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Web Browser Versions and Download Links

The following list includes such common Web browsers as Internet Explorer, the Gecko based Mozilla family with Firefox and Netscape as well as KHTML based browsers like Safari, Chrome and Konqueror.

^*) Updated within the last 30 days

The table shows only final or official releases and is Mac centric. Alpha, beta or preview releases are usually not included for any Internet browser (see below). 'All' means for Windows, Mac, Linux and Unix operating systems.

Remarks on Modern Internet Browsers

Mozilla, Firefox, Camino and Konqueror are standards-compliant Open Source browsers. Microsoft IE (requires Windows or classic Mac OS), Safari (requires Mac OS X), Opera and Netscape are free Web browsers. To use Omniweb or iCab Pro you must pay for a license.

For security reasons most browser makers recommend to update to the newest version as soon as possible (e.g. for electronic banking). You may want to wait a few days prior to the installation to see if any problems occur.

Popular browser applications usually comply well to W3C standards (HTML, XHTML, CSS, HTTP, ECMAScript: JavaScript and JScript, DOM etc.). The only exception of the big players is Microsoft IE its with Trident engine on PCs because of its current market dominance. Newer rendering engines tend to support Web standards quite well but still not completely.

Alternative Web Browsers

More Web-browsers listed alphabetically by platform. This list is not exhaustive. Please tell us if your favorite browser to surf the Net is missing. What application do you use for Web browsing?

All (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Solaris, OS/2, VAX/VMS etc.)
Amaya | Lynx | Libwww | Flock

Windows (Win XP, Win 2000, Win ME, Win NT, Win 98 or Win 95)
K-Meleon | AOL Explorer | Avant | Maxthon | MSN Explorer | WebTV Viewer

Mac OS X (Tiger, Panther, Jaguar, Puma or Cheetah)
Shiira | NetNewsWire (RSS newsreader) | DevonAgent | Sunrise

Mac OS (Mac OS 8.6, 9.x and Mac OS Classic)
WaMCom | Mozilla 1.3.1 (unofficial)

Linux (Debian, Fedora, SuSE, Red Hat, Mandriva/Mandrake etc.)
Galeon | Epiphany

Alpha, Beta and Preview Releases

Alpha, beta and preview versions of browsers that are still under development are listed below. The compilation with download links is frequently updated and may contain special or nightly builds.

• Firefox 3.6 alpha 1
• Safari 4.0 beta (for Mac and Windows)
• Google Chrome preview release 3.0.183.1 Dev (for Mac, Linux)
• Opera 10.0 release candidate 2
• Flock 2.6 beta
• Camino 2.0 beta 1
• SeaMonkey 2.0 beta 2
• Cross-platform portable Firefox 1.5 | Windows only | Mac OS X
• Optimized Firefox 3.0 for G4, G5 and Intel Macs (Mac builds)
• Mozilla 1.8 beta 1 (future SeaMonkey Suite)

Historic WWW Browsers

Older or no longer in use browser software from various brands and vendors includes:

• NCSA Mosaic
• Spyglass
• Netscape Navigator | Netscape Communicator
• Apple Cyberdog
• IBM Web Browser for OS/2
• Sun HotJava

More about the history, protocols and standards as well as features of Web browsers (Wikipedia encyclopedia).