by DAN CALLOWAY
Published September 3, 2009; The Chronicler’s Web
WEAVERVILLE, NC – I do a lot of Web surfing on the Internet and have tried many Web browsers over the years. Among the things I look for in a good Web browser are speed, tabbed browsing capability, browser scalability, browser stability, and the ability to change the appearance of the Web browser in viewing the sites I visit most often. Needless to say, if a Web browser doesn’t meet up to my standards, I eventually ditch it and move on.
The very first Web browser that was developed after the advent of the Internet (or the W3) was the Mosiac Web Browser. It didn’t have the capability to handle graphics, just text, but it was an extremely functional and no-nonsense and Web usable Web browser. Well, Web browsers have advanced quite a bit from the first Mosiac Web Browser, with the ability to handle graphics, the development of plug-ins that perform additional functions that enhance browser functionality and improve the user experience, and incorporation of the Java platform into the Web browser.
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The most popular Web browser in use today is still Microsoft Internet Explorer. Their latest version is IE 9. And, despite the claims from Microsoft that you can uninstall this Web browser on the computer and the Operating System won’t be affected, don’t believe it. Try uninstalling IE–if you can–and see what happens to MS Windows XP, or Vista. The OS will become unstable. That’s by design. So, it goes without saying, this is my least favorite Web browser and one that I haven’t used in ages even though I run MS Windows XP or Pro on all of my home PCs and laptops. So, it also goes without saying, my least favorite Web browser is Internet Explorer.
Some of the other Web browsers I’ve tried over the years are: Opera, Netscape (which is now deprecated and no longer supported), Avant, Callico (developed by my brother and an author of The Chronlicler’s Web, Donald Calloway), Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox to name only a few. Of all these Web browsers, the one that I have enjoyed using the most is Firefox. (more…)
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