Firefox has average startup times between 3.8-6.4 seconds and security rating of 97%. It uses sandbox security and SSL/TLS encryption. Major versions include 1.5, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.6 and 4.0. Internet Explorer has average startup times between 2.2-7.4 seconds and security rating of 87%. It uses zone-based security and features include a smart screen filter. Major versions include 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7 and 8. Google Chrome has average startup times between 3.1-7 seconds and security rating of 90%. It uses sandboxing

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2. MOZILA FIREFOX SPEED: Initial startup time – 14 s Average startup time – 3.8 s Navigation time – 6.4 s SECURITY: 97%

3. SECURITY FEATURES Firefox uses a sandbox security. Use SSL / TLS to protect communications with web servers using strong cryptography when using the https protocol. It also provides support for smart cards for authentication. It has an antiphishing protection, antimalware and integration with antivirus.

4. VERSIONS: Version1.5 It was released on November 30, 2005. The original plan was to publish first 1.1 and then 1.5, but after the first alpha versions, the Mozilla Foundation gave version 1.1 Version 2.0 Was released on October 24, 2006. This version includes updates to the tabbed browsing, an extension manager, the GUI, the restoration of the session, a spelling checker and an anti-phishing. version 3.0 Was published on June 17, 2008 by the Mozilla Corporation. The new version fixes some bugs, improves standard compliance, and implements new web APIs. Version 3.5 Shiretoko was launched on June 30, 2009. It is compatible with the tag as defined video, audio and HTML 5 specification, in which native support for free codecs Ogg Theora and Ogg Vorbis Version 3.6 was launched on January 21, 2010, which includes notable changes such as eliminating the XPCOM API. Version 4.0 Launched on March 22, 2011, Firefox is the current latest stable version.

6. INTERNET EXPLORER SPEED: Initial startup time – 8.5 s Average startup time – 2.2 s Navigation time – 7.4 s SECURITY: 87%

7. SECURITY FEATURES Internet Explorer uses a zone-based security groups and sites on certain conditions, even if it's an Internet or Web-based intranet and a user on the whitelist. Security restrictions apply for each zone, all sites in an area subject to restrictions. Highlight the domain Smart Screen filter Manager of complements The site scripting filter Secure connection

8. VERSIONS: Internet Explorer 1.0 Debuted in August 1995. Included with Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 and OEM versions of the operating system. Internet Explorer 2.0 Was released for Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5 and NT 4.0 in November 1995 (after a beta in October). Includes support for SSL encrypted connections, plus support for cookies, VRML, RSA, and Internet newsgroups. Internet Explorer 3.0 Was released in August 1996 and became the first widely used version of Internet Explorer. Developed the first version without the source code of Spyglass. Internet Explorer 4.0, Released in September of 1997 deepened the level of integration between the browser and the underlying operating system. Integration with Windows, however, was widely criticized Internet Explorer 5.0 Presided over a huge increase in market share of Netscape Navigator, between 1999 and 2001, and offers many advanced features for its day.

9. Internet Explorer 6.0 Was released on August 27, 2001, shortly after Windows XP was finished. This version included DHTML enhancements and partial support of CSS level 1, DOM and SMIL(2.0). Internet Explorer 7 Was released on October 18, 2006. Included bug fixes, enhancements to its support of standards, configurable search box to use multiple engines, web feed reader, support for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) and a filter Phishing (anti-phishing). For security, he split the integration with the Windows desktop. Internet Explorer 8 Was published on March 19, 2009. Development process began in August 2007. On March 5, 2008, was released a first public beta version (English only), set to an audience of developers and web designers. On January 26, 2009 was released its latest draft, with this so-called RC 1. IE8 is compatible with Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3. Internet explorer 9.0 Was published on March 14, 2011, and is available as a free update for Windows Vista SP2 or Windows Server 2008 SP2, in addition to Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

11. GOOGLE CHROME SPEED: Initial startup time – 8.1 s Average startup time – 3.1 s Navigation time – 7s SECURITY: 90%

12. SECURITY FEATURES Google Chrome have save browsing; a program will show you a warning message before you visit a site that is suspected of containing malware or phishing. Too developed a sand boxing and auto update that consist in prevent malware from installing itself on your computer or using what happens in one browser tab to affect what happens in another and To make sure that you are protected by the latest security updates, Chrome checks for updates regularly to make sure that it's always kept up-to-date

13. VERSIONS: VERSION 0.2:September 2 ,2008; include peel browser tabs, incognito mode, multi-tabbed, quick access to common sites, create shortcuts to web applications with Google Gears. VERSION 1: December 11 ,2008; export and import bookmarks, V8 engine upgrade for more speeding JavaScript. VERSION 2: May21, 2009 VERSION 3: September 15, 2009; added support for HTML 5, audio and video, newpage for quick access to common sites, support for visual themes. VERSION 4: January 25, 2010; Crome Beta for Linux and for Mac OS X

14. VERSION 5: May 25, 2010; stable version for Windows, Linux and Mac. New features in HTML5: App Cache, Socket web, drag and drop files. VERSION 6: September 2, 2010; it has auto-complete forms, timing and synchronization, extensions form data, and selection of items that you want to sync online. VERSION 7: October 19, 2010 VERSION 8: December 2, 2010; this version has fixed over 800 bugs and stability improvements. The PDF reader is enabled by default part of the Chrome sandbox security without the need to install third party software to read PDF files. VERSION 9: February 3, 2011; the Chrome Web Store is open to all user, added a link to the Web Store on the page "New Tab", and added two sample applications. VERSION 10: March 8, 2011 VERSION 11: March 22, 2011; launching a new logo Google´s minimalist Chrome. GPU-enabled3D acceleration CSS, allowing you to add 3D effects using CSS.

16. SAFARI SPEED: Initial startup time – 10.6 s Average startup time – 3.7 s Navigation time – 7.8 s SECURITY: 82%

17. SECURITY FEATURES XSS Auditor Cookie Blocking Private Browsing Phishing Protection Pop-Up Blocking Malware Protection

18. VERSIONS: SAFARI 1: Was released on January 7, 2003. Initially only available as a separate download for Mac OS X v10.2, it was included with the Mac OS X v10.3 release on October 24, 2003 as the default browser, with Internet Explorer for Mac included only as an alternative browser. SAFARI 2: Was released on April 29, 2005 as the only web browser included with Mac OS X v10.4 . This version was touted by Apple as possessing a 1.8x speed boost over version 1.2.4, but did not yet include the Acid2 bug fixes. SAFARI 3: Was released on June 11, 2007for Mac OS X v10.5 , Windows XP, and Windows Vista. During the announcement, he ran a benchmark based on the iBench browser test suite comparing the most popular Windows browsers,hence claiming that Safari was the fastest browser.

19. SAFARI 4 : On June 2, 2008, the WebKit development team announced SquirrelFish, a new JavaScript engine that vastly improves Safari's speed at interpreting scripts. The engine is one of the new features in Safari 4, released to developers on June 11, 2008. A public beta of Safari 4 was released on February 24, 2009, with new features such as the Top Sites tool which displays the user's most visited sites on a 3D wall. Cover Flow , a feature of Mac OS X and iTunes , was also implemented in Safari. SAFARI 5 : Apple released Safari 5 on June 7, 2010, includes improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies, focused on interoperability. Apple also re-added the progress bar behind the address bar in this release. Safari 5.0.1 enabled the Extensions PrefPane by default, previously users had to enable it via the Debug menu.

21. OPERA SPEED: Initial startup time – 7.1 s Average startup time – 4.4 s Navigation time – 7.3 s SECURITY: 88%

22. SECURITY FEATURES Cookie control Security badges Fraud and Malware protection Private tabs

23. VERSION: VERSION 2.0: Opera was first released publicly with version 2.0 in 1996, which only ran on Microsoft Windows.In an attempt to capitalize on the emerging market for Internet-connected handheld devices, a project to port Opera to mobile device platforms was started in 1998. VERSION 4.0: Opera 4.0, released in 2000, included a new cross-platform core that facilitated creation of editions of Opera for multiple operating systems and platforms. VERSION 5.0 Released in 2000 VERSION 8.5 Released in 2005

24. VERSION 9.0: Was released in 2006, include fraud protection using technology from GeoTrust, a digital certificate provider, and PhishTank, an organization that tracks known phishing web sites. VERSION 10.10: Opera 10.10 with Futhark on Windows, including vector graphics library, Vega, which handles all of the browser's rendering. release in December 2009. VERSION 11: Was released on December 16, 2010, with featuring extensions, tab stacking, visual mouse gestures, and changes to the address field.The new address field hides some of the whole URL, such as the protocol and query strings, but this can be turned off.

26. MAXTHON DATE OF RELEASED: 2004 SPEED: Initial startup time – 7s Average startup time – 6.4 s Navigation time – 8s SECURITY: 75%

27. VERSIONS: MAXTHON 1.X MAXTHON 2.X MAXTHON 3.X MAXTHON MOBILE FOR ANDROID 1.X

29. FLOCK SPEED: Initial startup time – 20.2 s Average startup time – 8 s Navigation time – 8.3 s SECURITY: 79%

30. VERSIONS: Earlier versions of Flock used the Gecko HTML rendering engine by Mozilla. Version 2.6.2, released in July 2010, was the last version based on Mozilla.Starting with version 3, Flock is based on Chromium and so uses the WebKit rendering engine.Flock is available as a free download, and supports Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X platforms (previously also Linux). Flock 2.5 integrates social networking and media services including MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, Blogger, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail,etc.

32. AVANT SPEED: Initial startup time – 25.7 s Average startup time – 11 s Navigation time – 6.4 s SECURITY: 47%

33. VERSION: Avant Browser 11 (build 130 released on January 26, 2011), include support for many toolbars that are compatible with IE, a facility for users to create their own scripted toolbar buttons, and a password and form-filling wizard. More radical is the addition of a native bookmark system in place of sharing IE's favorites. These bookmarks may be stored online - as can feeds, auto fills, and browser settings. This allows the user to synchronize any number of Avant installations on different computers.

35. DEEPNET SPEED: Initial startup time – 11.6 s Average startup time – 7.8 s Navigation time – 6.3 s SECURITY: 48%

36. VERSION: The most recent version is 1.5.3 (BETA 3) which was Released October 19, 2006. Developed in Britain, Deepnet Explorer gained early recognition both for its use of anti-phishing tools and the inclusion of a peer-to-peer facility for file sharing, based on the Gnutella network. SECURITY: Developed multiple proxy servers and browsing tracks cleaner

38. PHASEOUT SPEED: Initial startup time – 21.3 s Average startup time – 10.7 s Navigation time – 8.8 s SECURITY: 92%

39. VERSION: Phase Out has most of the essential features, but still lacks some of the nice bonus features such as a password manager, feeds, or parental controls. The interface seemed just a little too busy and sacrificed speed. Phase Out is interesting, but not very intuitive, and lacking in features. We recommend using Firefox with an add-on skin if you need to personalize your browser's look. PHASEOUT 5.0 PHASEOUT 5.2 PHASEOUT 5.3 PHASEOUT 5.4

41. CAMINO DATE OF RELEASED: February 14, 2006 (first on mozilla family) SPEED: Initial startup time – 19.8 s Average startup time – 11.7 s Navigation time – 13.1 s SECURITY: 73% Comes with top-notch security features, including anti-phishing

42. VERSIONS CAMINO 0.1; Released on February 14, 2002 CAMINO 0.2; Released on April 6, 2002 CAMINO 0.4; Released on July 24, 2002 CAMINO 0.5; Released on September 9, 2002 CAMINO 0.6; Released on November 5, 2002 CAMINO 0.7; Released on March 6, 2003 CAMINO 0.8; Released on June 25, 2004 CAMINO 1.0; Released on February 14, 2006 CAMINO 1.5; Released on June 5, 2007 CAMINO 1.6; Released on April 17, 2008 CAMINO 2.0; Released on Nobember 18, 2009 CAMINO 2.0.7; Released on March 22, 2011

44. SEAMONKEY SPEED: Initial startup time – 20,9 s Average startup time – 15.7 s Navigation time – 11,1 s SECURITY: 66% Comes with Cookie blocker, The site scripting filter and Secure connection

45. VERSIONS: SEAMONKEY 1.0 ALPHA; Released on September 15, 2005 SEAMONKEY 1.0 STABLE; Released on January 30, 2006 SEAMONKEY 2.0 ALPHA 2; Released on December 10, 2008 SEAMONKEY 2.0; Released on October 27, 2009 SEAMONKEY 2.1 BETA 1; Released on October 20, 2010 SEAMONKEY 2.1 BETA 2; Released on February 14, 2011

47. NETSURF SPEED: Initial startup time – 21 s Average startup time – 12.7 s Navigation time – 9,5 s SECURITY: 70%

48. VERSIONS: NETSURF 1.0; Released on May 19, 2007 NETSURF 2.0; Released on April, 2009 NETSURF 2.1; Released on May, 2009 NETSURF 2.6; Released on September 21, 2010 SPEED: Efficiency lies at the heart of the NetSurf engine, allowing it to outwit the heavyweights of the web browser world. The NetSurf team continue to squeeze more speed out of their code.