Adaptive browser demonstration                                                                                            5 September 2010
video describing how to change a web browser if web site is incompatible with browser in use;

'Add any engine' functionality for browsers                                                                     6 January 2005
NeedleSearch toolbar application for Firefox adds web engines search power by entering "NeedleSearch" into a search box; multifield searching; See SearchDay: A Better Search Tool for Finding Needles in Haystacks; Copernic Meta Toolbar(IE) toolbar-"addengine."

Alternative browsers                                                                                                                25 June 2010

Amazon browser TouchGraph                                                                                               24 September 2007

Amazon Silk browser exclusive to Kindle Fire tablet                                                                9 October 2011
Instead of a device-siloed software application, Amazon Silk deploys a split-architecture; All browser subsystems are present on Kindle Fire & Amazon Web Services(AWS) cloud computing platform; 15 Jan 2012: Send to Kindle Windows desktop software works like Instapaper, but can send any file found via Windows Explorer(Mac support soon);

Android embedded browser(Google)                                                                                   14 December 2008
software stack for mobile devices including an operating system, middleware & key applications; beta version of Android SDK provides tools & APIs for developing applications on Android platform using Java programming language; Android faceoff: which browser wins out on speed, features, usability;

An exhaustive look at the web browsers of today & tomorrow                                                 20 March 2009

Anonymous browsing                                                                                                            8 August 2005
One-stop take-off platform for anonymous Web surfing allows multiple anonymous web surfing start-up points;

Any Browser emulator  for Windows, UNIX, Mac, OS                                                         25 October 2007
see also Effectively testing your website in multiple browsers; AnyBrowser.com

Apple Safari See Safari

Apps versus browsers for content                                                                                            2 June 2010
some content is better when consumed through a browser. Reasons include: Content as images; Link issues; A page at a time; 2 Nov 2011: See Opera CTO: kill the browser scroll bar(PCWorld) Opera has posted sample pages & a downloadable Opera Reader that mimics functionality of a browser supporting this extension;

Argon: augmented reality web browser available free now on iPhone                                         23 February 2011

Arora free lightweight, cross-platform webkit browser for Windows/Mac/Linux                        31 July 2009
uses WebKit, same rendering engine as Google Chrome & Safari; runs on Linux, embedded Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Windows & any other platform supported by Qt toolkit; new features include built-in support for ad blocking;

Avant Browser 11[Windows]  freeware multi-window browser                                              23 December 2006
flash-animation filter, pop-up stopper; 40+ languages; user support & online forum; compatible Windows 98+; tabbed web browser; No Adware, No Spyware; donate if you want; remembers which windows were open last time; 

BlackStumpbrowser news                                                                                                      4 June 2002

BlackWidow v4.1 Website scanning tool & offlinebrowser                                                      27 June 2001
download entire sites - HTML files, images, cgi files; specify depth; scan HTTP, SSL, & FTP sites; configure for proxies & firewalls; shareware, free trial

BlueOrganizer                                                                                                                         3 March 2007
smart-browsing tool for Firefox & Flock unleashes information hidden in your favorite web sites & allows you to quickly do what you want to do; .

Blue Spruce, IBM's next generation browser based application platform                                  25 December 2008                                                     

BrowseAtWork 0.3.1 (Firefox)                                                                                              23 July 2006
open the current page, or a link on it, anonymously by adding a shortcut to the context menu; view webpages blocked by filters. Licensed under the GNU GPL;

Browsera simultaneously tests your site in different browsers                                                    1 December 2009
all-in-one tool, not just a multiple screen shot tool,  in-depth assessment of problematic areas in need of attention; automatically detects cross-browser layout problems & scripting errors on your website; 30 day trial, US$29/m basic 1 user/ 200 p plan;

Browser Add-ons common utilities for Internet Explorer                                                          23 April 2003

Browser Archive                                                                                                                     27 June 2005

Browser-Based Spell Checkers                                                                                            9 September 2004
ieSpell free IE browser extension spell checks text input boxes; store & use your word list across all applications; IE based browsers- SlimBrowser, Crazy- Browser, MSN, MyIE; no spyware or adware; free personal use; Commercial licenses US $15+; SpellBound using Firefox enables spell checking in web forms (e.g. html text & html input elements; message board post, blog);  Firefox 0.9+; works with Windows, Linux, & MacOS X; in 43 languages. Free.

Browser battles chart                                                                                                                11 June 2010

Browsercam: browser compatibility testing online                                                                     3 June 2003
8 hour free trial - $ 39.95/month; test browser compatibility across Win, Mac, Linux, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla,  version 4, version 5, version 6, at screen resolution 640x480, 800x600

Browser Chart from Webmonkey                                                                                           30 July 2001
design issues(size of form elements in different browsers, to-the-pixel comparison of font sizes); which browser is running; what major browsers versions support; See also Peacekeeper the browser benchmark tests to measure browser performance; 

Browser comparison: what’s the most pixel-friendly browser?    Mac edition                     7 August 2010

Browser compatibility verification   Any Browser.com; Browsercam;                               27 August 2008
Browser compatibility testing: Cross-platform Cross-browser multiple resolutions compatibility testing Tools(Sharewood Guide; November 2008); Browser Size: Google Labs tool to see how others view your website;

Browser extensions  Top 10 must-have browser extensions                                                    7 November 2010
Web of Trust(WOT) roll over the coloured circle(G/R/Y) for in-depth ratings; Google Translate(Firefox•Safari•Opera); Autocopy(Chrome; Firefox) copies selected text to clipboard with or without formatting; Better Gmail(Chrome; Firefox); Priceblink(Chrome•Firefox• Safari); BugMeNot(Chrome•Firefox•Safari•Opera) extension uses BMN web site to retrieve login credentials for site; Tab Cloud(Chrome•Firefox) managing browser tabs on a single computer or across multiple machines; FlashBlock(Chrome•Firefox•Safari•Opera) keeps Flash installed on computer but prevents Flash content from loading without expressed permission; Greasemonkey(Firefox•Safari) JavaScript injector so userscripts you install will inject JavaScript into a particular page to make it perform differently;

Browser Information                                                                                                              6 March 2008
Background about Web browsers, including Internet Explorer, Netscape(discontinued by AOL in 2008), Firefox & other browsers based on Mozilla code, & Opera; statistics on browsers, operating system(OS) platforms, browser display resolution (with caveats about using browser statistics for website development purposes). From W3 Schools, a free site for Web developers;

Browser performance Dumping Java cache improves browser performance                        19 November 2009
To clear your Java cache, click Start, Control Panel, Programs(if necessary), Java. In the Temporary Internet Files section under the General tab, choose the Settings button. In the Temporary Files Settings dialog, click Delete Files; reduce the cache to 20MB (Java programs require the cache); Panopticlick tests your browser to see how unique it is based on the information it will share with sites it visits;   

BrowserPool                                                                                                                       13 November 2005
Test websites live in all current browsers; 29.99 Euro ($35.19) subscription offers you one month access to our service, including 40 free hours per month;

Browser privacy features: a work in progress(Report from Center for Democracy & Technology) 10 December 2010

Browsers! A Strategic Guide to Browser Interoperability                                                       16 January 2005

Browsers compete in Javascript speed                                                                                  21 March 2009
Internet evolving from static pages read with links to be clicked into a Web including applications that perform computational tasks & that people interact with; browsers now have to process data as well as load pages; chart showing relative performance with Chrome & Firefox fastest, IE 8 slowest; Flash(Adobe), & Microsoft's Silverlight also used increasingly; Whatever the client engine (JS,Flash or SilverLight), it's the viewer's computer CPU speed & RAM that decides how fast it runs; Sept 09: Google Wave drowns IE: claim IE’s JavaScript performance is many times slower than that of Firefox 3.5, Google’s Chrome browser & Apple’s Safari 4, & IE support for HTML 5 standard is far behind;

Browser security handbook for Web developers (Creative Commons 3.0 license)                  14 December 2008
key security features Web browsers; comprehensive comparison of security features; IE (version 6 & 7), Firefox (version 2 & 3), Safari, Opera, Chrome & Android embedded browser; (22 Nov 09) Browser security features compared: IE 8, Firefox 3, Google Chrome 4, Apple's Safari 4, & Opera 10 include features that block sites known to host malware & malicious downloads. All but Opera also let you browse without leaving tracks;

Browsers Fight the Malware Scourge(PCWorld, Aug 4 2008)                                                    
just-released Firefox 3 & Opera 9.5, & upcoming IE 8 enhance blocking features; Mozilla uses Google's blacklist of known phishing sites; Opera 9.5 adds malware-site blacklists from Haute Secure to the phishing blacklists from Netcraft and Phishtank previously used; IE 8's beta 2, due out in August, will employ a feature dubbed SmartScreen to block malware sites;

Browsers for Semantic Web                                                                                               1 June 2008

BrowserSizer v1.5 freeware download                                                                                22 December 2002
check web page look on resolutions of 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 and WebTV; control IE or Netscape Navigator;  resize browser to standard resolution; 

Browser speed tests: IE9, Firefox 4 Beta, Chrome’s Crankshaft, Opera 11 Beta                    11 December 2010
Boot-Up and Warm Loading — Winner: Tie — Chrome 10 (Canary) and Opera 10!; Tab Loading — Winner: Chrome 8 (Stable)!; JavaScript — Winner: Chrome 10 (Canary)!; DOM/CSS — Winner: Opera 11!; Memory Use (No Extensions) — Winner: Firefox 3.6!; Memory Use (With Extensions) — Winner: Firefox 3.6!; 10 Oct 2011: Browser speed tests: Firefox 7, Chrome 14, Internet Explorer 9...; 4 Nov 2011: Browser Wars: IE vs. Firefox vs. Chrome vs. Safari vs. Opera, Ann Bednarz, PCWorld (Nov 2) Chrome has been gaining market share to nearly surpass Firefox - among consumers. But in corporations, IE still command 58.7%;p 

Browsers with PNG Support                                                                                               30 April 2003
Portable Network Graphics: A Turbo-Studly Image Format with Lossless Compression

Browser Timelines Releases for HTML & CSS development: Element, Property, Support      20 May 2002

BrowserWatch - Plug-In Plaza browse lists of plugins by category, or by platform                  27 June 2001

Browster Firefox & Internet Explorer add-on                                                                      11 June 2006
opens popup window to the Web site when you hover over link; Google caches first couple of links; neither Rojo nor NewsGator work with it in Firefox; see also Tab Preview extension - hover over tabs to see content; .

Building Better Mobile Web Browsers                                                                               15 June 2006

Build the Perfect Browser add-ons find tools that extend new versions of IE & Firefox(PC World, 30 Jan. 2007)    

Built-In RSS- IE 7 Beta 2 vs.Firefox(with Sage) vs. Opera                                                16 July 2006

Camino 0.7  beta version browser for Mac OS X                                                             23 March 2003
features download manager, with auto-download & global history feature in sidebar; drag images & links to desktop; supports Shockwave directory content; feedback, version release notes, FAQ listing; (26 February 2006) Camino 1.0  ability to pause, resume downloads, enhanced security, tabbed browsing; compatible with computers running Mac OS X 10.2; Camino 1.6.3 features automated RSS feed detection & embedded dynamic spell check;  Mac OS X, 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5; Camino 2.0.5 open-source browser features include content zooming & keychain support; customizable skins; Mac OS X 10.4+;

Chatsum free add-on for your web browser                                                                      4 May 2006
chat  live with people at the same website; exchange messages; beta for Mozilla Firefox & soon as a dashboard widget for use with Apple's Safari.

CSS support in a range of browsers                                                                                      1 May 2006

Customizing Netscape 7                                                                                                       21 June 2002

Firefox extensions - Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4                                                             28 November 2005
Firefox 1.5 extensions; Top 10 Best Firefox Extensions(May 2006); Useful Security Extensions for Firefox; PermaTabs turns tab into “permanent” tab; Mozilla Firefox Cheat Sheet - keyboard commands & shortcuts; Firefox’s Custom Buttons; Image Zoom for Firefox ; Table2Clipboard; FoxLingo converts any web site into Afrikaans, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Filipino, Finnish, French, Galician, German,Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanishla, Swedish, Thai, Turkish & Welsh; Professor X Extension for Firefox - see inside page without viewing source- code; companion extension to X-Ray which reveals code; install each for use alone; See Torpark Firefox plugin for anonymous surfing; Web Capturing for Firefox with Scrapbook; Tricking Out Firefox; Meebo IM add-on; SurfCanyon  plugin accelerates the Google, Yahoo! & MSN search process by re-ranking search results based on your selection of bullseye icons; Sensebot Firefox addon summarizes Google search results through text mining; Read It Later extension for Firefox 3 saves webpages of interest to read later; TilTul`s multi-browser multiple search engine addon for Mozilla Firefox(manual); 24 Firefox search plugins you need; On page search popups: Mashlogic Firefox plugin underlines potentially interesting words, phrases, names, numbers, values for mouse hover & dropdown options; headup firefox plugin gets smarter the more you upload, socially focused; Undeleting Firefox Tabs by pressing Ctrl Shift T; works if you have closed Firefox using ‘Save & Quit’; doesn't work in IE7; 3 super Firefox add-ons; Firefox add-ons for research; (21 June 2009)Make old add-ons work in Firefox beta; Red Panda sidebar display: NPL analyzer processes web pages on-the-fly to single out relevant information from the net, continuously refining & enriching user options; @clusterurl cluster tabs addon for Firefox; 21 Oct 2011: Firefox FeatureFix add-on to resolve browser issues;

Firefox v. Mozilla v. Netscape v. Internet Explorer  (Tourbus,   14 Dec 2004)
See 2004 Tourbus Mailing List Archives; (13 May 2005) Firefox is still safer than IE; Firefox Glossary; (19 July 2006)Which New Browser Is Best: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, or Opera 9?; 10 best extensions for Firefox 2; Top 10 list of Top 10 Firefox add-on lists; Firefox, Chrome & IE talk Add-ons(Dec 08); Surfing since 1991: evolution of web browsers: Firefox first released 2004; 24 Oct 2011: Dormancy unloads Firefox tabs to free RAM:  Lifehacker recently ran limited & non scientific tests indicating that Chrome & Internet Explorer used more RAM than Firefox; 

Flock social browser                                                                                                            16 July 2006
integrates feeds, blogging tools, social bookmarks & photo sharing services; Web 2.0: wikis, podcasts; (10 Jul 07) V. 0.9 'Release Candidate'; Flock 1.0 integrated photo-sharing & IM, RSS feeds, etc. for Windows 2000, XP, & Vista; Flock 1.1 integration of  webmail services from Yahoo & Gmail for users to share web pages, images, articles, links with friends; Flock Mail icon lights when mail arrives; Picasa photo-sharing service; free download for Mac, PC & Linux in early Feb 2008; integrated with MySpace Developer Platform so users can web surf with MySpace friends in their sidebar; Flock 1.1 for Win 2000+ allows monitoring of Facebook,Flickr, Twitter, & YouTube accounts; Flock Browser 1.2.4 hot links to commonly used blogging sites,compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista; Flock version 2.5(review) integrates Facebook Chat, improves Twitter functionality, adds Flockcast broadcasting;

Foxylicious                                                                                                                            27 October 2004
free Mozilla Firefox extension integrates del.icio.us bookmarks into Firefox browser's bookmarks

Free web browsers(Wikipedia)                                                                                             30 November 2007

Galeon : the web, only the web GNOME browser based on gecko(mozilla rendering engine)  17 October 2001
fast, light interface fully standards-compliant; download additional documentation(installation) requires Gnome & Mozilla; Galeon FAQ; simplest interface - no mail, newsgroups, file management, instant messenging; UNIX philosophy- design small tools to do one thing well; integrate with CORBA, Bonobo, command line; 

Get more from your browser(IE, Firefox)                                                                                 2 January 2010

Glue browser addon for Chrome & Firefox tracks internet use & recommends like sites          4 March 2010
social recommendation network for movies, books, & music provides a recommendation stream based on personal tastes, what friends like, & what's most popular

Google Chrome  (Best Of: Chrome Extensions, 19 Nov 2011)                                              3 September 2008
built on Webkit browser(framework powering Safari & iPhone); Smarter implementation of Javascript rendering; Smarter memory management; Crash-free app browsing partitions applications so one crashing won't crash your browser; Tabs on top; Quick navigation, frequently visited pages available by point & click navigation like Opera's Quick Dial; Google Gears integrated for offline use, local storage of information; Open source; Chrome Browser - best video clips; A fresh take on the browser; To avoid javascripts & snippets of code to take over browser(& make it hang), Chrome will have multiple processes. Each tab, a separate process. One tab may go down without crashing the browser. Closing tab will end process; includes open source JavaScript Virtual Machine,V8; address bar all-in-one entry point for URLs & search with autocomplete; Opera like start up tab presents 9 thumb-shot images of most visited web pages; malware & phishing warnings; privacy mode like Firefox, Flock, Safari, Opera & latest IE; Google Chrome: Browser competition back in high gear; New Browser War: Chrome Vs. Firefox & IE (PCMag, Sept 2, 2008) describes features of Firefox 3, IE8, & Google's Chrome; FF is the one to beat; Browser Battle: Firefox 3.1 vs. Chrome vs. IE 8 (PCWorld, Sep 9, 2008), good & bad of each; 10 main features; Coming soon to Chrome: Google Bookmarks?; Chrome vs Firefox; 3 ways to enjoy Google Chrome without privacy concerns; Google Chrome bookmarklets; Google Chrome 1.0.154.59 instead of having traditional toolbar puts tabs on top & allows users to move them around & control each tab with forward & back buttons; hybrid device brings together search box & address bar; compatible with computers running Windows Vista & XP; (22 May 2009)New stable version: faster, full screen mode, form autofill; Chrome v Firefox; July 09 Chromium releases official Mac, Linux browser Alphas; Useful Google Chrome tricks; (Aug 09)sync bookmarks between different computers; Race to data portability: Google Chrome vs. Mozilla Weave - bookmark sync across machines & store alongside Google Docs; Google Chrome Backup free tool to backup & restore profiles, create multiple profiles, delete a profile, backup your preferences, bookmarks, passwords for stable & the newer versions of the browser; Chrome extension WOT adds Web of Trust community web site rating service to check trustworthiness of a web site; Power user’s guide, 2009 Edition; (29 Nov 09) Dell releases customized Chrome OS; 10 Extensions from Google Chrome’s Gallery; Quick Scroll Chrome extension automatically finds most relevant content on site based on search performed & highlights relevant part; 18 Mar 2010: Chrome's translation feature automatically detects if language of webpage is different from preferred language setting & displays prompt asking if you'd like the page to be translated using Google Translate; 2 Apr 2010: Chrome 5 beta for Windows, Mac OS X, & Linux, has geolocation, windows 7 features, extensions, syncing, built in Flash, WebGL for low-level, hardware-acclerated 3D graphics; True Knowledge browser plugin available on Chrome; Use Chrome like a pro; Awesome Screenshot captures, annotates, uploads screenshots in GC; 6 Oct 2010: Chrome triples, Firefox steady, Internet Explorer still dropping;11 Dec 2010: Google Chrome 8.02.552.215 contains auto-updates & automatic translation of web pages, gives users broad control over search engines & setting search customizations. This version is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, & Linux; Chrome web store: As Google wants Chrome OS to be completely cloud based, meaning one doesn’t need to leave the browser, they provide the necessary apps, extensions & themes here; Chrome extension Talkita lets you live chat with users that are currently viewing the same website; 10 must-have Google Chrome extensions(PCWorld); Cheat Sheet: 10 tips & tricks; 10+ Google Chrome extensions for newly converted; History Calendar extension adds a small calendar to the upper right-hand corner of Chrome’s History page, so you can filter your history by date; 9 October 2011: GC is to pass Mozilla Firefox’s number of users by December 2011(SE Journalt report by StatCounter web analytics firm); How to clear individual cookies in GC - enter chrome://settings/cookies into address bar, Ctl/Shift Del link to Adobe Flash Player storage settings; 12 Jan 2012: Remove old Chrome versions to save disk space; 

Google Gears plugin extends browser as a platform for web applications                               5 December 2008

Google to drop support for old browsers IE6 & 7, Safari 3 & Firefox 3.5                                6 Jun 2011

Google toolbar for Mozilla &  Firefox                                                                                  12 October 2004

Hide/Show browser menu bars - toggle F11 (checked IE, Mozilla & Mozilla Firefox)

How to customise your browser for more search power                                                         16 September 2009

httpTorrents downloads Torrents via your browser                                                                 17 November 2009

iBreadCrumbs browser addon                                                                                              14 June 2008
for students, researchers, professionals doing research on the web; toolbar button clickstream recorder, recording web sites you visit while researching topic; saved research can be shared through iBreadCrumbs social network

iCab 2.9.5 (for Mac )                                                                                                            30 August 2003
download manager, link manager, kiosk mode (effectively blocks other applications); pop-up ad blocker; FAQ ; compatible with systems running Mac OS X

Internet Explorer 8(beta)                                                                                                       9 March 2008
ActiveX offers greater control over who can install controls & on which sites they run. Activities browser extension acts on user-selected content to perform an action, like "email", more information, like "map this," or "translate this." These are contextual menu options which help you find info faster without having to copy & paste from one web page to another WebSlices subscribe to content directly from within a web page; content changesnotified on Favorites bar (formerly Links bar). Automatic Crash Recovery automatically restores session if browser crashes or hangs. Phishing Filter better detects spoofing & blocks sites known to contain malicious software Compliance & Standards - CSS 2.1 Compliance, Better CSS printing, CSS Selector API support, Acid2 Support  AJAX Navigation back & forth in an AJAX application. DOM Storage allows pages to cache text on the machine to reduce network latencies. Connectivity Events allow websites to check whether you're online & receive notification of connectivity changes. 6 connections per host instead of 2 for broadband scenarios & a scriptable property improve performance by allowing parallelization of downloads in Internet Explorer 8. XMLHTTPRequest Enhancements include a timeout property that can be set to cancel the request if necessary, allowing developers to manage the request better. * Integrated Developer Tools; (13 March 2008)SearchTogether plug-in for Internet Explorer 7.0 stores all queries group members have entered & tracks comments; search initiator can use tool to divide work among group members; works only with Internet Explorer; requires a Windows Live ID; New Browser War: Chrome Vs. Firefox & IE (PCMag, Sept 2, 2008) describes features of Firefox 3, IE8, & Google's Chrome; FF is the one to beat; Browser Battle: Firefox 3.1 vs. Chrome vs. IE 8 (PCWorld, Sep 9, 2008), good & bad of each; Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage in late 2008; IE-Vista advice & support for users of IE7 & IE8; Google Wave drowns IE: claim IE’s JavaScript performance is many times slower than that of Firefox 3.5, Google’s Chrome browser & Apple’s Safari 4, & IE support for HTML 5 standard is far behind; Get more from your browser(IE, Firefox), 2 January 2010; 20 September 2010: Microsoft IE9: it's good(PCWorld); 6 Oct 2010: Chrome triples, Firefox steady, Internet Explorer still dropping;24 Mar 2011: IE 9's nagging 64-bit woes 64-bit computing is now mainstream, but IE didn't get the memo. You now have a 64-bit system and are running a 64-bit OS, but that doesn't mean you want to run 64-bit IE 9; IE expired cookies cleaner;

iPad browsers See also 4 free iPad browsers to replace Mobile Safari 

IRIDER                                                                                                                              15 May 2004
uses IE Favorites, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera bookmarks; download free 21-day trial; US$29.95 to register

JYBE(beta)                                                                                                                        27 January 2005
free Advanced Reality Inc. browser plugin to browse the Web together from different locations; works with IE & Firefox

K-Meleon renders pages with open source technology used by Firefox, Mozilla & Netscape   24 September 2005
using less memory; customizable, less cluttered; only available for Windows ; tabbed browsing called "layers"; make "groups" of related pages (blogs, news sites, ISPs,; ) to open together; privacy options; kill flash animations; 

Konqueror file manager for the K Desktop Environment                                                      8 September 2008
Open Source web browser with HTML 4.01 compliance, supporting Java applets, JavaScript, CSS 1, CSS 2.1, Netscape plugins(e.g. Flash or RealVideo plugins); Universal Viewer for many file types; supports basic file management on local UNIX filesystems, from simple cut/copy & paste operations to advanced remote & local network file browsing; Konqueror FAQ;

Kynetx: powerful cross-platform tool for creating Firefox, IE & Chrome Extensions             23 December 2009
Developers write code in Kynetx's own rule-based language, Kynetx Rule Language (KRL), & the service builds the extensions; best suited for building plugins that add additional information to a website. Kynetx's extensions use Action Cards to augment these sites;

LookAhead                                                                                                                       5 August 2004
Google tool for Mozilla Firefox gets Google results in multiple browser windows; needs API key to work

LunaScape                                                                                                                           21 December 2008
integrates 3 main browser rendering engines switching to optimal engine automatically; latest version of Firefox layout engine, Gecko, loaded & tweaked for fastest JavaScript execution

Lynx  text-only browser for UNIX shell & VMS users                                                       1 September 2004

Mac browsers(OS X): Go Beyond Safari                                                                          29 July 2006
comparing Mozilla's Firefox 1.0 Preview Release, Camino 0.8.1, Mozilla 1.8; America Online’s Netscape 7.2; Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) X 5.2.3; Omni Group’s OmniWeb 5.01; Freeverse Software’s BumperCar 1.0; Opera Software’s Opera 7.54; Alexander Clauss’s iCab X 2.9.8; Shiira 2.0 features tabs as small preview images; Shelf bookmarks access; RSS support & webpage holder feature.Mac OS X 10.4+

Maxthon (formerly MyIE)                                                                                                  15 July 2006
improves upon IE offering autoscrolling, newsgroup-browsing mode, customizable skins; security features; compatible with computers running Windows 95+; tabbed, customizable, free browser built on IE platform; history; threat to Firefox;

Metabrowsers-Traffick - Guide to Portals - Feature Story                                                 30 July 2001
"Octopus, Quickbrowse, Calltheshots,Katiesoft, Yodlee"; metabrowsing services trend represents a shift of power away from the browser

Metabrowsers--Traffick Web Directory - Web Tools                                                       30 July 2001
Metabrowsers enable browsing of multiple sites at one time, each in its own way

Microsoft Gazelle: web browser as a Multi-Principal OS                                                24 February 2009
acts like an operating system with browser kernel exclusively protecting resources & sharing across Web sites; more secure for now typical dynamic pages;

Microsoft Internet Explorere Restrictions                                                                          4 July 2003
download fixes common restrictions used by unethical web sites; Microsoft quietly drops annoying Genuine Advantage Validation;

Microsoft Silverlight web application framework similar to Adobe Flash                           8 January 2010
cross-browser, cross-platform & cross-device browser plugin enabling companies to design, develop & deliver applications & experiences on the Web;

Missiontrek's Cartagio: The Next Generation                                                                    11 September 2002
new browser store, organize, retrieve, share, track, comment, collaborate on project-based research, tour designated resources..(Sept 2 issue of LLRX.com)

MM3-Web-Assistant-Proxy Offline Browser 2007                                                         14 June 2007
creates a copy of all webpages visited during any given browsing session for use offline

Mobile browsers                                                                                                            31 March 2007
Mozilla's Minimo Opera release is updated version of browser for Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs; version for Smartphones soon; clocking in at version 8.60, runs on Windows Mobile 5 & 2003 SE with Opera's newest core code, tabbed  & landscape/portrait browsing, RSS reader Microsoft Deepfish for mobile devices reduces normal screen image size but allows zoom; Skyfire (26 September 2008)New Features; 14 Apr 2011: HP's webOS 3.0 leaked: Updated browser, email, maps &c; 3 Nov 2011: Opera Mini 6.5 update released for various mobile devices Apple’s iPhone & iPad, Blackberry devices, Symbian S60 & Java-enabled phones - Opera Mobile 11.5 released for Symbian S60  - core difference between 2 mobile browser versions is how Opera Turbo(compression service that reduces size of web pages for transmission) is handled in the browser; Dolphin Browser HD: mobile browsing for Android 2.0.1+; 

MozDev                                                                                                                           21 June 2002
Mozilla projects; alternate user  interface..Mozilla/Blogger; spellchecker; keyboard shortcuts

Mozilla Firebird  browser component of Mozilla without news or email reader                    30 June 2003
blocking popups, managing passwords & cookies, controlling javascript options such as scripts that hide or change status bar text; automatic image resizer shrinks any image bigger than your window; Google Toolbar version

Mozilla Release Notes system requirements, installation instructions, etc. for Mozilla 0.6        30 July 2001
latest versions from mozilla.org FTP site; open-source browser Mozilla (0.9.4) allows users to disable javascript's window.open method used to open new browser windows; no pop- ups; Mozilla 1.3a release; Mozilla 1.6 adds mail/news, Ask Jeeves searching, translate page functionality

Mozilla Resources
changing fonts & preferences unavailable from Preferences menu; built in cookie, pop-up & animation managers; increase font size(IE wont always do this); print function shrinks page to fit width of paper; Google toolbar; NeedleSearch lets Mozilla users bookmark search engines; On Mozilla & Evolution of Browser(13 May 2007); Mozilla Digital Memory Bank permanent, open, peer-produced digital archive; browse Memory Bank section: blogs, interviews, documents, testimonials, & press releases; Mozilla Map shows where Mozilla developers & users are located; MozBackup 1.4.7 allows users to back up, save, & restore bookmarks from Firefox, Thunderbird, & SeaMonkey; choose which parts of profile to save or restore, including various emails & address books;Windows 95+;  MozBackup 1.4.7: Firefox & Thunderbird take time to back up. MozBackup 1.4.7 can be used to save & restore bookmarks, extensions, personal settings; choose parts of profile to save or restore; Windows 95+; Mozilla addons, November 2008;

MozillaZine Knowledge Base                                                                                               31 December 2006
documentation of Mozilla products & applications; articles, Search box, MozillaZine Forums

MultiOS Browser Test Site                                                                                                  1 May 2005
test CSS, Document Object Model, Graphic Sizes, iFrames, JavaScript, Browser Plug-in inquiry, SVG-Graphic & XML

Navigator/Explorer Comparison                                                                                           5 November 2006
solutions to rendering differences between Netscape Navigator 4.7, 6.0, IE 5.0

NetCaptor.com                                                                                                                   5 November 2002
separate browser tabs for multiple windows; organize pages in CaptorGroups; useful for scanning multiple sites; edit & control CaptorGroups(how tabs open, their size, etc); display source code; choose from installed HTML Editors; auto-complete function for web addresses; popup killer; 15 day trial, $29.95 to register; free upgrades for life; Windows 95+; requires IE - No non-IE versions 

NetMechanic's Browser Photo tool                                                                                      18 April 2004
testing lab to view screen shots in 16 different browsers, browser version, & operating system combinations;

Netscape Archive (Netscape Communications)                                                                   6 March 2008
Netscape Web browser official support (AOL) ended March 1, 2008; background, software release & add-on history, links to online communities for Netscape users, blog, links to other Netscape pages; download browsers such as Flock, Firefox, & Thunderbird;

Netscape Browser Archive                                                                                                   30 July 2001
archive for downloading Netscape browser software(Tales from the Terminal Room  Jul/Aug 2003 Issue No. 45) AOL bought coy in 1998; Netscape brand & old editions of software supported - launched 1994, first reliable, compact graphical browser for desktop computers; Mozilla Foundation takes over development; slim-line Mozilla Firebird(Tales from the Terminal Room, June 2003); (May 2005) Netscape has launched version 8.0; uses Firefox & IE engines; tabbed browsing; MultiBar displays RSS feeds in browser bar & different browser toolbars with local information like weather, shopping & maps for US residents only; (30 January 2006) Netscape Browser 8.1 has built-in RSS reader; Netscape Blog (Dec 28) AOL has discontinued support for the Netscape browser & recommends that all users change to Mozilla Firefox. There will still be the Netscape portal, although that now is a clone of AOL; 

Netscape Plug-in Finder all platforms, file extensions, MIME types, languages                      18 September 2004

New Browser War: Mobile Firefox vs Opera Mini                                                               4 February 2008

Off By One Web Browser                                                                                                    1 January 2002
doesn't support applets, plugins, JavaScript(no popup ad windows), Flash; no SSL support for secured sites - can't access https:// addresses; fast browser, no installation,  l.l mb file; self-contained, can be run directly from a CD or network; free

Offline Browsers download entire sites or sections to view & browse offline                          18 August 2006

Omnibrowser 2.0                                                                                                                    11 December 2004
customizable skins & sounds; shell program with tabbed browser function, automatic popup blocking, access to major search engines; Windows XP

OmniWeb 5.1.3(Mac OS X 10.2)                                                                                          29 July 2006
tabbed browsing, auto-save browsing sessions, zoom in on text passages; ad blocking, RSS newsw feeds, work spaces;

Online Research Browsers Internet MiniGuide Annotated Link Compilation                             27 October 2004

Opera - fastest browser on earth!                                                                                           21 December 2002
Speed, Size, Security, Standards, compliance, State-of-the-Art; Multi browsers save time, allow comparison of different pages; Usenet newsreader supports FTP, style sheets, SSL security; handles Java & JavaScript; excellent for physically handicapped; navigable with keyboard only, can scale web pages; depending on monitor size, resolution & visual acuity, set browser window size from 20% to 1000% size; configure screen reader software; import IE Favorites & Navigator Bookmarks; free; U.S.$29 ad free; Opera 6 for Mac OS 8.6-10.2 - Beta 2 for Opera 7 for Windows; Opera 7.21 for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, & Solaris "Undo" feature; (22 Apr 2004) Opera Software beta version 7.50 update for all operating systems incorporates RSS reader, searchable email , supports chat;  (June 2004) Version 7.5 for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, & Solaris; supports RSS feeds(displayed before, not readable) Extensive upgrades to email & chat ; one-click setups like IE/Firefox(skin, toolbar, menu, keyboard shortcuts), Safari(skin & toolbar) & Web developers (skin, toolbar, menu, keyboard shortcuts) available at Customise Opera; web-based Opera Show Generator creates presentations without downloading software & knowing HTML; no charge; create & view slide presentations; Opera 8 voice support, XmlHttpRequest gives full Gmail support, notification of blocked popups; Fit to window width; User JavaScript, Fit to page for printing; incorporates Answers.com; (Sept 2005)Version 8.5 -  no banner ads, Win95+ & Mac OS X; (17 February 2006) to include BitTorrent search; Information-Rich Wiki for Opera: OperaTips, VisualTutorials, Styling Web Pages,Editing INI Files, User Javascript, "Jekyll & Hyde Toolbar"; Change Sensitivity of Mouse Gestures, Open bookmarks in new pages, Add View Cookie to Opera's menu ;  index;  Highly recommended; Opera 9 Beta includes Widgets; supports BitTorrent file downloading, content blocker, thumbnails of tabbed sites; beta 2 version includes tweaks to widgets, & RSS newsfeeds; inclusion of BitTorrent(.torrent) support (August 2006); Opera Widgets (Opera 9); Opera software developers kit(SDK) for widgets run on the company's mobile browser, Opera Mini excluded, desktop version of Opera, Nintendo Wii & devices that run Opera 9.5; Opera 9.5 for Windows & Mac reviewed; Opera 9.52(Aug 08)
features include Quick Find which remembers title, address & content of relevant sites & has a redesigned address bar drop-down menu; compatible with Mac OS X 10.3, 10.4, or 10.5; Opera 10 Alpha emphasizes faster browsing with Presto 2.2 rendering engine; Opera: one web across multiple devices - Opera's Devices SDK allows hardware manufacturers to build browsers for their hardware devices like TVs, media players, cell phones, or gaming consoles; Surfing since 1991: evolution of web browsers: Opera first released 1996; Opera 10 for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris Opera Turbo compression technology improved surfing on slower connectionse, visual tabs, smarter spell checker, faster rendering engine, built-in email client & RSS reader; 21 Mar 2010: Opera 10.50 new (Windows 7) JavaScript engine makes loading times quicker & more efficient, translucent window frames; 1 May 2010: Opera 10.52 new range of desktop widgets, file sharing utilities, fulltext searching from address field; Mac OS X 10.3+, Windows 2000+, & Linux; 25 Apr 2011: Discovering Opera: Opera Turbo overview,  Part 1; Opera Unite Overview, Part 2; Opera Widgets Overview, Part 3; Opera Link Overview, Part 4; Opera Extensions Overview, Part 5;    

Opera Reader: Paging the Web implements CSS3 extensions that split content into pages            3 November 2011
control page browsing by swiping page in different directions on touch screen devices, using arrow & PgUp/PgDn keys on a device with a keyboard, & activating on-screen control buttons; drag pages with mouse; special builds cannont select text with mouse(to select text type opera:config in address bar, & turn off Scroll is Pan)

Opera Unite turns any computer into both client & server (review)                                            16 June 2009
allowing it to interact with & serve content to computers across the Web without the need for third-party servers; initial apps include file sharing, web server, social note-posting, chat, photo sharing, media player; others to come; Put a media server in your browser;

OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) Support for Firefox                                           28 May 2006
extension adds OPML(file type used to distribute lists of RSS/newsfeeds) import/export functionality to Firefox Bookmark manager; Exporting OPML from Firefox creates file containing Live Bookmarks; importing OPML file adds Live Bookmark for each feed listed

Other Browsers(IE Addons) guided search, quick save, categorize history, surfing for you         18 August 2006

Palary protects your privacy, free                                                                                              14 September 2006
no-one can record information you are accessing or downloading; prevents history files, cache files, cookie files from being saved; avoidss access restrictions acting as a proxy server; portable bookmarks & surfing preferences;

Peacekeeper the browser benchmark                                                                                        11 May 2009
range of tests to measure browser performance; displays results in a graph along with the performance details of other browsers on other systems; FAQ;

Phase Out 5.0 (Windows Operating System)                                                                           28 June 2003
customizable for Windows 98+; various email clients, send photos quickly from a Webcam; 10 skins; (16 January 2005)Phaseout 5.2; pop-up blocker; preview bar thumbnails of webpages & loading progress; compatible with Windows 95+;

Phoenix 0.7 release notes                                                                                                         17 October 2003

PimpFish browser toolbar (Free download)                                                                              6 April 2006
save pics, movies - Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media, embedded videos; download manager with thumbnail viewer, statistics, gallery shortcuts & SLAPfiles integration; password management for protected websites & bulletin boards; Win/IE & Firefox beta version; .

Pluck                                                                                                                                       14 June 2004
free browser addons for IE; expanded searching capabilities, live content folder sharing & RSS reader; exchange information saved in documents or folders

Privacy - web browsers leave ‘fingerprints’ as you surf the Net (EFF research)                       21 May 2010

Private browsing web browser mode prevents your computer from logging web pages visited      27 March 2009

Quickbrowse                                                                                                                           30 July 2001
License Quickbrowse QuickLinks™ for your Web site or Intranet; patent-pending - users click on all the links they want at once; "Metabrowsing allows quicker searching & combines sites you want inside a single fast-to-view page"

Quick Trick: Temporarily Remove Browser Toolbars                                                       19 September 2003
remove the toolbars from your browser window by pressing the F11 key on Windows keyboard; pressing F11 again restores works in both IE & Netscape

Raven: new browser for Mac turns sites into Apps   free beta download                                  11 October 2011

Rich Internet applications(RIA)                                                                                                12 June 2007
browser app with rich user interface & offline mode; features & functionality of traditional desktop applications typically transfer processing necessary for user interface to Web client but keep bulk of data (i.e., maintaining state of program, data etc) on application server; RIAs typically:  run in a Web browser, or do not require software installation; run locally in a secure environment called a sandbox; can be "occasionally connected" between hot-spots or from office to office;

RockMelt: Netscape's Andreessen backing stealth Facebook browser           Beta release, 7 November 2010

Safari 1.0 [Macintosh Operating System]                                                                                 4 July 2003
works seamlessly with Mac's OS X; Google search field; Snapback feature retraces steps to recently visited sites; tab between multiple Web pages; Mac OS X; Firefox loses browser share, Safari gains(Computerworld, 21 Feb'07); Inquisitor search addon for Safari; For more Safari addons see Pimp My Safari; Safari plugins forbetter browsing; Apple Safari 4.0.4 includes cover flow feature for flipping through their site history like a photo album, top sites feature creates preview of favorite websites viewable as a grid, Windows Vista & XP or Mac OS X 10.5+; S Extensions catalogues add-ons; 6 Jun 2011: Google to drop support for old browsers IE6 & 7, Safari 3 & Firefox 3.5;                               

Safe-browser technologies that work                                                                                           6 November 2009
IE8 has a SmartScreen Filter, Firefox & Chrome use Google Safe Browsing API. Opera's built-in fraud protection depends on malware data assembled by Netcraft; Firefox free LinkExtend addon combines alerts from several site-rating services;

Safe browsing strategies using multiple browsers, sandboxing, & product update analysis software  18 June 2010

SandboxIE                                                                                                                               9 January 2005
protects browsing sessions catching changes as Internet Explorer applies them in the sandbox; run suspect programs here; effective with any other browser; 

Sealife semantic browser                                                                                                          23 May 2009
Intelligent Life Sciences Search Engine: major customers BASF, Unilever  & GoPubMed search engine,linked to PubMed archive of biomedical literature;

SeaMonkey 1.1.1 manage images, newsgroups, & mail seamlessly                                           24 March 2007
includes chat client & HTML editor; Mac OS X 10.2+;Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, XP; SeaMonkey 2.0.2 all-in-one application contains browser, image manager, junk mail controls, RSS feed manager, HTML editor; Windows 2000, XP & Vista or Mac OS X 10.4+;

Microsoft Silverlight web application framework similar to Adobe Flash                                       8 January 2010
cross-browser, cross-platform & cross-device browser plugin enabling companies to design, develop & deliver applications & experiences on the Web;

Single Site Browsers/Site Specific Browsers(SSB)                                                                19 August 2009
Fluid(open source for Mac) creates SSBs on OSX desktop inspired by Mozilla Prism project: take heavily used web applications from browser, reducing tab usage, avoiding crashes, & improving workflow; advanced features such as user scripting with limited programming; See Bubbles or Mozilla Prism application platforms for Windows users;

SiteVista                                                                                                                                  18 May 2007
how pages look in different web browsers, at different screen resolutions & different color depths; FullPage technology shows page in 1 screen capture, no scroll

Slim Browser 4.10                                                                                                                   11 August 2007
tabbed browser; save memorized zoom levels for web pages; web form spell checker & universal URL filter, online translation, script error suppression, blacklist/whitelist filtering, recoverable popup killer, form filler, site group, quick-search, auto login, hidden sites, built- in commands & scripting; Windows 95+; render RSS feeds into readable web pages; customize appearance with 100+ skins;  Dec 09 SlimBrowser 4.12(Windows 98+) users can customize program to rearrange toolbars, add or remove buttons, support for search suggestions prompts, new shortcut keys; version still includes built-in popup monitor, URL alias, & scroll button;

Snow Leopard aka  Mac OS X 10.6                                                                                       28 November 2009

Social Web Browsers(FreePint, No. 224)                                                                               15 February 2007
Flock, StumbleUpon (Firefox & IE versions only); Browzmi: Firefox extension turns browsing into a social activity; Socialbrowse; Kiobo; Me.dium - courts controversy with extreme social networking;

Speed testing latest web browsers                                                                                          14 June 2008  
lifehacker.com speed tests: Startup time Winner: Opera!; JavaScript & CSS Winner: Safari!; Memory use Winner: Firefox 3!       

Surfing since 1991: evolution of web browsers                                                                         24 August 2009

Switching browsers with a hotkey                                                                                           17 November 2009

Tablane multi-lane browser                                                                                                     20 January 2006
tabs displayed on main browser window, lanes where an array of Web sites are viewed in a single window; Collection groups bookmarks or favorites to manage & share - saved in RSS XML format;

Tab tools                                                                                                                             11 June 2006
Tabbrowser Preferences tweaks tabs e.g.double-click a tab to close it; see also Tab Preview extension - hover over tabs to see content; Why to embrace Firefox 3.6's new-tab ethos compares tab handling at Firefox & Chrome to those at IE8, Opera, & Safari;

Tabulator(W3C) generic data browser & editor (Firefox add-on)                                            10 July 2009
table-based display for RDF data on Semantic Web; using AJAX code from Tabulator Semantic Web Browser, Data Browser Extension makes RDF data readable & shows data links across sites; Queries generated for display in tables, calendars, maps, & timelines;

Testing platforms  See SiteVista                                                                                         18 May 2007
Panopticlick tests your browser to see how unique it is based on the information it will share with sites it visits;  

Toolbars & deskbars                                                                                                            24 March 2004

TouchGraph Google Browser(visualize connections between websites)                                  24 September 2007
search results in pane to left of browser window, graphic rendering of clusters of same sites; Clusters of conceptually related websites(Google’s Similar Pages) given one color; works as a search tool; Amazon browser & Facebook browser

Transmute 1.67 transfers bookmarks from one browser to another                                        23 January 2010
compatible with browsers, including Google Chrome, Opera, & Chromium; provides automatic backups; support site includes screenshots & support suggestions; Windows 95+;

Updated web browsers - which one works best?                                                                   23 April 2008

Visual Explorer built on top of Microsoft's Internet Explorer                                                    5 December 2008
Similar to what Flock does with Firefox; While Flock focuses on integrating social media services, Visual Explorer tries to provide browsing features such as live previews for tabs or enhanced download manager; only available for Windows; any version  including Windows 98, ME, NT, & 2000;  built-in themes, content filters, ability to use IE addons; cloaking mode hides browser inactive for a set amount of time; save web pages as images, enhanced download manager, access to RSS subscriptions (no integration with RSS readers);

"Voice Browser" Activity(W3C)                                                                                          17 May 2009

VRML browsers(Virtual Reality Modeling Language )                                                          30 April 2003

Web Assistant Private 2004                                                                                                  21 December 2003
freeware proxy offline browser archives websites; hierarchical archive structure represents a mirror of every website, topic-specific archiving of webpages, & filtration of unwanted material from each site; Windows 95+

Web Browser reviews                                                                                                         24 September 2005
Firefox, Camino, K-Meleon, Netscape, Opera, Internet Explorer,  Mozilla Suite, Safari

Web Historian(Red Cliff's freeware tool)
crawls directory structure to identify Internet activity files for IE, Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape, Safari (Apple OS X), Opera; no need to memorize paths for Internet activity files; outputs reconstructed data into Native Excel Spreadsheet, HTML, Delimited Text File; 

WeMedia talking browser gets web access in the news; free                                                 25 July 2001

What are Browsers?                                                                                                            8 December 2002
See also What is a browser? & check WhatBrowser.org; 14 Dec 09, Choosing a web browser;

WhatBrowser.org choice in browsers, under the hood, tweaks                                             2 December 2010

Windows based web browsers                                                                                            5 March 2006

World Browser 2.4.1.2                                                                                                       18 July 2009
visually stimulating; tool options for blocking ads & built-in mouse gestures to move around pages more smoothly; favorites list & download history; Windows XP or Vista;

Wyzo free web browser: a downloader’s dream                                                                          1 May 2009
Windows/Mac/Linux: built from the Firefox core;  integrates BitTorrent capabilities, download acceleration; Cooliris previews; optimizing online media;