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.
And of course, lets not forget my personal favorite, Opera.
A
web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music and other information typically located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network.
| r | Web browsers | Internet users
(in millions)[1][2] |
|---|
| 1991 | WorldWideWeb (Nexus) | 4 |
|---|
| 1992 | ViolaWWW, Erwise, MidasWWW, MacWWW (Samba) | 7 |
|---|
| 1993 | Mosaic, Cello,[3] Lynx 2.0, Arena, AMosaic 1.0 | 10 |
|---|
| 1994 | IBM WebExplorer, Netscape Navigator, SlipKnot 1.0, MacWeb, IBrowse,Agora (Argo), Minuet | 21 |
|---|
| 1995 | Internet Explorer 1, Netscape Navigator 2.0, OmniWeb, UdiWWW,[4]WebRouser,[5] Internet Explorer 2, Grail | 16-40 |
|---|
| 1996 | Arachne 1.0, Internet Explorer 3.0, Netscape Navigator 3.0, Opera 2.0,
PowerBrowser 1.5,[6] Cyberdog, Amaya 0.9,[7] AWeb, Voyager | 36-74 |
|---|
| 1997 | Internet Explorer 4.0, Netscape Navigator 4.0, Netscape Communicator 4.0,Opera 3.0,[8] Amaya 1.0[7] | 70-119 |
|---|
| 1998 | iCab, Mozilla | 147-186 |
|---|
| 1999 | Amaya 2.0,[7] Mozilla M3, Internet Explorer 5.0 | 248-279 |
|---|
| 2000 | Konqueror, Netscape 6, Opera 4,[9] Opera 5,[10] K-Meleon 0.2, Amaya 3.0,[7] Amaya 4.0[7] | 361-393 |
|---|
| 2001 | Internet Explorer 6, Galeon 1.0, Opera 6,[11] Amaya 5.0[7] | 513-494 |
|---|
| 2002 | Netscape 7, Mozilla 1.0, Phoenix 0.1, Links 2.0, Amaya 6.0,[7] Amaya 7.0[7] | 587-673 |
|---|
| 2003 | Opera 7,[12] Safari 1.0, Epiphany 1.0, Amaya 8.0[7] | 719-783 |
|---|
| 2004 | Firefox 1.0, Netscape Browser, OmniWeb 5.0 | 817-909 |
|---|
| 2005 | Safari 2.0, Netscape Browser 8.0, Opera 8,[13] Epiphany1.8, Amaya 9.0,[7]AOL Explorer1.0, Maxthon 1.0, Shiira 1.0 | 1018-1021 |
|---|
| 2006 | SeaMonkey 1.0, K-Meleon 1.0, Galeon 2.0, Camino 1.0, Firefox 2.0, Avant 11, iCab 3, Opera 9,[14] Internet Explorer 7, Sputnik | 1093-1146 |
|---|
| 2007 | Maxthon 2.0, Netscape Navigator 9, NetSurf 1.0, Flock 1.0, Safari 3.0,Conkeror | 1319-1357 |
|---|
| 2008 | Konqueror 4, Safari 3.1, Opera 9.5,[15] Firefox 3, Amaya 10.0,[7] Flock 2,Chrome 1, Amaya 11.0[7] | 1574-1586 |
|---|
| 2009 | Internet Explorer 8, Chrome 2 - 3, Safari 4, Opera 10,[16] SeaMonkey 2,Camino 2, Firefox 3.5 | 1802 |
|---|
| 2010 | K-Meleon 1.5.4, Firefox 3.6, Chrome 4 - 8, Opera 10.50,[17] Safari 5, Opera 11 | 1971 |
|---|
| 2011 | Chrome 9 - 13, Firefox 4 - 6, Internet Explorer 9, Maxthon 3.0, SeaMonkey 2.1 - 2.3, Opera 11.50, Safari 5.1 | 2095 |
|---|
Their is no ' Certain ' type of Internet Web Browsers. ( I may be wrong though, their may be ' Types ' of Web Browsers, but I have never categorized, or heard of browsers by their ' Types '; because they all basically do the same thing. So sorry if I am wrong. )
Their is some different ones though, here is a list of the ones that I know.
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Mozzila Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
- Netscape Navigator- Longator- Maxthon The last three of them in
bold, are not that well known. So you may or may have not heard of them.