Browsers

Surfing the web is made possible by Web browsers. A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with text, images, videos, music and other information located on a Web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. Text and images on a Web page can contain hyperlinks to other Web pages at the same or different website.

Web browsers allow a user to quickly and easily access information provided on many Web pages at many websites by traversing these links. Although browsers are typically used to access the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by Web servers in private networks or content in file systems.

Every Web browser is made up of two major components, a rendering engine and a user interface. Selecting the right rendering engine for your needs and matching it with the right user interface for your needs can point you to the right Web browser.

Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology.

Mozilla Firefox is a fast, full-featured Web browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before.

Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) is a powerful tabbed browser with a highly customizable interface.

Avant Browser is an application designed to expand services provided by Internet Explorer.

Opera ’s features include high performance, mouse gestures, and an integrated download manager.

Chromium is a freeware web browser for safer, faster and more stable way to work the web.

SeaMonkey consists of a web browser, an e-mail and news client, an HTML editor and an IRC client.

Safari is a freeware modern web browser, offers all the common features of modern browsers.

Internet Explorer — web browsers included as part of the operating systems Microsoft Windows.