Comparison of web browsers

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The following table compares general and technical information for a number of Web browsers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.

Browser:	MSIE	Netscape	Mozilla	Firefox	Camino	Opera	Safari	OmniWeb	Konqueror	Galeon	Amaya	Lynx	Links
Creator	Microsoft NCSA (Mosaic)	Netscape Inc.	Mozilla Foundation	Mozilla Foundation	Mozilla Foundation	Opera Software	Apple	OmniGroup	KDE	GNOME	W3C	Montulli Grobe Rezac et al.	Patocka et al.
First public release date	August 1995	October 1994	December 1998	September 2002	?	September 1996	June 2003	?	?	?	?	1995	?
Mode	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Graphical	Text	Text
General
Stable version	6.0 SP2 (Win) 5.2.3 (Mac OS X) 5.1.7 (Mac OS 9)	7.2	1.7.3	1.0PR	0.8.1	7.54	1.2.3	5.0	3.3	1.3.17	8.6	2.8.3	0.99
Cost (USD)	Part of Windows ($199, $99 upgrade)	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free with ads; $39 without	Free	$30	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
Free or Open License	Proprietary	Partial	MPL	MPL	MPL	Proprietary	Proprietary + GPL	Proprietary + GPL	GPL	GPL	W3C	GPL	GPL
Layout engine	Trident (Win) Tasman (Mac)	Gecko	Gecko	Gecko	Gecko	Presto	Modified KHTML	Modified KHTML	KHTML	Gecko	Unnamed	Unnamed	Unnamed
Supported Platforms
Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac OS X	Discont. 2004	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mac Classic	Discont. 2003	Yes	Discont. 2002	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Linux	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BSD	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Unix	Discont. 2002	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Features
Javascript	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Partial
Frames rendering	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes
PNG RGBA support	Mac only	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No
Tabbed Browsing	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Browser:	MSIE	Netscape	Mozilla	Firefox	Camino	Opera	Safari	OmniWeb	Konqueror	Galeon	Amaya	Lynx	Links

References

• Mozilla 1.7.3 release notes (http://www.mozilla.org/releases/)
• Firefox 1.0PR release notes (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/)
• Camino 0.8.1 release notes (http://www.mozilla.org/products/camino/releases/0.8.1.html)
• Opera changelogs (http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/)
• Konqueror news (http://www.konqueror.org/news.php)

External links

• Microsoft Internet Explorer (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp)
• Netscape (http://www.netscape.com)
• Mozilla Organization - Mozilla, Firefox, Camino (http://www.mozilla.org)
• Opera Software (http://www.opera.com)
• Apple Safari (http://www.apple.com/safari/)
• KDE (http://www.kde.org)
• Lynx (http://www.lynx.isc.org)
• Links (http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/)

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