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IE6 | IE7 | Firefox 2.0.0.14 | Safari 3.1.1 | Opera 9.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logo |  |  |  |  |  |
| Creator | Microsoft, Spyglass | Microsoft, Spyglass | Mozilla Foundation | Apple Inc. | Opera Software |
| Cost | Free, (requires a valid Windows license) | Free, (requires a valid Windows license) | Free | Free | Free |
| Open Source | No | No | Yes | Partially | No |
| Software License | ... | ... | MPL, MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license | LGPL | ... |
| Current Layout Engine | Trident | Trident | Gecko | WebKit | Presto |
| First Public Release | 8/27/2001 | 10/16/2006 | 4/16/2008 | 4/16/2008 | 6/12/2008 |
| Browser: Windows | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Browser: Mac OS X | Yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Boomark Managing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Browser: Linux | no | no | yes | no | yes |
| Browser: Unix | no | no | yes | no | yes |
| Download Managing | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Password Managing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Form Managing | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Spell Checking | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Search Engine Toolbar | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Tabbed Browsing | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Pop Up Blocking | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Incremental Finding | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| Ad Filtering | partial | partial | no | yes | yes |
| Page Zooming | no | yes | no | no | yes |
| HTML Access Key | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Tabbing Navigation | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Spatial Navigation | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Caret Navigation | no | no | yes | no | no |
| Text-to-speech | partial | partial | no | yes | yes |
| Voice Control | no | no | no | no | yes |
| Web technology support | CSS2.1 (Partial) Frames Java XSLT RSS Atom | CSS2.1 (Partial) Frames Java XSLT RSS Atom | CSS2.1 Frames Java XSLT XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 (Partial) MathML XForms RSS Atom | CSS2.1 Frames Java XSLT XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 RSS Atom | CSS2.1 Frames Java Nav LINKs XSLT XHTML 1.0 XHTML 1.1 MathML RSS Atom Web Forms 2.0 VoiceXML/X+V WML |
| JavaScript support | JavaScript ECMA Script DOM 1 (Partial) XPath DHTML XMLHttpRequest Rich editing | JavaScript ECMA Script DOM 1 (Partial) XPath DHTML XMLHttpRequest Rich editing | JavaScript ECMA Script DOM 1 DOM 2 XPath DHTML XMLHttpRequest Rich editing | JavaScript ECMA Script DOM 1 DOM 2 DOM 3 (Partial) XPath DHTML XMLHttpRequest Rich editing | JavaScript ECMA Script DOM 1 DOM 2 DOM 3 (Partial) XPath DHTML XMLHttpRequest Rich editing |
| Image Format Support | JPEG (partial) GIF PNG (partial) TIFF (disable) | JPEG (partial) GIF PNG (partial) TIFF (disable) | JPEG GIF PNG SVG (partial) 2D Canvas | JPEG JPEG 2000 GIF PNG TIFF SVG (partial) 2D Canvas | JPEG GIF PNG APNG SVG (partial) PDF (mac only) 2D Canvas |
| Protocol Support | HTTP (partial) FTP SSL (partial) Gopher (disabled) BitTorrent IPv6 | HTTP (partial) FTP SSL (partial) Gopher (disabled) BitTorrent IPv6 | HTTP FTP SSL Gopher IDN data: URL IPv6 | HTTP FTP (partial) SSL IDN data: URL IPv6 | HTTP FTP NNTP SSL IRC Gopher (partial) IDN data: URL BitTorrent IPv6 |
I was looking over the comments. Yes, Safari is partially
open source, fixed. IE:mac and IE6 share the same icon.
Thanks for the input ;)
:) Firefox rules!!
Safari is partially open source. Also, the IE:mac icon was
used for IE 6.
Other than that, it's a quite good comparison.
Firefox also has the best logo design imo!
really good comparion! you have covered loads of stuff
there....thanks. I use firefox at the moment and i think i
will be sticking to it!
i love firefox, I love firefox so much, I dont mind the
memory it's hogging