Previously I wrote about the main web browsers that have versions running on both Windows and Apple’s Mac OS X. Here I’d like to show readers even more browsers!
But first, what’s with “part not-quite 2” you ask. Fair enough. It is odd, eh?
What has happened is that I have lost access to Windows.* Before all the Windows (or Linux) users rush off, please read the next section: the challenge applies to all platforms and is the underlying point behind me trying to point out the “other” web browsers. I think it’s worth thinking about regardless of what operating system you use.
A challenge
I’d like to challenge to readers adopt a task-oriented approach, using whichever browser is best suited to the specific task at hand.
Essentially all modern web browsers use one of the open-source rendering engines,** the software that takes the “code” for web pages and renders them into graphics. These rendering engines are top-quality and up-to-date. The effect is that even niche web browsers are as capable of presenting web pages as the better known browsers. It also frees the developer to focus on user features, rather than raw presentation of web pages. As a result there are many “smaller” web browsers, some with interesting and useful features.