Shiira
SeaMonkey
Camino
Avant
Sputnik
Netsurf
Flock
Chrome

These are in roughly chronological order, as presented by Wikipedia Other browsers have existed, but due to their low popularity were not included on this list. Low popularity, of course, is relative to the time era; WorldWideWeb never had as many users as Chrome does today, but was used by the majority of the Internet users in the world at the time it came out (as it was the first real web browser). In the real world, only a few browsers are considered serious contenders of the “market”, as the rest are either obsolete, only fill a niche market, or have not yet gained popularity; the latter usually comes about because people are hesitant to “try” a new browser since their current browser has served their purpose for a significant length of time
a web browser is a software application that renders code written in HTML and Javascript that is located on a webserver.
some examples of web browsers are chrome, firefox, sparkbrowser, netscape, and internet explorer.
There are three major browsers in the PC world. The most famous is Internet Explorer (IE) which is a Microsoft creation, and is bundled with the Windows operating system. Internet explorer has been prone to numerous security bugs and is considered the least secure out of all three major browsers. The second major browser is Firefox, which is amongst the most secure, and is the most easiest to use in my opinion. The third is Chrome which is a recent browser Google has released. It to is easy to use and secure for the most part.

In terms of the MAc platform the only major broswer is Safari, which is a Apple creation, and is bundled with the OS platform.

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