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The following is a list of notable [[web browser]]s.
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[[File:Timeline of web browsers.svg|400px|thumb|right|Timeline representing the history of various web browsers.]]
==Historical==
{{Web browsers by year}}

===Notable browsers===
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''In order of release'':
*[[WorldWideWeb]], February 26, 1991
*[[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]], April 22, 1993
*[[Netscape Navigator]] and [[Netscape Communicator]], October 13, 1994
*[[Internet Explorer 1]], August 16, 1995
*[[Opera (web browser)|Opera]], 1996, see [[History of the Opera web browser]]
*[[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla Navigator]], June 5, 2002<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.0.html |title=Mozilla 1.0 |accessdate=2008-09-07 |publisher=mozilla.org |date=2002 }}</ref>
*[[Safari (web browser)|Safari]], January 7, 2003
*[[Mozilla Firefox]], November 9, 2004
*[[Google Chrome]], September 2, 2008

==Notable layout engines==
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*[[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] is developed by [[Microsoft]] for use in the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] version of their web browser, from [[Internet Explorer 4]] to the present time.
*[[Tasman (layout engine)|Tasman]] was developed by Microsoft for use in [[Internet Explorer for Mac|Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh]].
*[[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] is developed by the [[Mozilla Foundation]].
*[[KHTML]] is developed by the [[KDE]] project.
*[[WebKit]] is a fork of KHTML by [[Apple Inc.]] used by Apple's [[Safari_(web_browser)|Safari]] and [[Google Chrome]]
*[[Presto (layout engine)|Presto]] is developed by [[Opera Software]]

==Graphical==
===Trident-[[Internet Explorer shell|shells]]===
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Other software publishers have extended the functionality of Microsoft's Trident engine. The following browsers are all based on the Trident rendering engine:
*[[AOL Explorer]]
*[[Avant Browser]]
*[[Winamp|Bento Browser]] (built into [[Winamp]])
*[[Enigma Browser|Enigma]]
*[[GreenBrowser]]
*[[Internet Explorer]]
*[[iRider]]
*[[Maxthon]]
*[[MenuBox]]
*[[MSN Explorer]]
*[[NeoPlanet]]
*[[NetCaptor]]
*[[RealPlayer]]
*[[SlimBrowser]]
*[[Tencent Traveler]]
*[[TomeRaider]]
*[[TheWorld Browser]]
*[[UltraBrowser]]
*[[WebbIE]]

===Gecko-based browsers===
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''Current/maintained projects are in '''boldface.'''''
*[[Mozilla Application Suite]] (discontinued)
:*[[Beonex Communicator]] (fork, based on Mozilla Application Suite) (discontinued)
:*'''[[Classilla]]''' (an updated fork of the Suite to [[Mac OS 9]])
:*'''[[Gnuzilla]]''' [[GNU]]'s [[Fork (software development)|fork]]
:*[[Netscape (web browser)|Netscape]] ([[Netscape 6]] to [[Netscape (version 7)|7]], based on ''Mozilla'') (discontinued)
:*'''[[SeaMonkey]]''' (successor to Mozilla Application Suite)
:**'''[[Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project#Iceape|Iceape]]''' [[Debian]]'s Seamonkey rebrand
*[[Yahoo!]] Browser (or partnership browsers eg. "[[AT&T]] Yahoo! Browser"; "[[Verizon]] Yahoo! Browser"; "[[BT Group|BT]] Yahoo! Browser" etc.)
*[[Galeon]], [[GNOME]]'s old default browser (discontinued)
*'''[[K-Meleon]]''' for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
:*[[K-Ninja]] for Windows (based on K-Meleon; discontinued)
:*[[K-Meleon#K-MeleonCCF_ME|K-MeleonCCF ME]] for Windows (based on K-Meleon core, mostly written in [[Lua_(programming_language)|Lua]])
*'''[[Mozilla Firefox]]''' (formerly ''Firebird'' and ''Phoenix'')
:*[[Netscape Browser|Netscape Browser 8]] to [[Netscape Navigator 9]] (discontinued)
:*[[AT&T Pogo]] (based on Firefox, discontinued)
:*'''[[Swiftfox]]''' (processor-optimised builds based on Firefox)
:*'''[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]]''' (based on Firefox)
:*'''[[XeroBank Browser]]''' (formerly Torpark), portable browser for anonymous browsing, originally based on Firefox
:*'''[[Iceweasel]],''' [[Debian]]'s Firefox rebrand
:*'''[[Swiftweasel]]''' (processor-optimised builds based on Iceweasel)
:*'''[[GNU IceCat]],''' [[GNU]]'s [[Fork (software development)|fork]] of [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]]

*[[DocZilla]], an [[Standard Generalized Markup Language|SGML]] browser (discontinued)
*'''[[Camino]]''' for [[Mac OS X]] (formerly ''Chimera'')
*'''[[Conkeror]],''' character- and keyboard driven browser, possibly targeted at people with disabilities
*[[Minimo]] (for mobile, discontinued)
*'''[[Fennec (browser)|Fennec]]''' (for mobile)
*'''[[Skyfire (web browser)|Skyfire]]''' (for mobile)
*'''[[MicroB]]''' (for [[Maemo]])

===Gecko- and Trident-based browsers===
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Browsers that use both [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] and [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] include:

*[[K-Meleon]] with the [[IE Tab]] extension
*[[Mozilla Firefox]] with the [[IE Tab]] extension
*[[Netscape Browser]] 8 (discontinued)
*[[Sleipnir (web browser)|Sleipnir]]

===Webkit- and Trident-based browsers===
*[[Maxthon]] (formerly known as MyIE2)

===Gecko- and Trident- and WebKit-based browsers===
Browsers that can use [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]], [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] and [[WebKit]] include:

*[[Lunascape (web browser)|Lunascape]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10105896-2.html |title=Have it all: Lunascape, the browser with three engines |date=2008-11-24 |accessdate=2010-05-20 |publisher=CNET News}}</ref>

===KHTML-based browsers===
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*[[Konqueror]]
*[[Konqueror Embedded]]

===Presto-based browsers===
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*[[Internet Channel]] (Web browser for the Wii console) (Opera powered)
*[[Nintendo DS Browser]] (Opera Powered)
*[[Opera (web browser)|Opera]]

===WebKit-based browsers===
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*[[Arora (browser)|Arora]]
*[[Android (mobile device platform)|Web Browser for Android (mobile device platform)]]
*[[BOLT browser]]
*'''[[Google Chrome]]'''
*[[Epiphany (web browser)]]
*'''[[iCab]]''' (version 4 uses WebKit; earlier versions used its own rendering engine)
*[[Iris Browser]]
*'''[[Konqueror]]''' (version 4 can use WebKit as an alternative to its native KHTML<ref>{{cite web |url=http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/WebKit/Part |title=Projects/WebKit/Part - KDE TechBase |accessdate=2010-03-30 |publisher=KDE TechBase}}</ref>)
*[[Midori (browser)|Midori]]
*[[OmniWeb]]
*[[Origyn Web Browser|OWB]]
*[[Safari (web browser)|'''Safari''']]
*[[Shiira]]
*[[Sputnik browser|Sputnik]] for [[MorphOS]] (based on [[S60 platform|S60]] [[WebKit|WebCore]])
*[[SRWare Iron]]
*[[Stainless (web browser)|Stainless]]
*[[Teashark|TeaShark]]
*[[Uzbl]]
*[[Web Browser for S60]], used in all [[Nokia]] [[Symbian platform|Symbian]] smartphones.
*[[Palm webOS|WebOS]], used in the [[Palm Pre]] mobile
*[[WebPositive]], browser in Haiku

===Browsers for the Java platform===
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*[[ThunderHawk (web browser)|Bitstream ThunderHawk]]
*[[BOLT Browser]]
*[[HotJava]] (discontinued)
*[[Lobo (Browser)|Lobo]] (formerly ''Warrior'')
*[[Opera Mini]]
*[[uZard Web]]
*[[X-Smiles]] (experimental)
*[[Flying Saucer (library)|Flying saucer]], a Java library for rendering [[XML]], [[XHTML]], and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS 2.1]] content.
*[[UCWEB]]

===Specialty browsers===
Browsers created for enhancements of specific browsing activities.

====Current====
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*[[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] (To enhance social networking, [[blogging]], photosharing, and [[RSS (file format)|RSS]] newsreading)
*[[Gollum browser]] (Created specially for browsing Wikipedia)
*[[Image Xplorer]] (Designed for the viewing, downloading, and printing of images only)
*[[Kirix Strata]] (Designed for data analytics)
*[[Miro (software)|Miro]] (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent like Opera's integrated BitTorrent)
*[[Songbird (software)|Songbird]] (browser with advanced audio streaming features and built in media player with library.)
*[[SpaceTime]] (Search the web in 3D)
*[[Wyzo]] (A media browser that integrates BitTorrent like Opera's integrated BitTorrent)
*[[Zac Browser]] (For children with [[autism]], and [[autism spectrum]] disorders such as [[Asperger syndrome]], pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS.)

====Discontinued====
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*[[AOL]] (For use with their proprietary [[intranet]])
*[[Ghostzilla]] (Blends into the [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] to hide activity)
*[[Prodigy (online service)|Prodigy Classic]] (Executable only within the application)

===Other browsers===
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*[[3B (3D web browser)|3B (3D browser)]]
*[[Abaco (web browser)|Abaco]] (for [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs]])
*[[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]]
*[[Arachne (web browser)|Arachne]] (DOS)
*[[Arena (web browser)|Arena]]
*[[AMSD_Ariadna|Ariadna (AMSD Ariadna)]] (first Russian web browser, discontinued)
*[[AWeb]] ([[AmigaOS]])
*[[Charon (web browser)|Charon]] (for [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]])
*[[Dillo]] (Small, fast, free, minimalistic, and multi-platform)
*[[Gazelle (web browser)|Gazelle]] (from [[Microsoft Research]], OS-like)
*[[IBrowse]] (AmigaOS)
*[[IBM WebExplorer]]
*[[Mothra (web browser)|Mothra]] (for [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs]])
*[[Mosaic-CK]]
*[[NetPositive]] (for [[BeOS]])
*[[NetSurf]] (An open source web browser for [[RISC OS]] and GTK+ written in C)
*[[Oregano (web browser)|Oregano]] (for [[RISC_OS]])
*[[Planetweb]] browser (discont. for [[Dreamcast]])
*[[VMS Mosaic]] (for [[OpenVMS]])
*[[Voyager (web browser)|Voyager]] (AmigaOS)

===Mobile browsers===
{{main|Mobile browser}}

==Text-based==
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*[[Alynx]]
*[[ELinks]] (active version of [[Links (web browser)|Links]])
*[[Emacs/W3]]
*[[line-mode browser]]
*[[Links (web browser)|Links]] (not currently active)
*[[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]]
*[[Net-Tamer]]
*[[w3m]]
*[[WebbIE]]

==See also==
*[[Browser timeline]]
*[[Comparison of web browsers]]
*[[List of layout engines]]
*[[List of web browsers for Unix and Unix-like operating systems]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*Adrian Roselli, [http://browsers.evolt.org/ evolt.org Browser Archive] (2004). List and archive of many current and obsolete web browsers.
*Daniel R. Tobias, [http://webtips.dan.info/brand-x/ Brand-X Browsers] (2002).
*Michael Bernadi, [http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FAQs/dos-apps.html DOS Applications for Internet Use] (2006).

{{Earlybrowsers}}
{{Mac OS X web browsers}}
{{Web browsers}}

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[[Category:Lists of software|Web browsers]]
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