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Safari is both designed and maintained by Apple.
The History of Safari-
- Safari 1 was both announced by Steve Jobs and the beta was released on January 7th, 2003. The last version of Safari 1 was is supported by Mac OS X v10.3.
- Safari 2 was released a little over 2 years later on April 29th, 2005. The final stable version was Safari 2.0.4 which was released on January 10th, 2006 for Mac OS X. 2.0.4 was the last version to be exclusively released on Mac OS X.
- Safari 3 was announced on June 11th, 2007. This version would be for Mac OS X v10.5, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.
- Safari 4 beta was publicly released on February 24th, 2009 with features such as the Top Sites tool, Cover Flow, and tabs in title bar.
- Safari 5 was released on June 7th, 2010 which featured the new Safari Reader and a 30% JavaScript performance increase compared to Safari 4. Safari 5 also included improved developer tools and supports more than a dozen new HTML5 technologies. 5.1 was released for both Windows and Mac on July 20th, 2011 with the new function "Reading List" and a faster browsing experience.
- Safari 6 the stable release was coincided with the release of OS X Mountain Lion on July 25th, 2012 and integrated into the OS. With integrating it into Mountain Lion it is no longer available for download on the Apple website or other sources. Safari 6 is not available for Windows. On June 11th, 2012 Apple released a developer preview of 6.0 with a new feature called iCloud Tabs, this allowed users to sync their open tabs with any iOS or OS X device running the late software.
- Safari 7 was announced at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) on June 10th, 2013. The preview brought improvements in JavaScript performance and memory usage along with a new look for Top Sites and the Sidebar, and a new shared links feature. Safari 7 for OS X Mavericks and Safari 6.1 for Lion and Mountain Lion are slated for general release in the fall of 2013.
Safari 6.0 requires a Mac that is running Mac OS X v10.7.4 or later.
Safari 5.1.7 requires a Mac that is running Mac OS X v10.6.8 or any PC running Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Vista, or Windows 7.
Safari 5.0.6 requires a Mac that is running Mac OS X v10.5.8.
Main Features-
- Ability to save webpage clips for viewing on the Apple Dashboard (Mac OS X only)
- Automatic filling in of web forms
- Bookmark integration with Address Book
- Built-in password management via Keychain (Mac OS X only)
- Expandable text boxes
- Inline PDF viewing (Mac OS X only)
- iPhoto integration (Mac OS X only)
- Mail integration (Mac OS X only)
- Pop-up ad blocking
- Private browsing
- Quartz-style font smoothing
- Spell checking
- Support for CSS 3 web fonts
- Support for CSS animation
- Support for HTML5
- Tabbed browsing
- Text search
Keyboard Shortcuts-
- Control+Tab. Switch to Next Tab
- Control+Shift+Tab. Switch to Previous Tab
- Spacebar. Scroll Down by Full Screen
- Shift+Spacebar. Scroll Up by Full Screen
- Command+L. Go to Address Bar
- Command+T. Open New Tab
- Command+Click a link. Open Link in New Tab
- Shift+Click link. Add Linked Page to Reading List
- Command+Shift+R. Strip Styling and View in Reader
- Command+Plus. Increase Text Size
- Command+Minus. Decrease Text Size
- Command+0. Default Text Size
- Command+Escape. Enter or Exit Full Screen
- Command+Shift+H. Open Home Page
- Command+Shift+I. Mail Link to Current Page
- Command+Option+E. Empty Browser Cache
- Command+R. Reload Page
- Command+. Stop Loading Page
- Command+Option+U. View Page Source
- Command+Shift+K. Disable Pop Up Windows
- Command+F. Find Text on Page
- Shift+Return. Navigate Found Items Backwards
- Command+i. Hide or Show Toolbar
- Command+Shift+B. Hide or Show Bookmarks Bar
- Command+/. Hide or Show Status Bar
- Command+Shift+T. Hide or Show Tab Bar
- Command+Option+1. Show Top Sites
- Command+Option+2. Show History
- Command+Shift+L. Show Reading List
- Command+Option+L. Show Downloads
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Opera is both designed and maintained by Opera Software.
The History of Opera-
- Opera was first released publicly with version 2.0 in 1996. This version only ran on Microsoft Windows.
- Opera 4.0 was released in 2000 which included a cross-platform core that facilitated the creation of editions of Opera for multiple Operating Systems and platforms.
- Opera was trialware, this meant Opera had to be purchased after the trial period ended. Opera 5.0 ended this requirement and became ad-sponsored which displayed ads to users who had not ρáíd for Opera. Later versions of Opera gave users the choice of seeing banner ads or targeted advertisements from Google.
- Opera 8.5 was released in 2005, this version ended the advertisements and they were removed completely. Opera is now financially supported by revenue from Google which is Opera's default search engine.
- Opera 9.1 was released in 2006 and contained new features such as fraud protection, digital certificate provider, PhishTank.
- Opera 9.5 added malware protection from Haute Secure and GeoTruse was replaced with Netcraft.
- Editions of Opera were released in 2006 for Nintendo's DS and Wii gaming systems. Opera for Wii was called the "Internet Channel."
- Opera 10.5 introduced a new JavaScript engine called Carakan, this made Opera seven times faster than SunSpider in Opera 10.1.
- Opera 11 was released on December 16th, 2010, with features such as extensions, tab stacking, visual mouse gestures, and changes to the address bar.
- Opera 12 was released on June 14th 2012.
- Opera announced on February 12th, 2013 that it would drop Presto engine and transition it's web browsers to use WebKit.
- Opera 15 beta was released on May 28th, 2013. Features from previous versions are no longer present, and Opera Mail has been split into a standalone application.
Opera runs on the following Operating Systems-
Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD.
Main Features-
- Built-in tabbed browsing
- Ad blocking
- Fraud protection
- Download manager
- BitTorrent client
- Search bar
- Web feed aggregator
- e-mail client called Opera Mail
- IRC chat client built in
- Speed Dial feature
Keyboard Shortcuts-
- Ctrl + T. Open a new tab
- Ctrl + W. Close a tab
- Alt + Page Down. Cycle between tabs
- Up arrow. One line up
- Down arrow. One line down
- Left arrow. One character to the left
- Right arrow. One character to the right
- Shft+Space. One screen up
- Space. One screen down
- Ctrl+Page Up. One screen to the left
- Ctrl+Page Down. One screen to the right
- Shft+Up arrow. Next link up
- Shft+Down arrow. Next link down
- Shft+Left arrow. Next link to the left
- Shft+Right arrow. Next link to the right
- Shft+Enter. Activate link in new tab
- Alt+Left arrow. Previous page in history
- Alt+Right arrow. Next page in history
- F5. Reload the current page
- Shft+Z. Rewind
- Shft+X. Fast forward
- Alt+Z. Show entire backward history
- Alt+X. Show entire forward history
- Ctrl+F. Find text in page
- Ctrl+G. Find next instance of text
- Ctrl+Shft +G. Find previous instance of text
- F11. Use entire screen for viewing page
- Shft+F11. Pretend to be small-screen device
- Ctrl+O. Open file
- Ctrl+S. Save copy of page
- Shft+P. Print preview (toggle)
- Ctrl+P. Print page
- Ctrl+Q. Close Opera
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Netscape is published by AOL but developed by Mercurial Communications.
The History of Netscape-
- The first beta release for Netscape came out in 1994 and was known at the time as Mosaic. A legal challenge was was put against the name which led to the name change to Netscape Navigator.
- Version 2.0 was released which added a mail reader called Netscape Mail, this transformed Netscape from a mere web browser to an Internet suite.
- Version 3.0 of Netscape was in competition with Internet Explorer 3.0 but was still the number one browser for the time being. Netscape 3.0 introduced new features such as new plug-ins, background colors for tables, the archive attribute and the applet element.
- Version 4.0 introduced support of certain CSS1 elements, minimal dynamic font support and the proprietary object element. This version was quite successful despite the competition from Internet Explorer 4.0 and problems from the outdated browser core.
- Version 4.5 was released in October 1998. This version contained functionality improvements. A month later after the release of 4.5 the Netscape Communications Corporation was bought by AOL.
- Version 5.0 was cancelled as they wanted to develop a completely new program from scratch.
- Version 6.0 was released in 2000 and the code was based off of the Mozilla web browser. When released 6.0 flopped badly as it was not ready to release and was based on Mozilla 0.6.
- Version 7.0 was based off of Mozilla 1.0.1 and released in August 2002.
- In 2003 AOL closed down the Netscape division and laid off workers, Netscape was to still be developed "in house" which meant improvements would be minimal.
- Version 8.1.3 was released on April 2nd, 2007 which included general bug fixes that were identified in versions 8.0-8.1.2.
- Version 9.0 was released on October 15th, 2007. New features in this version were newsfeed support and become more integrated with the propeller internet portal, it also was able to be available to muliple Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
- On March 1st, 2008 Netscape was discontinued due to low market shares.
Netscape runs on the following Operating Systems-
Netscape 4.08 requires Microsoft Windows 3.1.
Netscape 6.2.3 requires Microsoft Windows 95.
Netscape 7.2 requires Microsoft Windows 98.
Netscape 9.0.6 requires Microsoft Windows 98SE-Vista.
Netscape 7.0.2 requires Mac OS v9.x-10.0.
Netscape 7.2 requires Mac OS v10.1.
Netscape 9.0.6 requires Mac OS v10.2-10.5.
Main Features-
- Ability to use either of two layout engines to render websites. (Internet Explorer 6's Trident or Gecko)
- Defense against phising, both whitelists and blacklists
- Tabbed browsing
- MultiBar
- ID theft and Spyware protection integrated
- Widgets
- Webmail button in Toolbar
- Pop-up advertisement blocker
Keyboard Shortcuts-
- Ctrl+1. To open Navigator
- Ctrl+2. To open Messenger
- Ctrl+A. To select everything on a webpage use
- Ctrl+B. To edit your bookmarks
- Ctrl+C. To copy selected text to clipboard
- Ctrl L+D. To bookmark the current page
- Ctrl+F. To find text within a webpage
- Ctrl+H. To see a history of webpages that have been visited
- Ctrl+I. To see the page info for the current webpage
- Ctrl+L. To forward an email in Messenger
- Ctrl+M. To start writing a new message (email)
- Ctrl+N. To open a new navigator window
- Ctrl+O. To go to a new location
- Ctrl+P. To print the current page
- Ctrl+Q. To close Netscape
- Ctrl+R. To refresh the page
- Ctrl+S. To save a webpage
- Ctrl+T. To get new messages in Messenger
- Ctrl+U. To view the page source of a webpage
- Ctrl+V. To paste text that you have copied
- Ctrl+W. To close the current window
- Ctrl+Home. To go to the top of the current page
- Ctrl+End. To go to the bottom of the current page
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Skyfire is both designed and maintained by Skyfire Labs Inc.
The History of Skyfire-
- With Skyfire all content is rendered on Skyfire's servers using the Gecko rendering engine. Generation 1 contains features such as Adobe Flash. Silverlight, and QuickTime which are usable without additional plug-ins on your device.
- Generation 2 comes with web page text and images are now rendered on the phone and Flash video is rendered on Skyfire's servers, re-encoded to a device-compatible video format and then relayed to the phone.
- Generation 3 includes more available website support for video that's played on your device.
Skyfire runs on the following Operating Systems-
Android and iOS.
Main features-
- Adobe Flash
- Silverlight
- QuickTime
- Button for Twitter
- Button for Groupon
- Button for Sharing
- Button for Google Reader
- Button to view sports
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