1. WEB BROWSERS

2. W EB B ROWSER B ASICS Define: a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. Function: bring information resources to the user Differences in Features: text based supported by HTML or rich user supported by with large variety of file formats and protocols Similarities in User Interface Back and forward buttons, History list, Refresh or reload, button, Stop button, Home button, Address bar, Search bar, Status bar

3. N OTABLE BROWSERS I N ORDER OF RELEASE : Mosaic, April 22, 1993 Mosaic Netscape Navigator and Netscape Communicator, October 13, 1994 Netscape NavigatorNetscape Communicator Internet Explorer 1, August 16, 1995 Internet Explorer 1 Opera, 1996, see History of the Opera Internet suite OperaHistory of the Opera Internet suite Mozilla Navigator, June 5, 2002 [17] Mozilla Navigator [17] Safari, January 7, 2003 Safari Mozilla Firefox, November 9, 2004 Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome, September 2, 2008 Google Chrome

4. SEE YOUR PAGE IN OTHER BROWSERS www.browsershots.orgwww.browsershots.org –see your web page in other browser views Use this site to look at Class Web Site

6. A LTERNATIVE B ROWSERS 13 Alternative Browsers for Web Designers http://www.reencoded.com/2010/06/10/13- alternative-browsers-for-web-designers/