Web Browser

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Computer Application

Most Popular Web Browser

• The most popular web browser is Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0.– Some of its features are:• It has more privacy.• The search is faster.• DHTML features • developer features in Internet Explorer 5.5

– Version 6.0 is the most popular.

Second Most Popular Browser

• The second most popular browser is Mozilla Firefox– Some of its features are:• Security• Productivity• Customization

– Version 2

Safari

• The name of apples browser is Safari.– Features

• Browsing and Search Snapback • URL Path Navigation • Web Inspector • Activity Window • Inline Dictionary • Selection to Speech • Quick Notes • Email Page Link

– Version 3.0.1

Add - Ons

• An Add-on is a hardware device, such as an expansion card, that is added to a computer to increase its capabilities.

• 4 types of Add-on:– 1Password– CosmoPod– Ziptionary– Download studio

Plug In

• a plug-in consists of a computer program that interacts with a host application.

• 4 Types of Plug In:– Rockbox - play games, use the text editor – Media Players - use plug-ins to support file

formats and apply filters – Web Browsers - use plug-ins to play video and

presentation formats – Graphics Software - use plug-ins to support file

formats and process images

Adobe Flash

• set of multimedia software created by Macromedia and currently developed

Microsoft Silverlight

• Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable web browser plug-in that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audio-video playback.

1st Browser

• The first browser made was NCSA Mosaic. It was created by researchers at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications led by Marc Andreessen and released on April 22 1993.