Web Browsers OpenFAQ
What browsers are available for modern Windows systems?
Contributors:
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 Windows
that have quite as many features as these
two market leaders. However, Opera comes close, using
far fewer resources.
A web browser that requires very few resources and delivers
most of what the major browsers deliver.
Another recent addition is NeoPlanet which is a relatively small download (1.2M) but contains most of IE4/Netscape functionality including an integrated mail client and a modem speed booster.
See web
browsers for older windows systems for more information.
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