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Web browsers and suitable os platforms

The listing based on the analysis of the visitors and shall show how many different Web browser on several os platforms will be used in the World Wide Web (WWW). The listing is not complete, only Web browsers used on aadmm.de are listed. Table 1 list the os platforms Linux, MacOS, Solaris and Windows, Table 2 the os platforms AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2 and Unix, Table 3 several PDA browsers and Table 4 list a unsorted list of other browsers.

Table 1: Linux, MacOS, Solaris and Windows

Browser Name Linux MacOS Solaris Windows
Amaya yes yes *(1) no yes
AWeb no no no no
Beonex Communicator yes yes no yes
Camino (Chimera**) no yes no no
Chimera no no no no
Dillo yes no no no
eLinks yes no no yes *(2)
Epiphany yes *(3) no no no
Firefox (Firefird/Phoenix) yes yes *(4) yes yes
Galeon yes no no no
IBrowse no no no no
iCab no yes no no
Internet Explorer yes *(5) yes *(6) yes *(7) yes
K-Meleon no no no yes
Konqueror yes no yes no
Links yes yes *(8) yes yes *(9)
Lynx yes yes *(10) no yes *(11)
Mozilla yes yes yes yes
Netscape yes yes yes yes
NetPositive no no no no
OmniWeb no yes *(12) no no
Opera yes yes yes yes
Safari no yes *(13) no yes *(14)
Seamonkey yes yes no yes
Shiira no yes *(15) no no
Sputnik no no no no
Voyager no no no no
w3m yes no yes yes *(16)
WebTV no no no yes
Browser Name Linux MacOS Solaris Windows

Explanation Table 1:

(Chimera**) is Mozilla-based and the previous name of Camino and not the same as Chimera.
(Firebird/Phoenix) are the previous names of Firefox.

  1. earlier Versions as 9.3 need X11 for MacOS
  2. only with Cygwin for Windows
  3. Gnome Desktop Browser, Mozilla-based
  4. Firefox (Firebird) need MacOS X
  5. with CrossOver Office or Wine-Emulation
  6. since June 2003 no more continued for MacOS and since 2006 no more part of MacOS
  7. Binaries available till IE5, no more continued
  8. need X11 for MacOS
  9. only with Cygwin for Windows
  10. external program for MacOS 9, included in the kernel of MacOS X
  11. need Windows 95 or higher
  12. need MacOS X
  13. need MacOS X
  14. Safari 3 for windows available as public beta since Juny 2007
  15. need MacOS X 10.3
  16. only with Cygwin for Windows

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Table 2: AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2 and Unix

Browser Name AmigaOS BeOS OS/2 Unix
Amaya no no no yes
AWeb yes no no no
Beonex Communicator no no no no
Camino (Chimera**) no no no no
Chimera no no no yes
Dillo no no no no
eLinks no no no no
Epiphany no no no no
Firefox (Firefird/Phoenix) no yes yes no
Galeon no no no no
IBrowse yes no no no
iCab no no no no
Internet Explorer no no no no
K-Meleon no no no no
Konqueror no no no no
Links no yes yes yes
Lynx yes *(1) no yes yes
Mozilla no yes yes yes
Netscape no no yes yes
NetPositive no yes *(2) no no
OmniWeb no no no no
Opera no yes yes yes
Safari no no no no
Seamonkey no no yes no
Shiira no no no no
Sputnik yes no no no
Voyager yes *(3) no no no
w3m no no no no
WebTV no no no no
Browser Name AmigaOS BeOS OS/2 Unix

Explanation Table 2:

(Chimera**) is Mozilla-based and the previous name of Camino and not the same as Chimera.
(Firebird/Phoenix) are the previous names of Firefox.

  1. Binary for AmigaOS available at Aminet
  2. BeOS continues as Zeta
  3. Voyager has the same name for AmigaOS/MorphOS and QNX, but they are independently projects

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Table 3: PDA Browser

Browser Name PDA os platform
Blazer/4.0 Blazer Web Browser 4.0 for Palm OS
Internet Explorer Windows CE and Windows Mobile
Minimo Mozilla Minimo for Windows CE and Windows Mobile
NetFront NetFront Browser v3.5 for Symbian OS, Windows CE and Windows Mobile
Opera Symbian OS and Windows Mobile
Webby Mobile Webby Mobile for Windows CE and Windows Mobile

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Table 4: Unsorted browsers on miscellaneous os platforms

Browser Name OS platform
Firefox Firefox also available for FreeBSD and RISC OS
Opera FreeBSD, Nintendo DS and Wii, Playstation 2 and QNX
ANTFresco/2.17
NCBrowser/2.35
RISC OS Desktop Computing Version
RISC OS Settop Box Version for TV's
NetSurf RISC OS open source web browser
Multizilla Open source, Mozilla based, multiplatform
Jazilla M4 Alpha; SUN Open source, java based, X11 systems and Windows
Escape TV browser, java based, multiplatform
HighWire/0.2.7 Atari MiNTnet and STiK2
Contiki/1.0 Commodore 64

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