Browsers Ramón Mendoza Escudero

1. Internet Exploreris a web browser developed by Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows operating system since 1995. Has been the most widely used web browser Internet from 1999 to present. Its newest version 9.0, published on March 14, 2011. Internet Explorer has been designed for a wide range of web pages. Is very slow.

Versions of Internet Explorer• Internet Explorer 1.0 • Internet Explorer 2.0• Internet Explorer 3.0 • Internet Explorer 4.0• Internet Explorer 5.0• Internet Explorer 6.0• Internet Explorer 7.0• Internet Explorer 8.0• Internet Explorer 9.0

Features.• Highlight the domain, which allows you to more easily see the actual web address of

the web sites you visit. The real domain is highlighted in the address bar.

• SmartScreen filter, which can help protect you from phishing attacks online, fraud and websites with the impersonated identity or malicious.

• Manager of complements, which allows you to disable or enable Web browser add-ons and delete unwanted ActiveX controls.

• The site scripting filter attacks avoiding fraudulent sites and phishing that could try to steal your personal and financial information.

• A secure connection using 128-bit secure websites. This helps Internet Explorer to create an encrypted connection to the websites of banks, online stores, medical sites or other organizations that handle sensitive customer information.

• A zone-based security groups and sites on certain conditions, even if it's an Internet or Web-based intranet and a user on the whitelist. Security restrictions apply for each zone, all sites in an area subject to restrictions.

2. Mozilla Firefox

is a free web browser, open source, in which development can help anyone who wants it. Mozilla Firefox is the second most used Internet browser. To view web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko rendering engine, which implements current web standards and other functions, some of which are intended to anticipate likely additions to web standards. Includes tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find, live bookmarks, a download manager, private browsing, navigation and geo integrated search system that uses the search engine you want the user. Is the most secure.

Versions of Mozilla Firefox• Version1.5• Version 2.0• version 3.0• Version 3.5• Version 3.6 • Version 4.0

Features.

A sandbox security. Use SSL / TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the https protocol. It also provides support for smart cards for authentication. It has an antiphishing protection, antimalware and integration with antivirus. Also, and as reasonable as that has caused controversy, Firefox does not include support ActiveX systems due to the Mozilla Foundation's decision not to include to have security vulnerabilities.

3. Google Chrome

is a web browser developed by Google and compiled based on open source components like WebKit rendering engine and application development framework (framework). Google Chrome is the third most widely used Internet browser with a market share of 10.93% in late February 2011 and has over 120 million users, noted for its accessibility. Is available for free under conditions of service. The browser name derives from the term used for the framework of graphical user interface ("chrome"). Is the faster web browser.

versions• 0.2• 1• 2• 3• 4• 5• 6• 7• 8• 9• 10• 11

4. Opera

Opera is a web browser and Internet suite developed by the Norwegian company Opera Software, able to perform multiple taskssuch as browsing websites, manage email, contacts, web feeds, chat via irc and / or be a bittorrent client. Opera has been a pioneerin incorporating many features that today can be seen in other web browsers, such as tabs, integrated search, zoom.

Versions

Featuresoffer language support: Supports a lot of languages, including Spanish, although there are Spanish-language website since the end of 2010.Browse with mouse gestures: Navigate and / or perform functions of a browser using mouse movements.Speed Dial: home page with thumbnails of selected sites.Bit Torrent: built-in Torrent client.Anti-fraud protection: detects insecure and phishing sites.Widgets: small applications developed by users.Thumbnail Preview: When you pass the cursor over a tab, the preview.Bin stores all closed tabs in the session closed tabs, being able to restore or empty the contents to user's decision.Navigation voice: English Only for Windows 2000/XP.Delete private data. It allows one click delete cookies, data and password protected pages, cache, history of visited pages, written address history, visited links history, history of downloaded files and other private information.

5. Safari

Safari is a closed source web browser developed by Apple Inc. It is available for Mac OS X, Ios (the system used by the iPhone, iPod Touch and the IPAD) and Microsoft Windows.Includes tabbed browsing, spell checker, incremental find, view of history in Cover Flow, download manager and integrated search system.

Features.Includes tabbed browsing, spell checker, bookmarks, popup blocker, keyboard shortcuts, support for search engines, a download manager, Cover Flow to view history and the Top Sites.Provides an environment for web developers as the "User Agent" in which engine is selected to open RENDERED web pages. Web Inspector, Error Console plus tools for JavaScript.It is written on the Web Kit framework, which includes WebCore, the rendering engine and JavaScript Core, the JavaScript interpreter. For its part, Web Kit (the browser rendering engine) is based on the KHTML engine, created by the KDE project for your browser Konqueror. As a result, the internal engine of Safari is free software and is released under the terms of the LGPL license. Improvements to the KHTML code from Apple are incorporated in the KDE code quickly.

6. MaxthonMaxthon (known until 2004 as MyIE2) is a Web browser for Windows. Initial versions 1 and 2 are based on the rendering engine of Internet Explorer, Trident, and from version 3 uses the Web Kit engine, but also maintains the Trident to use one or the other if necessary.MyIE2 was born in 2000 when the Chinese programmer Jeff Chensought to improve the Internet Explorer 5 by adding various features and customization options, user-configurable. Chen was based on MyIE, originally created by Chan you, and then abandoned the project.Maxthon was one of a dozen web browsers that Microsoft included in the ballot in BrowserChoice.eu screen for users of Windows European Economic Area in 2010

VersionsSince late July 2010 is available a stable version of Maxthon 3.2 browser uses this version in preference to the Web Kit rendering engine, but also includes the Internet Explorer's Trident engine, so it automatically switches between them to display properly old pages designed only for viewing with Internet Explorer. The new version is given a score of 100/100 in the test Acid standards compliance.

Features.• Tabbed document interface• Saves open tabs in case of program shutdown or system crash• Undo for any tabs accidentally closed• AD Hunter - an ad-blocking utility that blocks pop-ups, Web banner and floating ads in webpages• Adobe Flash, Java applet and ActiveX blocker• Skinnable• Customizable tabs and interface• Programmable mouse gestures and mouse chording• External utility bar - toolbar that allows you to open third-party programs• RSS reader• Supports many Internet Explorer plugins as well as plugins of its own• Partial Gecko engine support with the use of a third-party program• A search toolbar with 8 different search engines (user extensible)• Automatic updating service• Groups - the ability to bookmark & open multiple pages simultaneously• URL aliases - open URLs by just typing a word in the address bar• Simple collector - a small notepad-like utility, used to collect any text from web pages. You can write scripts

in it and run them in the current web page• Integrated web services - user extensible, but by default includes translators, Google's cached version of

pages, Who is and anonymous web proxies• Enhanced security - Even if a security hole has not yet been corrected in the underlying web rendering

engine, Maxthon browser prevent most of the well-known exploits to run.

8. Flock

Flock is a web browser that specializes in providing social networking and other Web 2.0 services through features included in its user interface. The browser is based on the code of the Mozilla Firefox browser (now being updated to Web Kit).The Flock browser is available as a free download for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

Versions• 2.6.1• 1.2.6• 2.0.3• 2.5.3• 2.5.4• 2.5.6

Features• Flock 2.5 integrates social networking and media services including

MySpace,Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, etc. Notably, when logging into any of the supported social services, Flock can track updates from friends: profiles, uploaded photos, and more. Flock's latest 2.5 version added Twitter Search functionality, multi-casting of status updates to multiple services, and the introduction of instant messaging via Facebook Chat in the browser.

• Other features include:• native sharing of text, links, photos and videos;• a "Media Bar" showing preview of online videos and photos as well as

subscription to photo and video feeds;• a feed reader supporting Atom, RSS, and Media RSS feeds• a blog editor and reader, allowing direct posting into any designated blog• a Webkit-mail component allowing users to check supported web-based email

off site, compose new messages, and drag-and-drop pictures and videos from the "Media Bar" or webclipboard into a new email message;

• support for third-party add-ons, including a number of Firefox extensions.

9. Avant is a freeware web browser from a Chinese programmer named Anderson Che, which unites the Trident layout engine built into Windows (see Internet Explorer shell) with an interface intended to be more feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE). It runs on Windows 98 and above, including Windows Vista. Internet Explorer version 6, 7 or 8 must be installed.As of November 2008, total downloads surpassed 22.5 million.Avant Browser is currently available in 41 languages.

Features

1. Interface2. Tabbing• User-customizable tabbed interface• Progress bar on each tab (optional)• Tab locking, duplication, and drop-and-drag arrangement• Automatically save and reopen any number of pages• Can restore open pages after system crash• Undo menu for last 25 closed tabs• All pages open in single process, reducing resource

demands• Multiple home pages

• 3. Tools• Compatible with many IE toolbars and add-ins, including Google toolbar• Highlight marker to find keywords on any page (the words also used by the search

engine)• Facility for user to add custom-made function buttons• RSS feed reader built in• URL alias facility to create keyboard shortcuts to favorite sites• Page zoom slider - 25% to 500%• Full desktop mode - hides toolbars• Full screen mode - hides toolbars and taskbar• Compact mode - saves interface space• Boss button - quickly hides browser• Tray icon - keeps Avant running in system tray for fast access (optional)• Mouse gestures (customizable)• Autoscroll facility for hands-free reading• Context-activated floating toolbars to save and edit images, text and Flash• Customizable right-click menu entries• Quick translation menu• 15 interface languages available so far• Automatic page refresh at custom intervals

• 4. Appearance• Fully skinnable:

• Range of bundled skin options (21 total)• Accessory application allows user to create own skins

• Highly customizable:• Toolbars can be rearranged freely• Most functions may be accessed from either toolbar buttons or menus• All Buttons and menus are optional

• 5. Security and privacy• Push-button quick blocking of unwanted items (Popups, Adverts, ActiveX, Java,

Scripts, Flash, Video, Sound, Images)• Customizable black/white lists for popups and ad servers• Multiple proxy servers may be configured• Browsing tracks cleaner - can clear traces automatically• XP Service Pack 2 security extensions can be integrated• 6. Search

• Search bar with separate engines configurable for web, images, groups, directories and news

• Search within site, search within page, and target word highlight buttons• Quick Search facility - user can configure any engine for searches from the address bar• Similar websites toolbar - searches in background for pages that relate to the current

10. Deepnet• refers to World Wide Web content that is not part of

the Surface Web, which is indexed by standard search engines.• Mike Bergman, credited with coining the phrase, has said that

searching on the Internet today can be compared to dragging a net across the surface of the ocean; a great deal may be caught in the net, but there is a wealth of information that is deep and therefore missed. Most of the Web's information is buried far down on dynamically generated sites, and standard search engines do not find it. Traditional search engines cannot "see" or retrieve content in the deep Web – those pages do not exist until they are created dynamically as the result of a specific search. The deep Web is several orders of magnitude larger than the surface Web.

Advantages

• Dynamic content: dynamic pages which are returned in response to a submitted query or accessed only through a form, especially if open-domain input elements (such as text fields) are used; such fields are hard to navigate without domain knowledge.

• Unlinked content: pages which are not linked to by other pages, which may prevent Web crawling programs from accessing the content. This content is referred to as pages without backlinks (or inlinks).

• Private Web: sites that require registration and login (password-protected resources).

• Contextual Web: pages with content varying for different access contexts (e.g., ranges of client IP addresses or previous navigation sequence).

• Limited access content: sites that limit access to their pages in a technical way (e.g., using the Robots Exclusion Standard, CAPTCHAs, or no-cache Pragma HTTP headers which prohibit search engines from browsing them and creating cached copied.

• Scripted content: pages that are only accessible through links produced by JavaScript as well as content dynamically downloaded from Web servers via Flash or Ajax solutions.

11. Phaseout

is a flash-based shell for Internet Explorer. It adds some really impressive looking graphics and customizable skins to your Internet browsing experience. If futuristic looks and space inspired graphics are your thing, you might want to consider Phase Out.

Features.• Phase Out has most of the essential features, but still lacks some of the nice

bonus features such as a password manager, feeds, or parental controls.• s a neat idea, but the browser seems a bit too distracting. The interface seemed

just a little too busy and sacrificed speed. Phase Out is interesting, but not very intuitive, and lacking in features. We recommend using Firefox with an add-on skin if you need to personalize your browser's look. Or compare Phase Out with Google Chrome or Opera.

• Phase Out aims to be completely customizable and tailored to easy surfing. While the remote function is innovative, it seems unnecessary and doesn't add a lot of utility. Phase Out provides most of the tools of a good browser, but they are not as easy to use as we would like.

• Phase Out comes with top-notch security features, including anti-phishing. Since it's Internet Explorer based you can also remove your browsing history quickly.

• Phase Out is completely compatible with Internet Explorer, but on our computers ran a bit slower than we'd like. The futuristic look is neat, but not if you have to sacrifice speed. Refer to our Internet browser time trials to find the fastest browser.

12. Caminois a free, open source, GUI-based Web browser based on Mozilla's Gecko layout engine and specifically designed for the Mac OS X operating system. In place of an XUL-based user interface used by most Mozilla-based applications, Camino uses Mac-native Cocoa APIs.In late 2001, Mike Pinkerton and Vidur Apparao started a project within Netscape to prove that Gecko could be embedded in a Cocoa application. In early 2002 Dave Hyatt, one of the co-creators of Firefox (then called Phoenix), joined the team and built Chimera, a small, lightweight browser wrapper, around their work.The first downloadable build of Chimera 0.1 was released on February 13, 2002. The early releases became popular due to their fast page-loading speeds (as compared with then-dominant Mac browser, Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 5).

VersionsOperating system Latest version Gecko release

Mac OS X

v10.1 0.8.5 1.7.6v10.2.8 1.0.6 1.8.0.13v10.3.0 1.5.5 1.8.1.12v10.3.9 1.6.11 1.8.1.24v10.4 2.0.7 1.9.0.20v10.5 2.0.7 1.9.0.20v10.6 2.0.7 1.9.0.20

13. SeamonkeyThe SeaMonkey project is a community effort to develop the SeaMonkey all-in-one internet application suite (see below). Such a software suite was previously made popular by Netscape and Mozilla, and the SeaMonkey project continues to develop and deliver high-quality updates to this concept. Containing an Internet browser, email & newsgroup client with an included web feed reader, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools, SeaMonkey is sure to appeal to advanced users, web developers and corporate users.

Versions.• 1.2.1• 1.2.0 • 1.1.1• 1.1

14. Netsurf

NetSurf is an open source web browser which runs on a variety of platforms including RISC OS, AmigaOS and Unix-like systems. NetSurf has features that include tabbed browsing, text selection and PDF export. Running on other platforms is also possible by building from source, with the developers intending to add further binaries when time can be found to do so.The NetSurf project was started in April 2002 in response to a discussion of the deficiencies of the RISC OS platform's existing web browsers. Shortly after the project's inception, development versions for RISC OS users were made available for download by the project'sautomated build system. NetSurf was voted "Best non-commercial software" four times in Drobe Launchpad's annual RISC OS awards between 2004 and 2008

Features.

NetSurf's multi-platform core is written in ANSI C, and implements most of the HTML 4 and CSS 2.1 specifications using its own bespoke layout engine. As of version 2.0, NetSurf uses Hubbub, an HTML parser that follows the work-in-progress HTML5 specification. As well as rendering GIF, JPEG, PNG and BMP images, the browser also supports formats native to RISC OS, including Sprite, Draw and Art Works files. As of 2010, NetSurf has no support for JavaScript.

Versions• NetSurf 1.0 • NetSurf 1.1 • NetSurf 1.2• NetSurf 2.0• NetSurf 2.1• NetSurf 2.5 • NetSurf 2.6