4. Content
• Introduction
• History
• Introduction to WWW
• Mosaic and netscape
• Chrome
• Mozila firefox
• Internet explorer
• Opera
• Safari
5. Introduction
• What is web browser??
• Web user access information from web servers,
through a client program called browser.
6. Content of web browser
1. User Interface
• this includes the address bar, back/forward button ,
bookmarking menu etc
1. Rendering Engine
• Rendering, that is display of the requested contents on the
browser screen.
• By default the rendering engine can display HTML and XML
documents and images
7. History
• The first web browser was invented in 1990 by
Sir Tim Berners-Lee.
• His browser was called WorldWideWeb and later
renamed Nexus
• Internet Explorer in 1995 was released by MS
initiating the industry's first browser war
• 1993, browser software was further innovated
by Marc Andreessen with the release of Mosaic
8. www
• The first web browser was invented in 1990 by Sir Tim
Berners-Lee.
• Features of www
– WorldWideWeb was capable of displaying basic style sheets
– downloading and opening any file type supported by the NeXT
system
– browsing newsgroups, and spellchecking
– In earlier versions, images were displayed in separate window
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10. Mosaic
• Mosaic was developed at the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications(NCSA) at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• beginning in late 1992. NCSA released the
browser in 1993, and officially discontinued
development and support on January 7, 1997
• Mosaic was also the first browser to display
images inline with text instead of displaying
images in a separate window
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12. Chrome
• Developer: Google Inc
• Initial release: September 2, 2008
• Available in: 47 languages
• Written in: c++
• Supported by: Windows,Mac,ios,android,linux
• Engine:webkit
• Secure,fast,simple browser
13. Features of chrome
• Bookmarks
• Incognito Mode
• User interface
• Chrome Web Store
• Extensions
• Themes
• Automatic web page translation
• Download manager
• Video game
• Multiple browsing:Tab option
• Restores where user left
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16. Mozila Firefox
• Developer:Mozilla Foundation
• Initial release: September 23, 2002
• Available in:79 languages
• Written in: C++,JavaScript, C, Rust,XUL, XBL
• Supported os: Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS
• Engine: Gecko, SpiderMonkkey
• Size: 45 in windows,79MB in mac X,50MB in linux
• Fast browsing experience
17. Features Of Firefox
• Tabbed browsing
• Pop-up blocking
• Private Browsing
• Download manager
• Bookmarks
• Session Restore
• Add-ons
• Inline spell checker
• Security
• Built in PDF viewer
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19. Internet explorer
• Developer: Microsoft
• Orignal Author: Thomas Reardon
• Initial release: August 1995
• Current version: 11
• Supported os: windows, mac
• Written in:c++
• Engine:trident
• Available in: 95 languages
20. Features of internet explorer
• Cache
• Favorite tiles
• Notifications bar
• Manage add-ons for faster browsing
• Pin your favorite sites to the taskbar
• Pdf viewer in i.e
• 11Download manager in i.e 11
• Private browsing
• Bookmarks
• Home button
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22. Opera
• Developer: Opera Software
• Initial release: april 1995
• Written in: c++
• Engine: blink,v8
• Available: 48 languages
• Web: www.opera.com
23. Features of opera
• Pop-up blocking
• Speed Dial
• Tabbed browsing
• Private browsing
• Extensions
• Password manager
• Bookmarks
• Recently closed pages access
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25. safari
• Developer: Apple
• Initial release: January 7, 2003
• Written in: objective c,c++
• Engine: webkit,nitro
• OS: windows ,mac x
26. Features
• Spell check
• Tab browsing
• Pop up blocking
• History view
• Privacy
• Extension
• Restore