This is a comparison of both historical and current

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based on developer, engine, platform(s), releases, license, and cost.

General information

Basic general information about the browsers. Browsers listed on a light purple background are discontinued. Platforms with a yellow background have limited support. StatCounter-browser-ww-monthly-202011-202011-bar

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Operating system support

Browsers are compiled to run on certain

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s, without emulation. This list is not exhaustive, but rather reflects the most common OSes today (e.g.

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was also developed for

OS/2 OS/2 is a Proprietary software, proprietary computer operating system for x86 and PowerPC based personal computers. It was created and initially developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft, under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci, ...

at a time when

macOS 10 macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. With ...

did not exist) but does not include the growing appliance segment (for example, the

Opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

web browser has gained a leading role for use in mobile phones, smartphones, the Nintendo DS and Wii, and Personal Digital Assistants, and is also used in some smart TVs). Both the web browser and OS means most recent version, example: Windows 11 with Internet Explorer 11.

Browser features

Information about what common browser features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

Accessibility features

Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Browsers that do not support pop-ups have no need for pop-up blocking abilities, so that field is marked as N/A.

Accessibility features (continued)

Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

Web technology support

Information about what web standards, and technologies the browsers support, except for JavaScript. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.

Plugins and syndicated content support

Information about what web standards, and technologies the browsers support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.

JavaScript support

Information about what JavaScript technologies the browsers support. Note that although

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is used by

XSLT XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations) is a language originally designed for transforming XML documents into other XML documents, or other formats such as HTML for web pages, plain text, or XSL Formatting Objects. These formats c ...

, it is only considered here if it can be accessed using JavaScript. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality, e.g.,

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Protocol support

Information about what

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s the browsers support (in addition to

HTTP HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, wher ...

that all (modern) browser should and do fully support). External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality. More than half of web traffic from Chrome to Google's servers is handled by

QUIC QUIC () is a general-purpose transport layer network protocol initially designed by Jim Roskind at Google. It was first implemented and deployed in 2012 and was publicly announced in 2013 as experimentation broadened. It was also described at an ...

protocol, not TCP (or HTTP/1). Chrome, Opera, and Firefox have support for QUIC, and

HTTP/3 HTTP/3 is the third major version of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol used to exchange information on the World Wide Web, complementing the widely deployed HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2. Unlike previous versions which relied on the well-established TCP ...

, while Safari is testing it for a subset of users.

Image format support

Information about what image formats the browsers support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the browsers or extensions that provide such functionality.

Internationalization

Most browsers are available in more than one language.

References

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