INFORMATION OF

POPULAR BROWSERS
By Omkar Jadhav
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JNV, KhedGaon, Nashik
GOOGLE CHROME
Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was
first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software
components from Apple Web Kit and Mozilla Firefox. It was later ported to
Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android, where it is the default browser. The browser
is also the main component of Chrome OS, where it serves as the platform for
web applications.

Most of Chrome's source code comes from Google's free and open-source
software project Chromium, but Chrome is licensed as proprietary freeware.
Web Kit was the original rendering engine, but Google eventually forked it to
create the Blink engine; all Chrome variants except iOS now use Blink.

As of October 2021, Stat Counter estimates that Chrome has a 68% worldwide
browser market share (after peaking at 72.38% in November 2018) on
personal computers (PC), is most used on tablets (having surpassed Safari),
and is also dominant on smartphones, and at 65% across all platforms
combined. Because of this success, Google has expanded the "Chrome" brand
name to other products: Chrome OS, Chromecast, Chromebook, Chrome bit,
Chromebox, and Chrome base.
MOZILLA FIREFOX
Mozilla Firefox or simply Firefox is a free and open-source web
browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its
subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox uses the Gecko
rendering engine to display web pages, which implements
current and anticipated web standards. In 2017, Firefox began
incorporating new technology under the code name Quantum
to promote parallelism and a more intuitive user interface.
Firefox is available for Windows 7 and later versions, macOS,
and Linux. Its unofficial ports are available for various Unix
and Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD, Open BSD,
Net BSD, illumes, and Solaris Unix. Firefox is also available for
Android and iOS. However, the iOS version uses the Web Kit
layout engine instead of Gecko due to platform requirements,
as with all other iOS web browsers. An optimized version of
Firefox is also available on the Amazon Fire TV, as one of the
two main browsers available with Amazon's Silk Browser.
MICROSOFT EDGE
Microsoft Edge is a cross-platform web browser created and developed
by Microsoft. It was first released for Windows 10 and Xbox One in
2015, for Android and iOS in 2017, for macOS in 2019, and for Linux in
2020, and can replace Internet Explorer on Windows 7, Windows
Server 2008 R2 and later versions but unlike IE, this browser does not
support Windows Vista or earlier versions.

The Chromium-based Edge replaced Internet Explorer (IE) in Windows

11, as the default web browser (for compatibility with Google Chrome
web browser).

Edge was initially built with Microsoft's own proprietary browser

engine Edge HTML and their Chakra JavaScript engine, a version now
referred to as Microsoft Edge Legacy. In 2019, Microsoft announced
plans to rebuild the browser as Chromium-based with Blink and V8
engines. During development (codenamed Anaheim), Microsoft made
preview builds of Edge available on Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10, and macOS.
INTERNET EXPLORER
Internet Explorer[a] (formerly Microsoft Internet Explorer[b] and
Windows Internet Explorer,[c] ((from August 16, 1995 to March 30,
2021) commonly abbreviated IE or MSIE) is a discontinued series of
graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included in 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 original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows. New
feature development for the browser was discontinued in 2016 in favor
of new browser Microsoft Edge Since Internet Explorer is a Windows
component and is included in long-term lifecycle versions of Windows
such as Windows Server 2019, it will continue to receive security
updates until at least 2029. Microsoft 365 ended support for Internet
Explorer on August 17, 2021, and Microsoft Teams ended support for IE
on November 30, 2020. Internet Explorer will be discontinued on June
15, 2022, after which the alternative will be Microsoft Edge with IE
mode for legacy sites.
SAFARI (WEB BROWSER)
 Safari is a graphical web browser that is developed by Apple. It is primarily
based on open-source software properties, and mainly WebKit. It succeeded
Netscape Navigator, Cyberdog and the most recent Internet Explorer for Mac
as the default web browser for Macintosh computers. It is supported on
macOS, iOS, and iPadOS; a Windows version was offered from 2007 to 2010.

 Safari was introduced within the Mac OS X Panther in January 2003, and as of
2021, spawned a total of 15 revisions. The third generation (January 2007)
brought compatibility to the iPhone via iPhone OS 1, while the Macintosh
edition was topped with the fastest browser performance at that time. The
fifth version (June 2010) made uses of a less distracted screen reader,
extension and developer tools; it was also the final version for Windows. In
the eleventh version (September 2017), it added supports for the Intelligent
Tracking Prevention. The thirteenth version included various privacy and
application updates such as the FIDO2 USB security key authentication and
Web Apple Pay support. The fourteenth version (November 2020) was the
most-previous revision of Safari. The 2020 version was 50% faster than
Google Chrome, and it consumed less battery than other standard
competitors. The fifteenth version (July 2021) was the current revision,
featuring a redesigned interface.