Home Getting Started 3. Types of Browsers
In order to get to the Internet, you'll need a web browser. For computers with Windows operating system, Internet Explorer comes preinstalled on it. Below is a list of popular web browsers.
Name (click on visit site)
Cost
The Good
The Bad
Rating (10 best)
Mozilla FireFox
Free
Fastest and small. Purely a browser. Has pop-up ad blocker.
Some sites are coded only for Internet Explorer.
10
Internet Explorer 6
Free
Comes preinstalled on all Windows OS. Fast. Most popular.
Very popular, likely to to be exploited.
9
Netscape 7
Free
Fast, the standard, cookie logs, site logs
Very large and slow when starting up. Owned by AOL.
9
Opera 7
$39/free w/ ads
Built-in pop-up ad blocker.
$39 and Ads.
9
Mozilla
Free
Open source, latest and newest features.
Buggy, Netscape beta
8
Oxygen
Free
IE clone
Slow
7
OemBrowser
$55
Fits on a floppy.
Does not support Java.
6
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