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User environments

The window in which the user explores your web page is the browser (technically called a user device). A browser is a generic name for a computer program that creates a window or interface through which users view websites on their computers. Most computers come with preinstalled browsers and are often identified by the name [...]

Internet Explorer

Until January 2009, the various Internet Explorers have been the most popular browsers. IE comes installed with the Windows operating system. Seventy percent of all users used IE 6 in 2005, according to the statistics available on the W3schools website. The popularity for IE appears to be waning, and in 2006, 60% used Internet Explorer 6. [...]

Netscape Navigator

This browser was a competitor to Internet Explorer and one of the first pioneers in this field. America Online purchased Netscape Navigator, but AOL chose to use IE instead. However, Navigator is still used by nostalgic web surfers. Its use as a browser was less than 1% in 2006. AOL stopped its support of Netscape [...]

Firefox

Firefox is a robust modern browser that is in competition to Microsoft’s Internet Explorers. It is drawing upon a large part of IE’s market share and is free. Unlike IE, its download size is minimal, and it has a lean, mean interface with eye-catching themes. It knows how to block annoying pop-ups and has extensions [...]

Opera

Opera is a slim, small browser that is easy to install and has been around since 1996. It supports many of the features supported by Firefox but is a browser that stipulates that users must pay for the ad-free version, which limits the number of users. Since version 9, Opera also passes the Acid2 test. [...]

Safari

Safari is both a Mac and a Windows browser. It comes preinstalled as part of the Macintosh operating system. Windows users can download and install it from the Apple.com. It is quick, elegant, and has an integrated Google tool bar.

Chrome

Google released its own Chrome browser during September 2008 in a beta version whose later development builds were still in beta versions during April 2009. As of March 2009, Chrome had a 4.2% market share. The first 2008 beta release of Google Chrome passed the Acid1 test, almost all of the Acid2 test, and 79% [...]