also see: Timeline of Web Browsers, hierarchal chart
or
Timeline listed Chronologically
(also, early browsers 1991-1996)
The Web Standards Project's
Acid Test 3
(Acid3 is a test of dynamic browser capabilities)
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2000cities 3D browser - http://www.2000cities.com
The 2000cities browser offers attractive interactive 2D and 3D surfing.
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3B (3D browser)
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404Browser - http://www.ltpb.8m.com/404Browser/
Built with productivity, speed, and security in mind. Some of the features include a note pad, agents that learn, pop-up and ad blocking , privacy protection, and bookmark management. [Windows]
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Abaco (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs) - Text-based
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ABrowse - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Activator Desk - http://www.activatordesk.com/
Internet desktop and browser program for a fast, secure, Internet. It may be used for simple child-safe filtering, or as an advanced security shield, preventing tampering and unauthorized access to both conventional programs and questionable Internet content.
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Alefox - Gecko based
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Alternative Web Browsing,specialized browsers
(screen readers - adaptive browsers - voice browsers - other access methods)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing
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Altimit OS Web Browser - Trident based
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Alynx - Text-based
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Amaya World, developer: Wide Web Organization http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Amaya/
http://www.w3.org/Amaya
W3C's testbed browser.
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Amiweb - http://www.midmultimedia.com/Mid_DW/en/home.htm
Colorful, musical browser for kids for selected educational sites. Requires password to use address bar or exit program.
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AMosaic
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AMSD Ariadna - the first Russian full-featured World Wide Web browser
http://www.ariadna.ru/eng/
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Android (mobile device platform) - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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AOL (For use with their proprietary intranet)
(discontinued)
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AOL Explorer - Trident based
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Arachne browser for DOS & UNIX
http://home.arachne.cz/
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Arena
- Atari: see, HighWire
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AtomNetPE - http://change7.com/atomnet/index.html
Mini Internet browser. Browses also zipped files. Can run from a floppy disk.
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Auction Browser - http://www.auction-browser.com/
Full featured web browser with built-in tools to use with eBay.
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AuctionTamer - http://www.auctiontamer.com/
Customized tabbed Internet browser with a built-in auction item watch list
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Avant
http://www.avantbrowser.com
Application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer that includes tabbed browsing with a pop-up stopper, cleaner, and Google search.
w/other description
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31560272/absetup.exe - Trident based
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AWeb
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Bento Browser (Built into Winamp) - Trident based
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Beonex Communicator - Gecko based
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Browzar
http://www.browzar.com
It's small browser interface that works with the main components of Internet Explorer; however,
Browzar doesn't track/create any histories in you PC of where you've visited while on the
internet. This feature can be useful when you are using a PC that's not yours, in some
office or public environments where your history shouldn't be left anyway. It's only about
275KB in size and can be easily carried on a USB memory stick or downloaded for
temporary use. It doesn't actually install on a PC, but rather is a small executable
program that you can put on the desktop and via it browse the internet with IE
not leaving any tracks of your activities.
also dissenting views: see blog discussing whether Browzar is adware at:
http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware/
and from the BBC:
http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5310114.stm
'Adware' attack on privacy tool. ( Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/technology/5310114.stm Published: 2006/09/03 11:35:35 GMT © BBC MMVI )
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Buzz 3D - http://www.buzz3d.com/
Browser that displays websites in a 3D display, showing 48 different websites simultaneously, and pre-loads multiple instances of all pages, allowing the user to read one page, while the others continue to load in the background.
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Camino for Mac OS X (formerly Chimera) - Mozilla's Gecko based
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CamSnoopFree - http://www.chippeys.nl/
A webcam image viewer that downloads images from the web and displays them as a slideshow.
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Cello, developer: Thomas Bruce http://www.law.cornell.edu/cello/cellotop.html
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The Chameleon Web Browser, The - http://www.chameleonbrowser.com/
[Windows] Advanced features with a small download filesize.
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Charon (for Inferno)
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Chrome at http://www.google.com/chrome (Google's Sep08 release)
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CipherNet - http://www.eccentrix.com/computer/santarulz/
The official site of the CipherNet browser, editor and FTP client.
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Clue Java Web Browser - http://www.netcluesoft.com/
Web browser written entirely in Java. Supports HTML 4.0, Cascading Style Sheets, Document Object Model, JavaScript and Java applets.
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CompuServe - Gecko based
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Crazy Browser
http://www.crazybrowser.com
Freeware web browser with the ability to open multiple sites and windows inside a single browser task.
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cURL (Line-mode browser) - Text-based
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CyberDog
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Dillo (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
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DocZilla - http://www.doczilla.com/
Browser with support for SGML, XML, HyTime, CALS tables, RDF, and XLink based on the Mozilla Gecko rendering engine.
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DosLynx - Text-based
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edbrowse (Line-mode browser) - Text-based
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ELinks (active version of Links) - Text-based
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Emacs/W3
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Enigma - Trident based
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Epiphany, GNOME's current default browser - Gecko based - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Erwise, April 1992
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Firefox:
w/other description
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31557633/Firefox_20Setup_202.0_20Beta_202.exe
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Flock
http://www.flock.com
Application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer that includes tabbed browsing with a pop-up stopper, cleaner, and Google search.
- Gecko (FireFox) based
(To enhance social networking, blogging, photosharing, and RSS newsreading)
(created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.)
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Fusion WebPilot browser (Embedded Web Browser) - Gecko based
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Galeon, GNOME's former default browser - Gecko based
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Ghostzilla (Blends into the GUI to hide activity)
(created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.)
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Gollum browser
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Grail - http://grail.sourceforge.net/
An extensible Internet browser written in Python. It runs on Unix, and, to some extent, on Windows and Macintosh.
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HighWire Browser (Atari 68k Computers)
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HotJava, developer: Sun Microsystems http://java.sun.com/HotJava/index.html (discontinued) - for the Java platform
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I-Comm, developer: Talent Communications http://www.best.com/~icomm/icomm/index.html
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I-View, developer: Talent Communications http://www.best.com/~icomm/icomm/index.html
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IBM Web Explorer
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IBrowse
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iCab (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine) - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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IceWeasel, Debian's free fork of Firefox - Gecko based
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InterGo, developer: InterGO Communications, Inc. http://www.teachersoft.com/
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Internet Explorer 6, August 27, 2001
Internet Explorer 7, October 18, 2006
Internet Explorer (August 1995)
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Internet Explorer, developer: Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/downloads/default.mspx (IE6 / IE7)
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Internet Workhorse, developer: MarketNet http://mkn.co.uk/help/system/horse
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iRider - Trident based
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K-Meleon for Windows - Gecko based
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K-MeleonCCF for Windows (based on K-Meleon) - Gecko based
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K-Ninja for Windows (based on K-Meleon) - Gecko based
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Kazehakase, a very light GTK2 web browser for GNU/Linux - Gecko based
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Konqueror
http://www.konqueror.org
Unix-based Web browser, file manager, and universal viewer from KDE. - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Krozilo
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Leech - http://www.aeria.com/
High-speed offline web browser for Windows 95/98/NT/2000.
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Links (not currently active) - Text-based
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Lobo - for the Java platform
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Lynx, developer: Many Lynx Team Developers http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/platforms.html - Text-based
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MacWeb
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Madfox (based on Firefox) - Gecko based
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ManyOne - Gecko based
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Maxthon
http://www.maxthon.com
Application designed to expand services provided by Microsoft Internet Explorer that includes tabbed browsing with a pop-up stopper, cleaner, and Google search.
w/other description
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31566264/mcombo.exe - Trident based
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Metabrowser - http://metabrowser.spirit.net.au/
IE-based Web browser displays and edits HTML 4.0 metadata. Public domain version supports browsing of Web pages and metadata.
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MidasWWW
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Mothra (for Plan 9 from Bell Labs)
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Mozilla browser related downloads:
http://www.mozilla.org/download.html
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Mosaic, April 22, 1993
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Mosaic, multilingual, developer: Accent Software http://www.accentsoft.com/
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Mosaic, Quarterdeck, developer: Quarterdeck http://www.qdeck.com/qdeck/products/QMosaic/
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Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004;
(formerly Firebird and Phoenix) - Gecko based
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Mozilla SeaMonkey
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31558333/seamonkey-1.1a.en-US.win32.installer.exe
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Mozilla Thunderbird (optimized for USB key drive)
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31560547/Thunderbird_Portable_1.5.0.5_en-us.exe
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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE version 7)
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx
previous IE versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie6/previous/default.mspx
Microsoft Internet Explorer, developer: Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/ie/
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NavRoad - http://www.faico.net/navroad/
Compact offline HTML viewer, runs off a floppy and requires no winsock.dll. Users can view HTML files anytime.
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NeoPlanet, Offers diverse interface skins and customizable, sharable, content channels.;
developer: NeoPlanet http://www.neoplanet.com/ - Trident based
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NetCaptor
http://www.netcaptor.com
Tabbed browser that can also block pop-up ads, save time, enhance privacy, and allow faster navigation. - Trident based
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NetCruiser, developer: NetCom http://www.netcom.com/netcom/netcrz.html
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Netomat - http://www.netomat.net/
With netomat, the user has a dialogue with the Internet. You can ask the net a question using natural language. netomat responds by flowing text, images and audio from the net to your screen.
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NetPositive
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Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994 ;
Netscape (version 6 and newer) - Gecko based
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Netcape Communicator, developer: Netscape Communications Corporation http://www.netscape.com
w/other description
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31567483/nsb-install-8-1.exe
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NetSurf (An open source web browser for RISC OS and GTK+ written in C)
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Net-Tamer - Text-based
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Nintendo DS Browser (Opera Powered) - Presto based
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Off By One - http://OffByOne.com
A small, fast, free standalone 1.1MB web browser with HTML 3.2 support. Can be run from a CD or network.
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OmniWeb - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Opera, 1996,
see History of the Opera Internet suite - Presto based
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Opera, developer: Opera Software http://traviata.nta.no/opera.htm
http://www.opera.com
w/other description
http://anonym.to/?http://rapidshare.de/files/31562731/Opera_9.01_Eng_Setup.exe
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Opera Mini - for the Java platform
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Orca (based on Avant & Firefox)
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Oracle PowerBrowser June 18, 1996 (version 1.5)[1]
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Oregano
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Planetweb browser (discontinued, for Dreamcast)
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Psiphon, developer: University of Toronto's Citizen Lab
http://psiphon.civisec.org
( login: https://76.178.45.211/login/ )
(quote: "psiphon is a human rights software project developed
by the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies
that allows citizens in uncensored countries to provide unfettered access
to the Net through their home computers to friends and family members
who live behind firewalls of states that censor.")
(quote source, Wikipedia, "Psiphon[1] is a software project
designed by University of Toronto's Citizen Lab under the direction of Professor Ronald Deibert,
Director of the Citizen Lab.."
Psiphon is a
quote source, Wikipedia re:
"circumvention technology
that works through social networks of trust and is designed
to help Internet users bypass content-filtering systems setup by governments,
such as China, North Korea, Iran, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
and others.")
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Runecats Explorer - Trident based
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S60 Web Browser for mobile) - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Safari (web browser), January 7, 2003 - ( KHTML and WebKit-based, Apple Mac/PC )
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SeaMonkey (internal name for Mozilla Application Suite, now the public name) - Gecko based
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SecretWeb
http://secretweb.net
(Physically disappear from the PC desktop screen and from the taskbar when you don't want someone to know what you're surfing
or use a
hotkey to activate Screen Saver immediately,
has a deceptive interface that looks like an Office suite)
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Shiira - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Skipstone - Gecko based - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Sleipnir
- SlimBrowser
http://www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm
Multiple site browser with pop-up killer, form filler, and history cleaner features. - Trident based
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SlipKnot, developer: Peter Brooks http://www.interport.net/slipknot/slipknot.html
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Smart Bro - Trident based
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Songbird (software) (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built in media player with library.)
(created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.)
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Softerm Plus, developer: Softronics,Inc. http://www.softronics.com/
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SpaceTime (Search the web in 3D)
(created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.)
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SurfPanel - http://www.honeydijon.com/surfpanel.html
Animated desktop portal and browser assistant.
-
Swift - ( KHTML and WebKit-based )
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Tango, developer: Alis Technologies Inc. http://www.alis.com/P_NET/P_MCP/P_MCP.EN.HTML
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Tkhtml
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Torpark developer: ©2006 Steve Topletz, http://www.torrify.com
quote: "Torpark..will launch a Tor circuit connection,
which creates an encrypted tunnel from your computer indirectly to a Tor exit computer,
allowing you to surf the internet anonymously. ..small, portable, clean, open-source, free of spyware/adware, and free."
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Tiber, developer: Video On Line http://www.vol.it/VOLB/browser.html
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Turbo Browser - http://www.filestream.com/turbobrowser/
Maximizing efficiency by merging the management of local and Internet resources, and web browsing.
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UdiWWW, developer: Bernd Richter http://www.uni-ulm.de/~richter/udiwww/index.htm
-
UltraBrowser - Trident based
-
ViolaWWW, May 1992, see Erwise
-
VMS Mosaic
-
Voyager
-
w3m - Text-based
-
WebbIE - Text-based
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WebGrab - http://www.eastbaytech.com/webgrab.htm
A tool that allows the user to quickly and easily download webpage elements such as images, html, applets, java applets, shockwave or director animation. WebGrab is not an offline-browser but rather a tool for webpage and ftp element downloading.
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WebMiner - http://www.tribolic.com/webminer/index.html
Internet bulk downloader.
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WebRouser September 18, 1995[2]
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The Web Stalker - http://www.backspace.org/iod/
An alternative browser - in fact an art project made by I/O/D, a London-based group of artists and programmers. The Web Stalker 'maps' websites and presents the separate pages as plain text or html; an extremely beautiful and poetic application, very much worth the (short) download time. Available for Mac and Win95/NT.
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WebStripper - http://webstripper.net/
Free offline browser. Copy websites and browse offline. Lists downloaded sites by category.
-
WebsurfACE - http://www.toolpool.com/
A freeware web browser based on Microsoft Internet Explorer.
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WebTV, developer: WebTV http://developer.webtv.net/design/tools/viewer/license.html
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wget (Line-mode browser) - Text-based
-
Wii - Internet Channel (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered) - Presto based
-
WorldWideWeb, February 26, 1991
-
WWW - The Libwww Line-Mode Browser, before February 11, 1991
-
Wyzo (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent like Opera's integrated BitTorrent)
(created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.)
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X-Smiles (experimental) - for the Java platform
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XeroBank Browser (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing - Gecko based
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Yahoo! Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "AT&T Yahoo! Browser"; "Verizon Yahoo! Browser"; "BT Yahoo! Browser" etc.) - Trident based
from the blog at:
http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware/
learnvb said,
September 3, 2006 @ 2:52 am
Want to create a browzar like browser? Very simple,
goto MSDN.com and download the free version of Microsoft Visual Studio
(includes Visual Basic for free.)
1] Open Visual Basic and click file>new. Goto Forms>Add form>Webrowser. Click ok.
2] A new form is added, goto Tools>Options>
click on the listbox for startup form and ensure that form2
or the webbrowser form is selected. Click ok.
3] Hit F5 or click the run button (play button).
Now you have your own Browzar like security browser.
Market it and sell it - don’t worry it’s exactly the same, less the GUI.
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link sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_browsers
http://www.webdevelopersnotes.com/design/browsers_list.php3 [browsers for MS, Mac, Linux/Unix]
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Browsers/
http://browsers.evolt.org/ [browser archives]
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing
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