1. Define: Browser
1.1. A Computer program that accesses and displays data from the internet or others networks.
2. Explorer9
2.1. Pros:
2.1.1. IE9 has a perfect score in no less than five categories, 100% for attributes, audio, foreigncontent, video and xhtml5, results unmatched by any other browser.
2.1.1.1. New node
2.1.2. To enable developers to easily work with IE9 and interoperable markup, the IE9 team concentrated on five key areas: HTML5, Document-Object Model Optimization, CSS3, Scalable Vector Graphics, and Chakra, the new JavaScript engine.
2.2. Cons:
2.2.1. has adopted a minimalist user interface, as opposed to the fancier and busier look of the previous
2.2.2. that this version of the web browser only supports Windows 7 and Vista
3. Explorer8
3.1. Cons:
3.1.1. IE 8, as per usual Microsoft methods, is not completely stable
3.1.2. Still not as safe as firefo
3.2. Pros
3.2.1. Better than all the previous versions.
3.2.2. Deletes brower history better than Firefoxs default
4. Opera
4.1. Pros:
4.1.1. Opera is free, so you should be able to try it out easily
4.1.2. Opera is renowned for being fast and lightweight
4.2. Cons:
4.2.1. The biggest problem you will probably face when using it will be encountering pages, particularly on corporate intranets and similar sites, which do not work properly with Opera.
4.2.2. It appears to have problems with a few Web 2.0 sites, such as this one.
5. Firefox is the second most popular Web browser in an increasingly competitive market dominated by Internet Explorer software by Microsoft. I think it was Firefox and its growth that reinvigorated the browser market as well as the web. 05 July 2010 News
6. Sources
6.1. All sources must be from October/Nov 2010; use this search: http://bit.ly/cwWsuW ; minimum 5 sources, collaborative effort
6.1.1. Shorten your URLs at the following link:
6.1.2. http://bit.ly/
6.2. http://bit.ly/cwWsuW
6.3. www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5959475397.html
6.4. www.doityourself.com › ... › Internet -
6.5. www.pcworld.com/.../googles_chrome_7_reasons_for_it_and_7_reasons_against_it.html
6.6. www.articlesbase.com
7. Mozilla Firefox
7.1. Pros:
7.1.1. Mozilla announces Firefox 4 beta, gets new look and featuresMozilla, maker of the second most popular web browser on the market, Firefox, announced the much awaited release of the Firefox 4 beta 1 this week.
7.1.1.1. New node
7.2. Cons:
7.2.1. Firefox 4 isn’t just another major release for Mozilla, strategically this is an important point for the company and the browser. While Firefox remains the second most popular browser behind Internet Explorer, both browsers have been losing market share to Google’s Chrome browser in the past few months
7.2.2. Firefox is not exempt from flaws and as it has becomes more popular, these flaws are emerging.
8. Google Chrome
8.1. Pros:
8.1.1. Chrome is the third most popular browser after Internet Explorer (59.26 percent) and Firefox (22.82 percent). Both FireFox and IE saw their overall market share positions erode slightly by 0.39 percent and 0.14 percent, respectively. Safari was up a smidge (0.06 percent) to 5.33 percent, and Opera declined 0.11 percent to 2.28 percent.
8.1.2. Chrome's worldwide Web-browser share jumped to 8.47 percent last month, up from 7.98 percent in September. Meanwhile, IE fell from 59.65 percent to 59.26 percent in October and Firefox shrank from 22.96 percent to 22.82 percen
8.2. Cons:
8.2.1. Google could jack up the price and force publishers to charge advertisers higher CPMs (define).
8.2.2. create browser settings that make tracking with conventional cookies even harder, even possibly reliant on "security" features that are compatible with future tracking and serving platforms it develops.
9. Apple Safari
9.1. Pros:
9.1.1. 2. Apple makes iPod compatible with Windows A year after Apple debuted the iPod in 2001 as an accessory that it had hoped would buoy Mac sales, the company realized the iPod had much greater mass market potential and decided to make it compatible with Windows computers as well. That development combined with the 2003 opening of the iTunes Music Store selling songs for 99 cents set the iPod on a course to become one of the best-selling consumer electronics products of all time.
9.1.2. There is a Nitro Engine in Safari 4 that makes JavaScript run 4.2x faster than Safari 3.
9.2. Cons:
9.2.1. all-in-one PCs are known to be more expensive.
9.2.2. The glossy screen is really stylish but easily reflects any lights in the background.