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Market share for several browsers between 1995 and 2010, illustrating the First Browser War (NN vs IE). Firefox was originally named "Phoenix", a name which implied that it would rise like a Phoenix after Netscape was killed off by Microsoft. GVU WWW user survey (January 1994 to October 1998)
Timeline representing the history of various web browsers The following is a list of web browsers that are notable. Historical Usage share of web browsers according to StatCounter till 2019-05. See HTML5 beginnings, Presto rendering engine deprecation and Chrome's dominance. See also: Timeline of web browsers This is a table of personal computer web browsers by year of release of major version ...
In June 2022, Microsoft permanently retired Internet Explorer in favor of Microsoft Edge as their sole browser. [77] [78] As of January 2023, Microsoft Edge was the 3rd most used web browser having 4.46% as market share. [79] In 2023, Internet Explorer was permanently disabled by Microsoft on most versions of Windows 10. [80]
Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge), based on the Chromium open-source project, also known as The New Microsoft Edge or New Edge, is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft, superseding Edge Legacy. [8] [9] [10] In Windows 11, Edge is the only browser available from Microsoft.
Browsers are compiled to run on certain operating systems, without emulation.. This list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSes today (e.g. Netscape Navigator was also developed for OS/2 at a time when macOS 10 did not exist) but does not include the growing appliance segment (for example, the Opera web browser has gained a leading role for use in mobile phones ...
Once upon a time, Google Chrome was atop the internet browser food chain with its simplistic design, easy access to Google Search, and customizable layout. In 2020, most browsers have adapted.
The increased growth of the Internet in the 1990s and 2000s means that current browsers with small market shares have more total users than the entire market early on. For example, 90% market share in 1997 would be roughly 60 million users, but by the start of 2007 9% market share would equate to over 90 million users. [1]
The most-used browser is Google Chrome, with a 67% global market share on all devices, followed by Safari with 18%. [2] A web browser is not the same thing as a search engine, though the two are often confused. [3] [4] A search engine is a website that provides links to other websites.