This document presents information on various web browsers. It provides an introduction to web browsers and their functions. Then it describes several major browsers - Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Internet Explorer, and Safari. For each one it gives details on their developer, programming languages used, features, and security. It also compares the browsers based on operating system support, usage statistics, vulnerabilities, homepages, search facilities, themes, and internationalization support. In general, it serves as a guide to understanding the capabilities and differences between popular graphic web browsers.
3. CONTENTS:
Introduction
to web browser
Google chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Internet explorer
Safari
Difference between web browsers
4. WEB BROWSER
It
is a software application
It accesses information provided by Web
servers
Brings information resources to the user
Retrieve, present, and traverse
information resources on the World Wide
Web
10. OPERA
Developer:
opera software
Written in: c++
Engine: presto
Language: 45
Tab stacking
Opera Turbo
Speed Dial
Opera Link
Opera Unite
14. Continued…
Reader
mode, for viewing an uncluttered
version of Web articles
History view
Disable images
Color profile support
15. Difference in web browsers on the
basis of:
operating system support
Usage shares of web browsers
Browser usage on wikimedia
Browser release history
Vulnerabilities
Homepage
Themes
Search facilities
Speed dial
Internationalization
Ranking
Hot click option
17. • Internet
Explorer (44.53%)
• Mozilla
Firefox (29.56%)
• Google
Chrome (12.34%)
• Safari (5.80%)
• Opera(2.15%)
• Mobile
browsers (4.10%)
18.
19. Browser
First public release version
First public release date
stable
stable
Browser
First
public
release
date
First
public
release
version
First
stable
release
date
First
stable
release
version
Google
Chrome
Septembe
December
0.2.149.27
1.0.154.36
r 2, 2008
11, 2008
Latest
stable
release
version
date
Latest
testing
release
version
date
8.0.2
9.0.5
(Beta) 10.
0.6
Internet
Explorer
August
1995
1.0
August
1995
1.0
8.0
9.0 beta
Mozilla
Firefox
Septembe
r 23, 2002
0.1
November
9, 2004
1.0
3.6.13
4.0 Beta 9
Opera
Septembe
r 1996
2.1b1
December
1996
2.1
11.00
11.01
Safari
January 7,
2003
0.8
June 23,
2003
1.0
5.0.3
none