Macintosh Browsers
Sources of information and links for Mac browsers
| Pure Mac: Web Browsers - Software for Macintosh http://www.pure-mac.com/webb.html |
| Web Browsers for Mac OS X ( Ohio State University) http://8help.osu.edu/1234.html |
| Mac Stories: Roundup: The Ultimate Mac Browser List of 2009 http://www.macstories.net/roundups/roundup-the-ultimate-mac-browsers-list-of-2009/ ( has screen shots of the browsers it talks about) |
| What is a browser? http://www.whatbrowser.org/en/browser/ |
Most known and commonly used browsers (listed in alphabetical order) on the Mac are:
| Chrome http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=mac "Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed." 19.8 MB, OS 10.5 or later, Intel only |
| Camino 2 http://caminobrowser.org/ "Camino is an open source web browser developed with a focus on providing the best possible experience for Mac OS X users." OS 10.4 or later (earlier versions are available), 15.8 MB |
| Opera http://www.opera.com/ "The fastest browser on Earth. Surf the Web with lightning speed. Check out the elegant, new design and many other improvements." 19.8 MB, Opera 10.10 for Mac OS X |
| Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/firefox.html "Meet the World’s Best Browser. With security, stability, speed and much more, Firefox is made for the way you use the Web." 18.6 MB, OS 10.4 or later |
| Safari http://www.apple.com/safari/ "It renders web pages at lightning speed. It works on the iPhone, iPod touch, Mac and PC. It shows you your favorite sites at a glance. And it’s so smart, it even checks your spelling and grammar. Meet Safari 4, the world’s most innovative browser." 26.8 MB, OS 10.4.11 or later |
Following are browsers that are less well known, but may fit a niche (not too expensive.) Lots more if you look.
| BumperCar "Ver 2.0: The Mac OS X web browser just for kids. Offering unparalleled content-control and customization features, BumperCar is the most powerful Mac web browser for concerned educators and parents alike." Cost $29.95, 16MB download http://www.freeverse.com/mac/product/?id=5003 |
| ELinks "ELinks is a program for browsing the web in text mode." http://elinks.or.cz/ |
| Flock http://www.flock.com/ "This stuff shouldn’t be hard. Get Flock and rock the Web without breaking a sweat. Would you run errands all day if you could have someone do it for you? Of course not! Flock delivers the latest webmail, photos, videos and updates from your favorites sites, so you can stop running around." 23.2 MB, 10.4 or later |
| iCab (shareware) http://www.icab.de/ "iCab is an alternative web browser for the Apple Macintosh with numerous useful features not found in other browsers. " 11.1 MB, 10.3.9 or later, Shareware $25 |
These browsers are no longer under development or otherwise not felt to be interesting generally
| OmniWeb Requires 10.4.8 or higher http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omniweb/ |
| Explorer 5 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258877 No longer supported by Microsoft |
Netscape |
Classilla |
