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Comparison
of web browsers
| Browser
|
Bookmark
managing |
Download
managing |
Password
managing |
Form
managing |
Spell
checking |
Search
engine toolbar |
Per-site
security configuration |
Privacy
mode |
Auto-updater |
Image
Grabber |
| Internet
Explorer |
Yes |
No |
Yes
|
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Partial |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mozilla
Firefox |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Internet
Explorer:
I.E. has continued to be the most popular browser - by far.
It accounts for more than 80% of all browser usage. Its market
share is amazingly entrenched, especially considering how
long it's been since its latest release (almost three years
ago!). Microsoft just released a long-awaited beta of I.E.
7.0, but it won't be officially released until later this
year. I'm not going to bother describing Internet Explorer's
features since most of you are probably reading this in I.E.
right now.
Firefox:
Firefox is a free, open source browser which, in some sense,
flows from the legacy of Netscape. Whatever happened to Netscape
anyway? Well, in 1998, AOL purchased Netscape and later released
its core code to the open source community as "The Mozilla
Application Suite." This open source code base is now
used, in part, by many different browsers, including Firefox.
Firefox
is an excellent browser, and it's available for Windows, Mac,
and Linux. Without a doubt it is the preferred browser of
professional web developers because of its strict standards
compliance, helpful development tools, and robust JavaScript
error reporting. From a user perspective, Firefox has a tabbing
interface that allows one browser window to contain many websites.
You can easily toggle between sites without having to open
lots of browser windows. Additionally, the webpage find/search
feature is brilliant. As you type in your search word, Firefox
highlights words on the page that match, letter for letter.
If there is no match, the search box turns red, and you hear
a soft clicking sound as you type. You don't have to type
in your full word, hit submit, and wait for a response to
find out there are no matches. You can also have Firefox highlight
every occurrence of a search term on the page.
Related
Link for more information : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers
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