Web Browsers OpenFAQ
What browsers are available for Macintosh 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 the
Macintosh that have quite as many features as these
two market leaders.
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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