Web Browsers, Explanation and Market Share

What is a web browser?

A web browser is a computer software that enables computer users to view and interact with information such as images, text and videos displayed on a website which is accessible via the internet or a local area network.

The Web Browsing Analogy

It is important for web professionals to stay abreast of happenings, news and updates related to web browsers. A good analogy which can be used is that we the web developers create the roads called websites and web browsers are the vehicles that visitors traverse or web creations, so it’s important we stay up to date with changes related to these “vehicles” to ensure compatibility as well as to be able to take advantage of any new features and/or technology that may become available in regular updates.

Web Browsers

Web Browser Market Share

There are various entities that track the types of browsers that web surfers use to traverse the world wide web and so the statistics available are varied and offer different data. Caribwebdev.com has taken the time to browse through, compare and analyze many of these statistics available online and averages can be viewed below:

The importance of ensuring your web creations are compatible with various browsers and screen resolutions will be covered in future articles.


September 11, 2007 | Filed Under general, tools and resources 

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