List of web browsers explained

The following is a list of web browsers.

Historical

Historically important browsers

In order of release:

• WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
• Erwise, April 1992
• ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
• WWW - The Libwww Line-Mode Browser, before February 11, 1991
• Mosaic, April 22, 1993
• Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994
• Internet Explorer (August 1995)
• Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite
• Internet Explorer 6, August 27, 2001
• Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004
• Internet Explorer 7, October 18, 2006

Early browsers

• AMosaic
• Arena
• Cello
• CyberDog
• Grail
• IBM Web Explorer
• Lynx
• MacWeb
• MidasWWW
• Oracle PowerBrowser June 18, 1996 (version 1.5)^[1]
• SlipKnot
• WebRouser September 18, 1995^[2]

Graphical

Layout Engines

The Trident layout engine was developed by Microsoft for use in the Windows version of their web browser, Internet Explorer.

The Gecko layout engine is developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

The KHTML layout engine is developed by the KDE project. WebKit is an open-source fork of that engine by Apple Inc..

The Presto layout engine is developed by Opera Software.

Browsers that use both Trident engine and Gecko engine include:

• Maxthon (formerly known as MyIE2)
• Netscape Browser 8
• Mozilla Firefox with the IE Tab extension

Trident-based browsers

Other software publishers have extended the functionality of Microsoft's Trident engine by creating Internet Explorer shells. The following browsers are all based on the Trident rendering engine:

• AOL Explorer
• Altimit OS Web Browser
• Avant Browser
• Bento Browser (Built into Winamp)
• Enigma
• Maxthon
• Slim Browser
• NeoPlanet
• NetCaptor
• Many other Internet Explorer shells
• Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
• iRider
• Smart Bro
• UltraBrowser

Gecko-based browsers

• Alefox
• Beonex Communicator
• Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera)
• CompuServe
• DocZilla, a SGML browser
• Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
• Flock (based on Firefox)
• Fusion WebPilot browser (Embedded Web Browser)
• Galeon, GNOME's former default browser
• IceWeasel, Debian's free fork of Firefox
• K-Meleon for Windows
• K-MeleonCCF for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
• K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon)
• Kazehakase, a very light GTK2 web browser for GNU/Linux
• Madfox (based on Firefox)
• ManyOne
• Mozilla Firefox (formerly Firebird and Phoenix)
• Netscape (version 6 and newer)
• SeaMonkey (internal name for Mozilla Application Suite, now the public name)
• Skipstone
• XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing

KHTML and WebKit-based browsers

• ABrowse
• Web Browser for Android (mobile phone platform)
• iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
• Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser
• Konqueror
• Midori
• OmniWeb
• Safari
• Skipstone
• Web Browser for S60 (for mobile)
• Shiira
• Swift

Presto based browsers

• Opera
• Nintendo DS Browser (Opera Powered)
• Internet Channel (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered)

Browsers for the Java platform

• HotJava (discontinued)
• Lobo
• Opera Mini
• X-Smiles (experimental)

Specialty browsers (current)

Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.

• Flock (To enhance blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
• Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity)
• Songbird (software) (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)

Specialty browsers (discontinued)

• AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet)

Other browsers

• 3B (3D browser)
• Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
• Amaya
• Arachne (DOS)
• AWeb
• Charon (for Inferno)
• Dillo (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
• Emacs/W3
• Gollum browser
• IBrowse
• Krozilo
• Mothra (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
• NetPositive
• NetSurf (An open source web browser for RISC OS and GTK+ written in C)
• Oregano
• Planetweb browser (discont. for Dreamcast)
• Sleipnir
• Tkhtml
• VMS Mosaic
• Voyager

Mobile browsers

See Microbrowser

Text-based

• Abaco
• Alynx
• cURL (Line-mode browser)
• DosLynx
• ELinks (active version of Links)
• Links (not currently active)
• Lynx
• Net-Tamer
• w3m
• WebbIE
• wget (Line-mode browser)

See also

• List of layout engines
• Comparison of web browsers
• List of web browsers for Unix/Linux
• Browser timeline

External links

• Adrian Roselli, evolt.org Browser Archive (2004). List and archive of many current and obsolete web browsers.
• Daniel R. Tobias, Brand-X Browsers (2002).
• Michael Bernadi, DOS Applications for Internet Use (2006).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oracle Introduces PowerBrowser. Oracle Corporation. June 18, 1996. 2007-10-31.
2. Web site: Eolas releases WebRouser via the Internet. Eolas Information. September 18, 1995. 2007-10-18.