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What browsers are available for Macintosh systems?

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Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer

Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer have pretty much the same features on all of the operating systems for which they are available. Still the most popular browser on the web as of December 1997, Netscape Navigator is locked in a features and market share race with Microsoft Internet Explorer. Happily this means that both products are currently free, at least for "evaluation" purposes. Both products feature HTML 3.2, Java, JavaScript, various extensions that may or may not work with other browsers, and a suite of additional applications for conferencing, reading newsgroups, receiving and sending email and so on.

At this time, there are no other browsers for the Macintosh that have quite as many features as these two market leaders.

Microsoft's Web Site

Netscape's Web Site

CyberDog

Apple Computer's CyberDog is based on Apple's OpenDoc technology, which is designed to allow programs to be constructed from reusable components. Although interesting to those who want to create browsers of their own, CyberDog is not as full-featured and up to date as the Microsoft and Netscape products.
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