Comparison of web browsers
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This is a comparison of both historical and current web browsers based on developer, engine, platform(s), releases, license, and cost.
General information
[edit]Basic general information about the browsers. Browsers listed on a light purple background are discontinued. Platforms with a yellow background have limited support.
Browser | Developer | Layout engine | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost (USD) | |
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Version | Date | ||||||
Amaya (discontinued) | W3C, INRIA | Custom | Linux | 11.4.4[1] | 2012-01-18 | W3C | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
AOL Explorer (discontinued) | America Online, Inc | Trident | Windows | 1.5[2] | 2006-05 | Proprietary | No cost |
Arora (discontinued) | Benjamin C. Meyer | WebKit | BSD | 0.11.0[3] | 2010-09-27 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
Haiku | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
OS/2 | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Avast Secure Browser | Avast Software | Blink | Android | 7.1.3[4] | 2022-11-24 | Proprietary | No cost |
iOS | 4.9.0[5] | 2022-10-25 | |||||
macOS | 118.0[6] | 2023-10-31 | |||||
Windows | 119.0[7] | 2023-11-13 | |||||
Basilisk | Basilisk-Dev | Goanna | Linux | 2024.09.13[8] | 2024-09-13 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Brave | Brave Software Inc. | Blink | Android | 1.71.114[9] | 2024-10-17 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
iOS | 1.71.114[9] | 2024-10-17 | |||||
Linux | 1.71.114[9] | 2024-10-17 | |||||
macOS | 1.71.114[9] | 2024-10-17 | |||||
Windows | 1.71.114[9] | 2024-10-17 | |||||
Camino (discontinued) | The Camino Project | Gecko | macOS | 2.1.2[10] | 2012-03-14 | Tri-license[a] | No cost |
Chrome | Blink | Android | 129.0.6668.54[11] | 2024-09-17 | Proprietary[b] | No cost | |
iOS | 129.0.6668.46[13] | 2024-09-11 | |||||
Linux | 129.0.6668.58/59[14] | 2024-09-17 | |||||
macOS | 129.0.6668.58/59[14] | 2024-09-17 | |||||
Windows | 129.0.6668.58/59[14] | 2024-09-17 | |||||
Chromium | The Chromium Project | Blink | (built nightly) | BSD | No cost | ||
Cliqz (discontinued) | Cliqz GmbH | Gecko | Android | 1.10.1[15] | 2021-06-14 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
iOS | 3.7.2[16] | 2021-06-10 | |||||
macOS | 1.38.0[17] | 2020-07-22 | |||||
Windows | 1.38.0[17] | 2020-07-22 | |||||
Comodo Dragon | Comodo Group | Blink | Windows | 119.0.6045.200[18] | 2023-12-07 | BSD | No cost |
Comodo IceDragon (discontinued) | Comodo Group | Gecko | Windows | 65.0.2.15[19] | 2019-06-19 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Dillo | The Dillo team | Custom | BSD | 3.1.1[20] | 2024-06-08 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Dooble | Dooble Team | Blink | BSD | 2024.08.20[21] | 2024-08-20 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Edge | Microsoft | EdgeHTML[c] Blink[d] | Android | 126.0.2592.117[22] | 2024-07-23 | Proprietary[e] | No cost |
iOS | 126.2592.120[23] | 2024-07-24 | |||||
Linux | 127.0.2651.74[24] | 2024-07-25 | |||||
macOS | 127.0.2651.74[24] | 2024-07-25 | |||||
Windows | 127.0.2651.74[24] | 2024-07-25 | |||||
ELinks | Baudis, Fonseca, et al. | Fork of Links | BSD | 0.17.0[25] | 2023-12-25 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Falkon | David Rosca | Blink | BSD | 24.05.2[26] | 2024-07-04 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
Haiku | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Firefox | Mozilla Foundation | Gecko[f] Gecko w/Servo[g] | Android | 132.0[27] | 2024-10-29 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
BSD | |||||||
iOS | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Flock (discontinued) | Flock Inc | WebKit | BSD | 3.5.3.4641 | 2011-02-01 | Proprietary[h] | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Galeon (discontinued) | Marco Pesenti Gritti | Gecko | BSD | 2.0.7[28] | 2008-09-27 | GPL | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
GNOME Web (Epiphany) | Marco Pesenti Gritti | WebKit | BSD | 45.1[29] | 2023-11-06 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
GNU IceCat | GNU | Gecko | Android | 115.12.0[30] | 2024-06-10 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
iCab | Alexander Clauss | WebKit | macOS | 6.2.1[31] | 2023-05-05 | Proprietary[i] LGPL[j] | Depends[k] |
Internet Explorer (discontinued) | Microsoft, Spyglass | Trident | Windows | 11.0.1000[32] | 2022-12-13 | Proprietary | Bundled[l] |
Internet Explorer for Mac (discontinued) | Microsoft | Tasman | macOS | 5.2.3.3.2.1.1.3.5.6.7.9.0[33] | 2003-06-16 | Proprietary | No cost |
K-Meleon | Dorian, KKO, et al. | Goanna | Windows | 76.4.7[34] | 2023-04-07 | GPL | No cost |
Konqueror | KDE | KHTML WebKit | BSD | R14.1.2[35] | 2024-04-19 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Ladybird | Ladybird Browser Initiative | LibWeb | Android | BSD-2-Clause | No cost | ||
BSD | |||||||
Haiku | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Links | Patocka, et al. | Custom | BSD | 2.30[36] | 2024-07-27 | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Haiku | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Lunascape | Lunascape Corporation | Gecko Trident WebKit | Android | 13.3.0[37] | 2023-06-14 | Proprietary | No cost |
iOS | 13.3.3[38] | 2023-08-28 | |||||
macOS | 0.27.0[39] | 2023-06-20 | |||||
Windows | 0.27.0[39] | 2023-06-20 | |||||
Lynx | Montulli, Grobe, Rezac, et al. | Fork of libwww | BSD | 2.9.2[40] | 2024-05-31 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
Haiku | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Maxthon | Maxthon International Limited | Blink Trident | Android | 7.0.2.2600[41] | 2023-06-29 | Proprietary | No cost |
iOS | 7.1.9[42] | 2023-08-22 | |||||
Linux | 1.0.5.3[43] | 2014-09-09 | |||||
macOS | 5.1.70[44] | 2022-09-29 | |||||
Windows | 7.1.7.8100[45] | 2023-12-11 | |||||
Midori | Christian Dywan, et al. | WebKit | Android | 3.0.07[46] | 2023-10-26 | LGPL-2.1-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Mosaic (discontinued) | Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, NCSA | Custom | 3.0 | 1997-01-07 | Proprietary | Depends[m] | |
Mozilla Application Suite (discontinued) | Mozilla Foundation | Gecko | 1.7.13[47][48] | 2006-04-21 | Tri-license[a] | No cost | |
Netscape (v.6–7)[n] (discontinued) | Netscape Communications Corporation, AOL | Gecko | 7.2 | 2004-08-17 | Proprietary[i] Tri-license[a][o] | No cost | |
Netscape Browser (v.8)[n] (discontinued) | Mercurial Communications for AOL | Gecko Trident | 8.1.3[49] | 2007-04-02 | Proprietary[p] Tri-license[a][o] | No cost | |
Netscape Communicator (v.4)[n] (discontinued) | Netscape Communications | Fork of Mosaic | 4.8[50][51][52] | 2002-08-22 | Proprietary | No cost | |
Netscape Navigator (v.1–4)[n] (discontinued) | Netscape Communications | Fork of Mosaic | 4.0.8 | 1998-11-09 | Proprietary | No cost | |
Netscape Navigator 9[n] (discontinued) | Netscape Communications (division of AOL) | Gecko | 9.0.0.6[53] | 2008-02-20 | Proprietary[i] Tri-license[a][o] | No cost | |
NetSurf | The NetSurf Developers | Custom | BSD | 3.11[54] | 2023-12-28 | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
Haiku | |||||||
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
OmniWeb (discontinued) | The Omni Group | WebKit | macOS | 5.11.2[55] | 2012-07-20 | Proprietary[i] LGPL[j] | No cost |
Opera | Opera Software | Presto[q] Blink[r] | 114.0.5282.115[56] | 2024-10-23 | Proprietary | No cost | |
Opera Mobile | Opera Software | Presto[s] WebKit for 14 Blink [t] | Android | 63.3.3216.58675 | 2021-04-23 | Proprietary | No cost |
iOS | 3.1.0 | 2021-06-10 | |||||
Symbian | 12.0.22 | 2012-06-24 | |||||
Windows Mobile | 10.0 | 2010-03-16 | |||||
Origyn Web Browser | Sand-labs | WebKit | AROS | 1.25[57] | 2016-04-02 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
AmigaOS 4.x | 1.23r5[58] | 2022-01-02 | |||||
MorphOS | 1.24[59] | 2014-04-15 | |||||
Pale Moon | Moonchild Productions | Goanna | Linux | 33.4.0.1[60] | 2024-10-09 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Windows | |||||||
qutebrowser | Florian Bruhin | WebKit QtWebEngine | BSD | 3.3.1[61] | 2024-10-12 | GPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Safari | Apple Inc. | WebKit | iOS | 18.0[62] | 2024-09-16 | Proprietary[i] LGPL[j] | Bundled[u] |
macOS | 18.0[62] | 2024-09-16 | |||||
SalamWeb | Salam WebTechnologies DMCC | Blink | Android | 4.6.0.48[63] | 2020-09-29 | Proprietary[i] | No cost |
iOS | 4.6.3[64] | 2020-09-29 | |||||
macOS | 4.6.3.589[65] | 2020-09-24 | |||||
Windows | 4.5[66] | 2020-07-31 | |||||
SeaMonkey | SeaMonkey Council | Gecko | BSD | 2.53.19[67] | 2024-09-04 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Shiira (discontinued) | Happy Macintosh Developing Team | WebKit | macOS | 2.3 | 2009-08-11 | BSD-3-Clause | No cost |
Sleipnir | Fenrir Inc. | Blink Trident | Android | 3.7.5[68] | 2024-04-15 | Proprietary | No cost |
iOS | 4.14.2[69] | 2023-12-21 | |||||
macOS | 4.7.9[70] | 2021-03-02 | |||||
Windows | 6.5.5[71] | 2024-03-14 | |||||
SRWare Iron | SRWare | Blink | Android | 102.0.5200.0[72][73] | 2022-07-06 | Proprietary | No cost |
Linux | 118.6000.0[74] | 2023-12-05 | |||||
macOS | 118.0.6000.0[75] | 2023-12-04 | |||||
Windows | 118.0.6000.0[76] | 2022-04-29 | |||||
surf | suckless.org | WebKit | BSD | 2.1[77] | 2021-05-08 | MIT | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Torch Browser (discontinued) | Torch Media | Blink | macOS | 69.2.0.1713[78] | 2020-09-30 | Proprietary | No cost |
Windows | |||||||
Uzbl (discontinued) | Dieter Plaetinck | WebKit | Unix-like | 0.9.1[79] | 2016-10-27 | GPL-3.0-only | No cost |
Vivaldi | Vivaldi Technologies | Blink | Android | 7.0 (3505.47)[80] | 2024-10-31 | Proprietary | No cost |
Linux | 7.0 (3495.10)[81] | 2024-10-30 | |||||
macOS | 7.0 (3495.10)[81] | 2024-10-30 | |||||
Windows | 7.0 (3495.10)[81] | 2024-10-30 | |||||
Waterfox | Alex Kontos | Gecko | Android | G6.0.20[82] | 2024-10-10 | MPL-2.0 | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
WebPositive | Haiku | WebKit | Haiku | 1.9.11 [83] | 2024-02-05 | MIT | No cost |
WorldWideWeb (Nexus) (discontinued) | Tim Berners-Lee | Custom | NeXTSTEP | 0.17 | 1994 | Public domain | No cost |
w3m | Akinori Ito | Custom | BSD | 0.5.3[84][85] | 2011-01-15 | MIT | No cost |
Linux | |||||||
macOS | |||||||
Unix | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Yandex Browser | Yandex | Blink | Android | Proprietary | No cost | ||
Linux | |||||||
iOS | 23.9.1.439[86] | 2023-09-08 | |||||
macOS | |||||||
Windows | |||||||
Browser | Developer | Layout engine | Platform | Latest release | License | Cost (USD) | |
Version | Date |
- ^ a b c d e MPL-1.1, GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1
- ^ Chromium, on which Google Chrome is based, is open source; the features Google adds to Chrome (such as H.264 and ACC decoding, built-in Adobe Flash, and an auto-updater system, among other things) are closed-source. See Chromium (web browser) § Differences from Google Chrome and Google Chrome's Terms of Service for more info.[12]
- ^ EdgeHTML until 2020.
- ^ Blink since 2020.
- ^ Chromium, on which Microsoft Edge is based, is open source; the features Microsoft adds to Edge are closed-source. See Chromium (web browser) for more info.
- ^ Gecko before v57.
- ^ Gecko with Servo, v57 & after.
- ^ Proprietary as of 3.0.
- ^ a b c d e f Browser.
- ^ a b c WebKit.
- ^ No cost, with Pro at cost ($20).
- ^ Included with Windows.
- ^ No cost for non-commercial use.
- ^ a b c d e There are five different products which all carry the name Netscape: Netscape versions 1 to 4, properly called Netscape Navigator, was a browser based on the original Netscape engine. Netscape 4 also was available as an Internet suite, properly called Netscape Communicator. Netscape 6 and 7 was a new Internet suite based on the Gecko engine and the Mozilla Application Suite user interface. Netscape 8, properly called Netscape Browser, was a distinct browser based on Firefox that could use either the Gecko (Firefox) or Trident (Internet Explorer) engine. Netscape resumed use of the Navigator name from Netscape Navigator 9.0 beta 1. See Netscape for more info.
- ^ a b c Gecko.
- ^ Browser & Trident.
- ^ Presto from 2003 until 2013.
- ^ Blink since 2013, Opera 15.
- ^ Presto until 12.16.
- ^ Blink from 15.0.
- ^ Included with macOS, iOS and iPadOS.
Operating system support
[edit]Browsers are compiled to run on certain operating systems, without emulation.
This list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSes today (e.g. Netscape Navigator was also developed for OS/2 at a time when macOS 10 did not exist) but does not include the growing appliance segment (for example, the Opera web browser has gained a leading role for use in mobile phones, smartphones, the Nintendo DS and Wii, and Personal Digital Assistants, and is also used in some smart TVs). Both the web browser and OS means most recent version, example: Windows 11 with Internet Explorer 11.
Browser | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Other Unix | Android | iOS |
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Amaya | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
AOL Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Arora | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Avast Secure Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Basilisk | Yes | Yes[87] | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Brave | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Camino | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Cliqz | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Chrome | Yes | Yes[a] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Chromium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Dillo | Partial | Yes | Yes[b] | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Dooble | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Edge | Included[c][d] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
ELinks | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Falkon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes[e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Firefox ESR | Yes | Yes | Yes[e] | No[88] | No[88] | No[88] | No[88] |
Flock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Galeon | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
GNOME Web | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
GNU IceCat | Yes | Partial[f] | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
iCab | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Internet Explorer | Included | Dropped[g] | No | No | Dropped[h] | No | No |
K-Meleon | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Konqueror | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Ladybird | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No |
Links | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Lunascape | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Lynx | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Maxthon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Midori | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NetSurf | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
OmniWeb | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[i] |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Dropped | No |
qutebrowser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
Safari | Dropped[j] | Included | No | No | No | No | Included |
SalamWeb | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
SeaMonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Shiira | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Sleipnir | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
SRWare Iron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
surf | Partial | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Torch Browser | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Vivaldi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
WorldWideWeb | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
w3m | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Browser | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Other Unix | Android | iOS |
- ^ Google Chrome is not available for PowerPC.
- ^ Dillo is included in some Linux distributions, i.e. Damn Small Linux and Feather Linux.
- ^ Included in Windows 10 and 11.
- ^ Microsoft Edge is included in Windows 10 and also supported on Windows 7 and later.
- ^ a b Most Linux distributions which include a graphical user interface include a version of Firefox or a rebranded version of Firefox such as GNU IceCat.
- ^ Binaries are not released.
- ^ Dropped 5.2.
- ^ Dropped 5.0. Internet Explorer for UNIX was available for Solaris and HP-UX.
- ^ Opera Mini and Coast are available for iOS.
- ^ Dropped 5.1.7.
Browser features
[edit]Information about what common browser features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).
Browser | Bookmark management | Download management | Password managing | History | Open tabs from previous sessions | Form managing | Spell checking | Search engine toolbar | Per-site security configuration | Privacy mode | Auto-updater |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amaya | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | ||
AOL Explorer | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ||
Arora | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ||
Avast Secure Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[a] | Yes | Yes |
Basilisk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Brave | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Camino | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ||
Cliqz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[a][89] | Yes[b] | Yes |
Chromium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[c] | Partial[a][89] | Yes | No |
Dillo | Partial | No | No | No | No | Partial | ? | No | No | ||
Dooble | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ||
Edge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[c] | No | Yes | Yes[d] |
ELinks | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Falkon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[e] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | [f] | ||
Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[g] | Yes |
Flock | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[h] | No | Yes | ||
Galeon | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No | ||
GNOME Web | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[c] | No | Yes | No | ||
iCab | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ||
Internet Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes | Yes | Yes[j] | Yes[d] | |
Internet Explorer for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ||
K-Meleon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[k] | Yes[k] | ? |
Konqueror | Yes | Yes[l] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[m] | No | No | ||
Ladybird | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | No |
Links | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | ||
Lunascape | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[n] | Yes | Partial[n] | Partial[n] | Yes[90] | ||
Lynx | Yes | Yes | No | No | No[o] | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Maxthon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Midori | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Mosaic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | ||
Mozilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Netscape | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ||
Netscape Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ||
Netscape Navigator | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | ||
Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ||
NetSurf | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ||
OmniWeb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[p] | No | Yes | ||
Opera | Yes[q] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[r] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Safari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SalamWeb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
SeaMonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial[h] | Yes | Yes | ||
Shiira | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ||
Sleipnir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | [f] | ||
SRWare Iron | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
surf | No[s] | No[t] | No | No | No | No[s] | Yes/No[u] | Yes/No[u] | No | ||
Torch Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Vivaldi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
WorldWideWeb | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | ||
w3m | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | ||
Browser | Bookmark management | Download management | Password managing[v] | History | Open tabs from previous sessions | Form managing | Spell checking | Search engine toolbar | Per-site security configuration | Privacy mode | Auto-updater |
- ^ a b c Not available on mobile.
- ^ Starting with version 4, Google Chrome can disable Cookies, Images, JavaScript, Plugins, Popups, and Geolocation individually.
- ^ a b c Lacks search toolbar, but search URL autocompletion provided via addressbar.
- ^ a b There is no online update facility built into IE, but it gets updated by Windows Update when enabled. As of Version 10 automatic silent update is the default setting in Internet Explorer. In Microsoft Edge, the option to disable automatic updates via the about dialog is not included.
- ^ Available as a PIM plugin which is disabled by default, but it is part of default installation.
- ^ a b Notification only.
- ^ Firefox 3.5 adds the Privacy mode. Older versions of Firefox can use the Stealther extension.
- ^ a b Mozilla based browsers like Firefox, SeaMonkey and Flock can handle per-site settings for cookies, pop-ups, add-on installs and images. For more settings, an add-on is needed ~ for example, NoScript.
- ^ Internet Explorer 10 supports spell checking.
- ^ Internet Explorer 8 supports InPrivate Browsing.
- ^ a b Through the Privacy toolbar, K-Meleon Versions 1.5 and 1.6, can individually disable Cookies, Images, JavaScript, Popups, and Plugins (e.g. Flash and Java).
- ^ For the download manager kdenetwork needs to be installed.
- ^ Konqueror can handle per-site settings for cookies, pop-ups, JavaScript, Java and NPAPI modules (e.g. Flash).
- ^ a b c Depending on user's choice of rendering engine.
- ^ Lynx is able to edit text with an external editor, which can provide spell checking.
- ^ OmniWeb supports per-domain settings of options including support for disabling scripting, ad blocking, java and cookies. These settings only work on top level domains.[91]
- ^ Opera versions before 15 had bookmarks. Newer Opera versions use a different concept called "Stash" instead.
- ^ Opera can auto-complete forms with your personal information and website usernames. Also there is extension AutoComplete Archived 25 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine which can complete forms with form history.
- ^ a b Developers distribute patch enabling this functionality.
- ^ This functionality is handled via third-party software by browser's design.
- ^ In many integrated password saving tools there are often leaks that make them unsafe.[92]
Accessibility features
[edit]Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Browsers that do not support pop-ups have no need for pop-up blocking abilities, so that field is marked as N/A.
Browser | Tabbed browsing | Pop-up blocking[a] | Auto-play blocking | Incremental search | Ad filtering | Page zooming[b] | Full text search of history | Content-modal dialogs[c] | Canvas fingerprinting protection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amaya | Yes | — | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | |
AOL Explorer | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Arora | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Avast Secure Browser | Yes | Yes | 66+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Only on mobiles |
Basilisk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Brave | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Camino | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Cliqz | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Chrome | Yes | Partial[d] | 66+[93] | Yes | Extension support limited on newer versions[94] | Yes | No[e] | Yes[95] | |
Chromium | Yes | Yes | 66+[93] | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | |
Dillo | Yes | — | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Dooble | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
Edge | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[f] | Yes | No | No | |
ELinks | Yes | — | No | Yes | — | — | No | No[g] | |
Falkon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Optional[h] | |
Firefox | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes | No | Yes[j] | Yes (warning) |
Flock | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | |
Galeon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
GNOME Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[k] | Yes | Yes | Partial | |
iCab | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Internet Explorer | Yes[l] | Yes[m] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[n] | No | |
Internet Explorer for Mac | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | — | |
K-Meleon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[i] | Partial | No | ? | |
Konqueror | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
Ladybird | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No[g] | |
Links | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | |
Lunascape | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | ? | |
Lynx | No | — | No | No | — | — | No | No[g] | |
Maxthon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Midori | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Mosaic | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | ? | |
Mozilla | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes | No | No | |
Netscape | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[i] | No | No | No | |
Netscape Browser | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[i] | No | No | No | |
Netscape Navigator | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[i] | No | No | No | |
NetSurf | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
OmniWeb | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
Opera | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[o] | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Safari | Yes | Yes[p] | Yes[97][98] | Yes | No[q] | Yes[r] | Yes[s][t] | Yes | |
SeaMonkey | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes [99] | No | No | |
Shiira | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? | |
Sleipnir | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | |
SRWare Iron | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | |
surf | No[u] | No | No | Yes | No[u] | Yes | No[u] | No | |
Torch Browser | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | |
WorldWideWeb | No | — | No | No | No | No | No | — | |
w3m | Yes | — | No | Yes | No | No | No | — | |
Browser | Tabbed browsing | Pop-up blocking[a] | Auto-play blocking | Incremental search | Ad filtering | Page zooming[b] | Full text search of history | Content-modal dialogs[c] | Canvas fingerprinting protection |
- ^ a b A more complete list of Pop-Up blockers and addons / programs are in the following article List of pop-up blocking software.
- ^ a b Page zooming is different from text resizing, as it resizes not only characters, but also multimedia objects and web page layout.
- ^ a b "Mozilla Developer Network – Using tab-modal prompts". Developer.mozilla.org. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ The option "Do not allow any site to show pop-ups" in Google Chrome, which is the default, actually allows sites to show pop-ups which are not considered harmful.
- ^ Feature was intentionally removed via regular patch update, due to poor impact on performance.
- ^ Ad filter support can be added by installing an extension such as AdSweep, AdThwart or Adblock Plus.
- ^ a b c Although text browsers don't have dialog windows, their prompts behave as modal dialogs – block the input until answer is received.
- ^ Requires building with "NONBLOCK_JS_DIALOGS" compile flag enabled; may cause crashes: [1].
- ^ a b c d e f g Most Gecko browsers have options to block chosen images and cookies. Extended Ad filter support can be added by installing an extension such as Adblock Plus.
- ^ "Bug 59314 – JavaScript alerts should be content-modal, not window-modal". Bugzilla.mozilla.org. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
- ^ Epiphany supports AdBlock as an official extension, in the epiphany-extensions package.
- ^ IE6 had no tabbed browsing support.
- ^ IE6 included pop-up blocking with Windows XP Service Pack 2 [2]
- ^ Full-text history search is available through a Windows Search iFilter[96]
- ^ Opera 9 introduced a content blocker for webpages (Archived 9 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine). Earlier releases support wildcard protocol/domain/path and filetype blocking using a filter.ini file. ("Opera browser: Blocking unwanted ads and other cr*p using URL filtering". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2017.) More advanced Ad filtering for Opera can also be done with external software.
- ^ Does not allow selective blocking of pop-ups. Safari can only block all pop-ups, or none.
- ^ Ad filter support can be added by installing extensions.Archived 1 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Page zooming supported in the iPhone version of Safari. Screen zooming is built into macOS.
- ^ Only Mac.
- ^ Full-text history search is available through Spotlight, a feature of the macOS operating system.
- ^ a b c This functionality is handled by third-party software by browser's design.
Accessibility features (continued)
[edit]Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).
Browser | Access keys | Tabbing navigation | Spatial navigation | Caret navigation | Smart bookmarks | Mouse gesture | Text-to-speech | Voice control | Can disable font smoothing[a] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amaya | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ||
AOL Explorer | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Arora | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Avast Secure Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Basilisk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Camino | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[b] | No[c] | No | ||
Chrome | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[d] | No[d] | No[d] | Dropped |
Chromium | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[d] | No[d] | No[d] | Dropped | |
Dillo | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Dooble | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Edge | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes[e] | Yes[f] | ? |
ELinks | Yes | Yes | Yes[g] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Falkon | Yes | Yes | Yes[h] | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes[j] | No | No | |
Firefox | Yes | Yes | No[k] | Yes | Yes | No[l] | No[m] | Yes | Yes |
Flock | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No[l] | No | No | ||
Galeon | ? | Yes | ? | Disabled | Yes | No | No | ||
GNOME Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No[n] | No | No | |
iCab | Yes | No | No | No | No | No[c] | No | ||
Internet Explorer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[o] | Yes | No[p] | Yes[e] | Yes[f] | Dropped |
K-Meleon | Yes | Yes | No | Disabled | Yes | No | No | ||
Konqueror | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[q] | Depends[r] | No | |
Ladybird | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
Links | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Lunascape | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Lynx | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Maxthon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ||
Midori | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ||
Mosaic | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ||
Netscape Navigator | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | ||
NetSurf | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ||
OmniWeb | Yes | Yes | No | No | No[b] | Yes | Yes | ||
Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | No[s] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dropped |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | |
Safari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[t][u] | No | Yes[t][b] | Yes[t][c] | Yes[t][c] | ? |
SeaMonkey | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No[v] | No | No | |
Shiira | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
Sleipnir | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | ||
surf | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Torch Browser | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
WorldWideWeb | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | ||
w3m | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Browser | Access keys | Tabbing navigation | Spatial navigation | Caret navigation | Smart bookmarks | Mouse gesture | Text-to-speech | Voice control | Can disable font smoothing |
- ^ Font smoothing or font rasterization is arguably an accessibility feature affecting how the fonts are rendered and font readability. Also referred as ClearType or TrueType
- ^ a b c On Mac systems, gestures are available systemwide via multitouch sensing on trackpads and mice.
- ^ a b c d On macOS, text-to speech and speech recognition are available systemwide and is available from menu in native Cocoa browsers.
- ^ a b c d e f Google Chrome can be given these features using extensions like smooth gestures, speechify and voice control for google chrome.
- ^ a b TTS in Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge is available through the operating system Speech API. For TTS, SAPI takes text as input and uses the TTS engine to output that text as spoken audio. This is the same technology used by the Windows accessibility tool, Narrator. SAPI and an English TTS engine have been embedded in all Windows operating systems since the release of Windows XP.
- ^ a b Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge can be controlled by applications which use the operating system Speech API. A built-in application called Windows Speech Recognition ships with Windows Vista and later client versions.
- ^ ELinks 0.12 supports spatial navigation.
- ^ Available as of this commit.
- ^ Supports as of v1.7.0: https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/issues/458
- ^ Available as a Mouse Gestures plugin which is disabled by default, but it is part of default installation.
- ^ Doug Turner, the Minimo lead developer, has introduced spatial navigation to some special Firefox builds "Adot's notblog* "firefox, cats, mars, and more": Spatial navigation rocks". Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2005.. It may build as a default part of Firefox "Spatial Navigation in Mozilla". Archived from the original on 22 April 2005. Retrieved 20 April 2005..
- ^ a b Mouse gesture support can be added by installing extensions like All-in-One Gestures (Firefox-only) [3] and Mouse Gestures [4].
- ^ Firefox works with a number of screen readers such as JAWS and Microsoft Speech API through extensions.[which?]
- ^ Web supports mouse gestures as an extension from the official extensions package.
- ^ Internet Explorer 8 supports caret browsing.
- ^ Mouse gesture support is available via plug-ins, i.e. Mouse Gestures for Internet Explorer or Easy Go Back.
- ^ Mouse gesture support is available system-wide in KDE
- ^ Text-to speech support depends on the kttsd application in the kdeaccessibility package.
- ^ "opera : a sort of caret navigation can be enabled by a button or a shortcut". Archived from the original on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
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- ^ On macOS systems, caret navigation (called "Full Keyboard Access") can be enabled systemwide.
- ^ Mouse gesture support can be added by installing extensions like Mouse Gestures Suite (Seamonkey-only) [5].
Web technology support
[edit]Information about what web standards, and technologies the browsers support, except for JavaScript. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
Browser | CSS2.1[a] | Frames[b] | Nav LINKs[c] | XSLT | XHTML[d] | MathML | HTML 5 form elements |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amaya | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No |
AOL Explorer | Partial | Yes | No | Yes | No | No[e] | No |
Avast Secure Browser | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Arora | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Basilisk | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Brave | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Camino | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Chrome | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No[100] | Yes |
Dillo | Partial | Partial[f] | No | No | No | No | No |
Dooble | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Edge | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ELinks | Partial | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No |
Falkon | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Firefox | Yes | Yes | No[g] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Flock | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Galeon | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
GNOME Web | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
iCab | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Internet Explorer | Yes[h] | Yes | No[g] | Yes | Yes | No[e] | No |
Internet Explorer for Mac | Partial | Yes | ? | Partial | Yes | No | No |
K-Meleon | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Konqueror | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Ladybird | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | Yes |
Links | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Lunascape | Yes[i] | Yes | Depends[g] | Yes | Yes[i] | Yes[i] | No |
Lynx | No | Partial | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Maxthon | Partial | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No |
Midori | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mosaic | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
Mozilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Netscape | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Netscape Browser | Depends[j] | Yes | ? | Yes | Depends[j] | Depends[j] | No |
Netscape Navigator | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Netscape Navigator 9 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
NetSurf | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
OmniWeb | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pale Moon | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Safari | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SeaMonkey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Shiira | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Sleipnir | Partial | Yes | No[g] | Yes | No | No[e] | Yes |
surf | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Torch Browser | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
WorldWideWeb | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
w3m | ? | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No |
Browser | CSS2.1[a] | Frames[b] | Nav LINKs[c] | XSLT | XHTML[d] | MathML | HTML 5 form elements |
- ^ a b CSS 2, a W3C recommendation since 1998, is the current stable version of CSS, nevertheless, CSS 2.1 corrects a few errors in CSS2 (the most important being a new definition of the height/width of absolutely positioned elements, more influence for HTML's "style" attribute and a new calculation of the 'clip' property), and adds a few highly requested features which have already been widely implemented. CSS 2.1 is derived from and is intended to replace CSS 2. Conformance criteria are detailed at the W3C website. (CSS 3 is only in draft status at present.) For more detailed information please see comparison of layout engines (CSS).
- ^ a b Frames and frame sets are obsolete and non-conforming in HTML5. They should not be used by authors.
- ^ a b LINK as a navigational aid, as distinct from non-navigational uses of LINK.
- ^ a b XHTML is based on HTML but is an application of XML, which means that XHTML must be stricter than equivalent HTML code. XHTML is meant to be read by an XML parser but for backward compatibility reasons can also be parsed as HTML; this table only notes the browsers that are able to parse XHTML as XML. For more detailed information please see comparison of layout engines (XHTML).
- ^ a b c Available with the MathPlayer plugin.
- ^ Dillo displays frames as links that the user can click on.
- ^ a b c d Not in standard install, but provided by extension.[6] Archived 14 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine [7] Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Microsoft claims Internet Explorer 8 has full CSS2.1 support,[101] however independent testing revealed several bugs.[102]
- ^ a b c Depends on the layout engine which is chosen: Trident or Gecko or WebKit.
- ^ a b c Depends on the layout engine which is chosen: Trident or Gecko.
Plugins and syndicated content support
[edit]Information about what web standards, and technologies the browsers support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.
Browser | ActiveX[a] | NPAPI[a] | Java[b] | Gears | RSS | Atom | other web feed |
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Amaya | No | ? | ? | No | No |
|