WEB BROWSERSPresented by Luke St Jack!

INTRODUCTION Web browsers a type of application that are capable

of translating html data from websites and other sources into a readable format by utilising the HTTP(HyperText Translation Protocol).

HISTORY A variety of software laid the foundations for what

would become the modern web browser in the late 1980s, but it wasn’t until Tim Berners-Lee developed the WorldWideWeb application in 1991 that the face of the internet changed forever.

With WorldWideWeb, the internet was able to enter a new golden age, several new web browsers begun development, such as mosaic and opera.

The internet grew exponentially from this point onwards, and eventually became a necessity for billions of people.

IMPORTANT FEATURESBOOKMARKS

IMPORTANT FEATURESBOOKMARKS

Most modern web browsers have a feature that lets you save the URLs of websites, allowing you to visit your favourite websites more quickly than otherwise.

The feature was first integrated into the Mosaic web browser in 1993 and most other browsers have followed suit since.

IMPORTANT FEATURES TABBING

IMPORTANT FEATURES TABBING

Tabs allow for multiple web pages to be open in a single browser window, eliminating the need to fill your screen with several instances of a web browser.

Tabs usually take the form of a bar at the top of a web browser window and can easily be switched between.

Although the feature was first implemented into the InternetWorks browser, most people would believe that Mozilla Firefox popularized it.

IMPORTANT FEATURES CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

IMPORTANT FEATURES CASCADING STYLE SHEETS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a relatively new feature in web sites that allow web developers to change the formatting and appearance of a webpage.

CSS is often used to separate the format/ layout of the webpage with its content, allowing for a single master layout to be used for several different pages.

NOTABLE BROWSERSINTERNET EXPLORER

NOTABLE BROWSERSINTERNET EXPLORER

First version: 1995 Market share: ~50% Internet Explorer is widely used for the fact that it

comes with all windows operating systems, which themselves have a large percentage of the operating system market share.

While its features list rivals other popular web browsers, it lacks a download manager and becomes slow at times, causing many to adopt Mozilla Firefox.

NOTABLE BROWSERSMOZILLA FIREFOX

NOTABLE BROWSERSMOZILLA FIREFOX

First version: 2004 Market share: ~30% Mozilla Firefox is the second most used web browser

after Internet Explorer and comes with a large range of expandable features that can be added to with addons.

While Mozilla Firefox is a great web browser in every sense, it suffers from a slow start up that can get even slower with many addons installed or with many tabs saved from a previous session.

NOTABLE BROWSERSGOOGLE CHROME

NOTABLE BROWSERSGOOGLE CHROME

First version: 2008 Market share: ~11% Google Chrome is the newest and third most popular

of the three main web browsers, it uses a powerful engine to run much faster and load pages more reliably than other browsers.

Google Chrome has many of the same features as other notable browsers, but lacks a menu bar which can frustrate some users who are used to using menu bars.

CONCLUSION Even though Internet Explorer has the greatest

market share, I believe that Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome are far better web browsers and don’t suffer from slow down as much as the top dog.

Thanks for listening!