Web browser is a special program designed for viewing websites. It works via http requests to the server and receiving from it the information that is processed by a special approved standards and thus formed a web page.
A brief history of the browser
The very first browser within graphic interface is NCSA by company Mosaic. However, despite the fact that it is a pioneer in the field of browsers, the Mosaic development was discontinued in 1997 due to market losses. These problems begun when some employees of the NCSA moved to Netscape company and started development of a new and more advanced browser - Netscape Navigator. New browser was supposed to provide support for better standards and be much easier to use. In the same time Microsoft …show more content…
All these advantages are characteristic only for those using Safari on the Apple products. Windows version of Safari - is the personification of instability. Permanent departures, long download and run - the characteristic signs of Safari on Windows. Next negative side is its size. Safari browser weighs about 100MB unpacked while Firefox for example with all its additions weighs 50MB. Although modern computers with the volume of the hard drive in the 500GB doesn’t not make it a problem however for some old computers and laptops it might be crucial factor. The third drawback of Safari is its supplement. There are only few good additions to Safari, but it’s still way far from Mozilla …show more content…
Firefox is convenient, stable in operation, and also contains a lot of innovation. At the same time the main advantage and disadvantage of Firefox is its plug-ins and add-ons.
Firefox is very reliable and rarely will you "delight" errors and departures. Usually all defects and errors can be fixed by doing regular updates. Because of the open source code for Firefox is available a lot of extras and plugins. Thus user can adapt its own browser Firefox based on its needs. Also, Firefox easily can "pull" a lot of tabs open at the same time - up to several dozens without any slowdown in work. Sometimes this approach is very justified, for example, when doing bulk work and using several sources of information from the Internet.
However, dispute its functionality, Firefox may be difficult to navigate for beginners. Most users will use no more than 10 - 50% of the browser functionality. If user doesn’t use Web development tools, if not afraid of viruses and does not want anything complicated, it’s way easier for him to install Chrome. The abundance of plug-ins and add-ons in Firefox makes an inexperienced user to feel lost. Most beginners don’t use supplements, and in fact some of them are very important and necessary for safe web
A brief history of the browser
The very first browser within graphic interface is NCSA by company Mosaic. However, despite the fact that it is a pioneer in the field of browsers, the Mosaic development was discontinued in 1997 due to market losses. These problems begun when some employees of the NCSA moved to Netscape company and started development of a new and more advanced browser - Netscape Navigator. New browser was supposed to provide support for better standards and be much easier to use. In the same time Microsoft …show more content…
All these advantages are characteristic only for those using Safari on the Apple products. Windows version of Safari - is the personification of instability. Permanent departures, long download and run - the characteristic signs of Safari on Windows. Next negative side is its size. Safari browser weighs about 100MB unpacked while Firefox for example with all its additions weighs 50MB. Although modern computers with the volume of the hard drive in the 500GB doesn’t not make it a problem however for some old computers and laptops it might be crucial factor. The third drawback of Safari is its supplement. There are only few good additions to Safari, but it’s still way far from Mozilla …show more content…
Firefox is convenient, stable in operation, and also contains a lot of innovation. At the same time the main advantage and disadvantage of Firefox is its plug-ins and add-ons.
Firefox is very reliable and rarely will you "delight" errors and departures. Usually all defects and errors can be fixed by doing regular updates. Because of the open source code for Firefox is available a lot of extras and plugins. Thus user can adapt its own browser Firefox based on its needs. Also, Firefox easily can "pull" a lot of tabs open at the same time - up to several dozens without any slowdown in work. Sometimes this approach is very justified, for example, when doing bulk work and using several sources of information from the Internet.
However, dispute its functionality, Firefox may be difficult to navigate for beginners. Most users will use no more than 10 - 50% of the browser functionality. If user doesn’t use Web development tools, if not afraid of viruses and does not want anything complicated, it’s way easier for him to install Chrome. The abundance of plug-ins and add-ons in Firefox makes an inexperienced user to feel lost. Most beginners don’t use supplements, and in fact some of them are very important and necessary for safe web