This document provides information on 13 different web browsers: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Maxthon, Flock, Avant, Deepnet, Phaseout, Camino, SeaMonkey, and Netscape. It describes the company that developed each browser, lists their versions, and highlights their key features such as speed and ease of use.

1. Browsers
By:
Adolfo Vásconez Escobar

2. Index
1. Internet Explorer 8. Avant
2. Mozilla Firefox 9. Deepnet
3. Google Chrome 10.Phaseout
4. Opera 11.Camino
5. Safari 12.Seamonkey
6. Maxthon 13.Netscape
7. Flock

3. Internet Explorer
• IE Is a series of graphical web browsers
developed by Microsoft and included as part
of the Microsoft Windows line of operating
systems starting in 1995. It was first released
as part of the add-on package Plus! for
Windows 95 that year. Later versions were
available as free downloads, or in service
packs, and included in the OEM service
releases of Windows 95 and later versions of
Windows.

4. Internet Explorer
• Versions: 9. IE 9
1. IE 1 • Speed:
2. IE 2 – Preschool = FPS
60, Average draw
3. IE 3 duration 1 ms Maze
4. IE 4 20X20 = 1.4 seconds
5. IE 5 Speedread = FPS
60, draws 381, average
6. IE 6 draw duration 6
7. IE 7 ms, last draw duration
5 ms, window size
8. IE 8 1524, 776

5. Internet Explorer
• Easy of use:
– New interface
– The Jump lists
– New Home page
– CSS3 and HTML5
– It’s faster than IE8

7. Mozilla Firefox
• Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web
browser descended from the Mozilla
Application Suite and managed by Mozilla
Corporation. On April 3, 2003, the Mozilla
Organization announced that they planned to
change their focus from the Mozilla Suite to
Firefox and Thunderbird.

8. Mozilla Firefox
• Versions: • Speed:
– 1.5
– 2.0
– 3.0
– 3.5
– 3.6
– 4.0

9. Mozilla Firefox
• Easy of use:
– Improoved interface
– Tabs
– Password managger
– Form complete
– Pop-Up blocker
– Integrated web search
– Download manager
– Advanced security
– Anothers…

11. Google Chrome
• Google Chrome is a web browser developed
by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine.
It was first released as a beta version for
Microsoft Windows on 2 September 2008, and
the public stable release was on 11 December
2008. The name is derived from the graphical
user interface frame, or "chrome", of web
browsers.

12. Google Chrome
• Versions: – 5.0
– 0.2 – 6.0
– 0.3 – 7.0
– 0.4 – 8.0
– 1.0 – 9.0
– 2.0 – 10.0
– 3.0 – 11.0 (Beta)
– 4.0 – 12.0 (Dev)
– 4.1

13. Google Chrome
• Speed: Preschool = 1524, 815
FPS 42, Average draw • Easy of use:
duration 29 ms Maze – Clean interface
20X20 = 12 seconds – Better organization
Speedread = FPS – Faster than others
60, draws
– Themes
387, average draw
– Great tabs system
duration 65 ms, last
draw duration 60
ms, window size

15. Opera
• Opera is a web browser and Internet suite
developed by Opera Software. The browser
handles common Internet-related tasks such
as displaying web sites, sending and receiving
e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting
on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent, and
reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of
charge for personal computers and mobile
phones.

16. Opera
• Versions: – 9.0
– 2.0 – 9.1
– 3.0 – 9.2
– 4.0 – 9.5
– 5.0 – 9.6
– 6.0 – 10.0
– 7.0 – 11.0
– 8.0
– 8.5

17. Opera
• Easy of use:
– Easy interface
– Elegant design
– Smart updates
– Very customizable

19. Safari
• Safari is a graphical web browser developed by
Apple and included as part of the Mac OS X
operating system. First released as a public beta
on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X
operating system, it became Apple's default
browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3
"Panther". Safari is also the native browser for
iOS. A version of Safari for the Microsoft
Windows operating system, first released on June
11, 2007, supports Windows XP, Windows
Vista, and Windows 7.

20. Safari
• Versions: –4
–1 –5
–2
–3
Speed

21. Safari
• Easy of use:
– Better Performance
– Bing sarch
– Many extensions
– Safari reader
– Better HTML5 support

23. Maxthon
• Maxthon was based on MyIE, originally
created by Changyou, a Chinese
programmer, who wanted to customize his
Internet Explorer browser. Changyou posted
most of the code onto his BBS, before leaving
the project in 2000. Jeff Chen continued
development and released a new
version, called MyIE2. MyIE2 grew
quickly, with contributions from users around
the world in areas including plugins, skins and
debugging.

24. Maxthon
• Versions:
– 1.x
– 2.x
– 3.x
• Easy of use:
– Faster
– Download managger
– Many shorcuts

26. Flock
• Flock is a web browser that specializes in
providing social networking and Web 2.0
facilities built into its user interface. 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.

27. Flock
• Versions:
– 1.x
– 2.x
– 3.5
• Easy of use:
– Compatible with Chrome extensions
– Integrates Facebook, Twitter and Youtube
– Side bar for last messages
– Fast

29. Avant
• Avant Browser is a freeware web browser
from a Chinese programmer named Anderson
Che, which unites the Trident layout engine
built into Windows (see Internet Explorer
shell) with an interface intended to be more
feature-rich, flexible and ergonomic than
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE).

30. Avant
• Versions: • Easy of use:
– 2.x – Very fast
– 5.x – Different
– 6.x themes/skins
– 7.x
– 10.x
– 11.x

32. Deepnet
• Deepnet Explorer is a web browser created by
Deepnet Security for the Microsoft Windows
platform. 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.

33. Deepnet
• Versions:
– 3 betas
– Latest version: 1.5.3
• Easy of use:
– Better security

35. Phaseout
• PhaseOut is a flash-based shell for Internet
Explorer. It adds some really impressive
looking graphics and customizable skins to
your Internet browsing experience. If futuristic
looks and space inspired graphics are your
thing, you might want to consider PhaseOut.
• Versions:
– 2.x – 3.x – 4.x – 5.x

36. Phaseout
• Easy of use: PhaseOut aims to be completely
customizable and tailored to easy surfing.
While the remote function is innovative, it
seems unnecessary and doesn't add a lot of
utility. PhaseOut provides most of the tools of
a good browser, but they are not as easy to
use as we would like.

38. Camino
• is a free, open source, GUI-based Web
browser based on Mozilla's Gecko layout
engine and specifically designed for the Mac
OS X operating system. In place of an XUL-
based user interface used by most Mozilla-
based applications, Camino uses Mac-native
Cocoa APIs.

39. Camino
• Versions: – Better protection
– 0.x – Download
– 1.0 notifications
– 1.5 – Annoyance blocking
– 1.6
– 2.0
• Easy of use:
– Tab overview

41. SeaMonkey
• SeaMonkey is a free and open source cross-
platform Internet suite. It is the continuation
of the former Mozilla Application Suite, based
on the same source code. The development of
SeaMonkey is community-driven, in contrast
to the Mozilla Application Suite, which until its
last released version (1.7.13) was governed by
the Mozilla Foundation. The new project-
leading group is the SeaMonkey Council.

42. SeaMonkey
• Versions:
– 1.0.X
– 1.1.X
– 2.0.X
– 2.1
• Easy of use:
– Many useful tools
– Tabs support
– Fast browsing
– Ad-ons

44. Netscape
• Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser
that was popular in the 1990s. It was the flagship
product of the Netscape Communications Corporation
and the dominant web browser in terms of usage.
Netscape Navigator 9 is a web browser produced by
the Netscape Communications division of parent
AOL, first announced on January 23, 2007. After AOL
outsourced the development of Netscape Browser 8 to
Mercurial Communications in 2004, Netscape
Navigator 9 marked the first Netscape browser to be
produced in-house since Netscape 7.

45. Netscape
• Versions: – 7.x
– 0.9 – 8.x
– 1.x – 9.0
– 2.x • Easy of use:
– 3.x – Very versatile
– 4.x – Completly different
– 5.x – Very fast.
– 6.x