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 list 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 with several mobile device browsers and last Table 4 with unsorted 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 |
| Flock *(5) | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Galeon | yes | no | no | no |
| Google Chrome | no | no | no | yes |
| IBrowse | no | no | no | no |
| iCab | no | yes | no | no |
| Internet Explorer | yes *(6) | yes *(7) | yes *(8) | yes |
| Iron | no | no | no | yes |
| K-Meleon | no | no | no | yes |
| Konqueror | yes | no | yes | no |
| Links | yes | yes *(9) | yes | yes *(10) |
| Lynx | yes | yes *(11) | no | yes *(12) |
| Mozilla | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Netscape *(13) | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| NetPositive | no | no | no | no |
| OmniWeb | no | yes *(14) | no | no |
| Opera | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Safari | no | yes *(15) | no | yes *(16) |
| Seamonkey | yes | yes | no | yes |
| Shiira | no | yes *(17) | no | no |
| Sputnik | no | no | no | no |
| Voyager | no | no | no | no |
| w3m | yes | no | yes | yes *(18) |
| 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.
- earlier Versions as 9.3 need X11 for MacOS
- only with Cygwin for Windows
- Gnome Desktop Browser, Mozilla-based
- Firefox (Firebird) need MacOS X
- since April 2011 discontinued
- with CrossOver Office or Wine-Emulation
- since June 2003 discontinued for MacOS and since 2006 no more part of MacOS
- Binaries available till IE5, no more continued
- need X11 for MacOS
- only with Cygwin for Windows
- external program for MacOS 9, included in the kernel of MacOS X
- need Windows 95 or higher
- since March 2008 discontinued
- need MacOS X
- need MacOS X
- Safari 3.1 final available for Windows since March 2008
- need MacOS X 10.3
- only with Cygwin for Windows
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 |
| Flock | no | no | no | no |
| Galeon | no | no | no | no |
| Google Chrome | no | no | no | no |
| IBrowse | yes | no | no | no |
| iCab | no | no | no | no |
| Internet Explorer | no | no | no | no |
| Iron | 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.
- Binary for AmigaOS available at Aminet
- BeOS continues as Zeta
- Voyager has the same name for AmigaOS/MorphOS and QNX, but they are independently projects
Table 3: Mobile Browser
| Browser Name | OS platform |
|---|---|
| Blackberry Browser | Blackberry OS |
| Blazer/4.0 | Blazer Web Browser 4.0 for Palm OS |
| Firefox 4 | Android, Apple iOS and Nokia Maemo OS |
| iCab Mobile | Apple iOS for mobile devices |
| Internet Explorer | Windows CE and Windows Mobile |
| iPhone / iPad | Apple iOS for mobile devices |
| Minimo | Mozilla Minimo for Windows CE and Windows Mobile |
| NetFront | NetFront Browser for Symbian OS, Windows CE and Windows Mobile |
| Opera Mini / Opera Mobi | Symbian OS and Windows Mobile |
| Safari | Apple iOS for mobile devices |
| UP.Browser | Mobile Phone / Smartphone on SymbianOS |
| Webby Mobile | Webby Mobile for Windows CE and Windows Mobile |
Table 4: Unsorted browsers on miscellaneous os platforms
| Browser Name | OS platform |
|---|---|
| Firefox | Firefox also available for FreeBSD, OpenBSD and RISC OS |
| Opera | FreeBSD, Nintendo DS and Wii, Playstation 2 and QNX |
| Sleipnir | Double Renderkit (Trident and Gecko) Windows |
| Lunascape | Triple Renderkit (Trident, Gecko and Webkit) Windows |
| BeZillaBrowser | Haiku OS, based on BeOS |
| Webpositive | Haiku OS, based on BeOS |
| Midori | Multi plattform browser using Webkit |
| Kazehakase | Web browser for Linux/Unix platforms |
|
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 |