http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers A Browser is the most common client application (or user agent), designed for interacting with a Web Server. When a request is made, the host server is contacted, and after a brief negotiation the resource is returned and the browser displays it. Browsers Browsers Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers © 2004-2008, Douglas W. Clifton, loadaveragezero.com, all rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US doug@loadaveagezero.com (Douglas W. Clifton) 2008-11-25T17:38:34Z 240 http://loadaveragezero.com/drx/search Search the Database q http://loadaveragezero.com/img/fav/drx/logo/drxRSS.gif http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers 88 31 A fully indexed, searchable Resource Directory for Web developers, designers and programmers. http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsehappy:wasp Brought to you by the Web Standards Project and now part of WordPress. You have a choice, educate and empower yourself. 2005-06-12T04:46:21Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsehappy:wasp http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser standards web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#greyhound:ua-profiler A community-driven profiling and performance tool for browsers. Metrics cover connections per and across hostnames, do scripts and stylesheets block other downloads, compression, are resources with Expires headers cached, do prefetch and data URLs work? 2008-11-25T17:38:34Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#greyhound:ua-profiler http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser community performance profiling tools Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#gears:google Gears is a plugin that extends your browser to create a richer platform for Web applications. For example, Webmasters can use Gears on their site to let users access information offline or provide you with content based on your geographical location. 2008-11-22T23:57:29Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#gears:google http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser google open-source performance Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#flock:browser Branding itself the "Social Web Browser," Flock v2.0, released earlier this month, is built from a Firefox 3.0 codebase. The browser targets social networking and "Web 2.0" users, integrating these popular sites with features like the content "Media Bar" 2008-10-29T01:20:58Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#flock:browser http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser feed firefox mozilla multimedia rss web2.0 Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#chrome:google Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Built on components from WebKit and Firefox, the first release is in beta for Windows, and on the way for Linux and Mac OSX. 2008-09-28T01:41:09Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#chrome:google http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser chrome google open-source osx webcore webkit Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#yahoo:gbs The days of "best viewed in browser X" have expired, replaced by progressive enhancement and graceful degradation. The Yahoo! Development Network now classifies browsers into three categories: A-grade (capable), C-grade (incapable) and X-grade (fringe). 2006-02-15T05:56:19Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#yahoo:gbs http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser developer yahoo Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#camino:browser A fast, standards-compliant Mac OS X browser based on Mozilla, but uses a native Cocoa interface over XUL. However, like Firefox it uses the Gecko layout engine (Safari uses WebCore). Originally developed by David Hyatt, who is now a Safari team member. 2006-02-08T20:10:27Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#camino:browser http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form apple browser gecko mac mozilla osx safari webcore xul Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#mozillazine:firefox-history The story of Mozilla is long and rich in detail. There are many perspectives. This is Ben Goodger's. 2006-02-08T04:46:14Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#mozillazine:firefox-history http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser firefox history mozilla Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#konqueror:browser Konqueror is an open-source Web browser and file manager built for the Linux KDE desktop environment. It uses the KHTML layout engine, from which Apple's WebCore is derived. Supported are HTML 4.01, ECMAScript-262 (JavaScript), CSS and DOM standards. 2006-02-05T03:11:38Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#konqueror:browser http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser css dom html javascript khtml linux open-source webcore Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#omni:web Although not open-source or free (you can download an evaluation copy), like Safari, the OmniWeb browser uses the WebCore rendering engine. Among Mac OS X users, it has a small but loyal following so it would be worth your while to install and try it out. 2006-02-05T02:38:04Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#omni:web http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form apple browser khtml mac osx webcore Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#shiira:browser Shiira is an open-source Web browser for Mac OS X. Written in Cocoa, it uses the WebCore (KHTML) rendering/layout engine, so it has the same standards and CSS support as Safari RSS. The stated goal of the project is "better and more useful than Safari." 2006-02-05T00:29:20Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#shiira:browser http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form apple browser khtml mac open-source osx safari webcore Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#seamonkey:suite For Mozilla Suite fans out there, SeaMonkey 1.0 has just been released. On the surface, the browser looks like Netscape, under the hood it's built much like Firefox. Includes an email/newsgroup client, chat software, browser and Web page (HTML) editor. 2006-02-04T01:56:56Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#seamonkey:suite http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser chat email firefox html mozilla netscape news seamonkey Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#safaritest:screenshot Lixlpixel's site has been out of commission lately, and Browsershots is so heavily loaded that I no longer use it. So, if you're looking for a new place to test your designs in Safari, this is the place to go. Powered by all open-source tools, of course! 2005-12-24T16:11:18Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#safaritest:screenshot http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form apache browser linux mac mysql open-source osx php python safari screenshots Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#gslis:history-project Learn how the first browser war ignited in this side-by-side release and feature history of Explorer and Navigator, each starting with version 1.0 and ending at 6/7 respectively. IE7 will be out later this year, and Netscape is at 8. See Firefox/Safari. 2005-08-16T05:30:10Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#gslis:history-project http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser history ie netscape Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#livinginternet:browser-history Beginning with Tim Berners-Lee and his WorldWideWeb browser (and server) for the NeXT (circa 1991) through Firefox (based on the Mozilla browser), this timeline runs you through everything in between. Many you may have heard of, some you may not have. 2005-08-07T08:55:11Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#livinginternet:browser-history http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser history web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#netscape:remembering For the tenth anniversary of its IPO, Fortune Magazine recruited dozens of players to tell, in their own words, the story of the startup that brought us into the Internet era. This is the first of a two-part story. 2005-07-17T17:39:56Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#netscape:remembering http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser history mozilla netscape web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsernews:stats This site reports on browser usage from five different sources. However, as the page will warn you, you should take these numbers with a grain of salt because they can be misleading or skewed, depending on the source, and are effected by other factors. 2005-07-09T23:14:07Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsernews:stats http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser resources stats Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#sillydog:netscape SillyDog, what? This guy has been following the Netscape browser for eons, and I'm embarrassed to admit I hadn't heard of this site until recently. How many people even remember what Mozilla stands for? Oh the irony, as it is so frequently spotted. 2005-07-02T17:56:08Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#sillydog:netscape http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser history mozilla netscape Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#netscape:timeline A timeline of Netscape, from its beginnings as NCSA Mosiac, the commercialization of the browser by Marc Andreessen, milestones like cookies and Javascript, purchase by AOL and the Mozilla fork, all the way to the present day Firefox derivation (v8). 2005-06-30T21:39:25Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#netscape:timeline http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser history mozilla netscape timeline web www Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#cnet:ie-vs-world The six "top" browsers are compared, rated, and reviewed individually. Select the "compare these products" from the right sidebar for a detailed, side-by-side chart of features. Clear winners: Firefox, and Safari for Mac users. 2005-05-24T11:35:41Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#cnet:ie-vs-world http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser firefox safari web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#acid2:acid2 Acid2 is a simple test page designed to help browser manufacturers determine if their product meets established Web standards. This very detailed guided tour explains all the inter workings of the page, which turns out to be anything but simple. 2005-05-19T02:17:31Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#acid2:acid2 http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser standards web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#howtocreate:speed There's a race on, who will win? For many categories in this detailed article, the clear winner is Opera. Lots of discussion, tables, sortable data and results. Colored pop-up graphs too! Have a look if you're shopping for browsers, nice document. 2005-05-18T10:52:41Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#howtocreate:speed http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser opera performance web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsershots:factory Life is good, when developers share their hard work with the community. Now to supplement lixlpixel's Mac browser screenshot generator comes Browsershots: check your design in 6 major browsers running different resolutions under Debian/GNU Linux. 2005-05-18T05:07:00Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#browsershots:factory http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser linux screenshots web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#lixlpixel:screenshot No Mac for testing your design? This service allows you to preview, and save, a screenshot of any page just by submitting the URI. Supports Safari, MacIE 5.2 and Mozilla browsers. Nice for developers on a budget, like me. (Felix is aka lixlpixel). 2005-05-15T08:44:15Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#lixlpixel:screenshot http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser mac mozilla osx safari screenshots web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#PGTS:user-agents Holy comprehensive list batman! Every browser you ever heard of, indexed by popularity, name, operating system, and user agent string. Also listed are robots, both friendly and suspicious. Includes downloadable, zipped, tab-delimited text databases. 2005-05-14T09:55:23Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#PGTS:user-agents http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser user-agent Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#evolt:browsers A huge collection of browsers you can download and install. This resource is designed primarily for Web developers who want to test their designs in as many browsers as possible. 2005-04-25T06:14:53Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#evolt:browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser developer repository web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#digitalproof:articles A reviewed and rated list of links to articles and sites that advocate switching from Internet Explorer. 2005-04-22T21:27:06Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#digitalproof:articles http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#nanobox:support A summary of the level of support for standard Web technologies by popular Web browsers. It deals primarily with the Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape, Opera, and Internet Explorer Web browsers, and focuses on HTML, CSS and DOM technologies. 2005-04-22T21:13:53Z http://loadaveragezero.com/app/drx/Internet/WWW/Clients/Browsers#nanobox:support http://loadaveragezero.com/hnav/contact.php#form browser css dom html standards web Computers/Software/Internet/Clients/WWW/Browsers