There was a time when only one browser was vastly superior to
another, but now due to the emergence of various web browsers, it has become tough
for you to choose the best one amongst so many varieties. Fortunately, you
cannot go wrong with any of popular web browsers anymore, but there are a few
things here and there that give each of its own competitive edge of the others.
Here is the comparison among the most popular web browsers:
Internet Explorer, Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
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Internet Explorer
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Safari
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Google Chrome
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Mozilla Firefox
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Developer
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Microsoft
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Apple
Inc.
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Google
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Mozilla Foundation
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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First
Public Release Version
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1.0
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0.8
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0.2.149.27
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0.1
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First Public Release Year
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August 16, 1995
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January 7, 2003
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September 2, 2008
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September 23, 2002
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Software License
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Proprietary
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Proprietary (browser), GNU
LGPL (WebKit)
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Google Chrome Terms of
Service (Google Chrome's closed-source features), BSD (Chromium executable)
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MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL
tri-license
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Accessibility
Features
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Ad
Filtering, Caret Navigation, Full-text History Search, Text-to-Speech, Voice
Control
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Caret
Navigation, Full-text History Search, Mouse Gesture, Spatial Navigation,
Text-to-Speech, Voice Control
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Full-text
History Search, Spatial Navigation, Text-to-Speech, Voice Control
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Caret
Navigation
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Platform and OS
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Windows,
Mac OS X, Solaris OS, HP-UX
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Mac OS X
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Windows,
Linux, Mac OS X
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Windows,
Mac, Linux, Mac OS X, BSD, Other/Unix
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Current Layout Engine
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Trident
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WebKit
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WebKit
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Gecko
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Mobile Tech Support
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None
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WML
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None
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None
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SMIL
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VML
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XHTML 1.0
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XHTML 1.1
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· XHTML 1.0
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MathML
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XForms
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XHTML 1.0
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XHTML 1.1
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Plugins and Syndicated Content Support
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ActiveX, Atom, Other Web Feed, RSS
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Atom, NPAPI, RSS
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NPAPI
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Atom, NPAPI, RSS
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Protocol Support
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IPv6, Proxy Possibilities
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IPv6
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Proxy Possibilities
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BitTorrent, Gopher, IPv6, Proxy
Possibilities
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Image Formats Supported
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None
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2D Canvas, JPEG 2000, PDF, SVG, TIFF,
XBM
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2D Canvas, PDF, SVG, XBM
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2D Canvas, APNG, SVG
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Average
Market Share
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18%
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5.92%
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25.7%
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25.2%
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CPU
Usage
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18.1%
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4.4%
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3%
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7.6%
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Overall Performance Rankings
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5/5
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2/5
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1/5
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2/5
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