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What browsers are available for modern Windows 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 Windows that have quite as many features as these two market leaders. However, Opera comes close, using far fewer resources.

Microsoft's Web Site

Netscape's Web Site

Opera

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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