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Macintosh Browsers

One of the biggest pains about making Web pages is having to keep track of which browsers support what features. Wouldn't it be nice if there were some way to keep track of it all? Well, we've whipped up a few articles and charts to make things easier for you.

You can keep track of all the nitty-gritty design issues (the size of form elements in different browsers, a to-the-pixel comparison of font sizes, and so on) or sniff out which browser a user is running. And then we've got this chart, which tells you what each version of the major browsers supports.

NOTE: This page only covers browsers that run on the Macintosh platform. If you're looking for browsers for other platforms, try our browser charts devoted to Windows, Unix/Linux, and other operating systems.



Macintosh OS X
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Explorer 5.5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mozilla 1.3.1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mozilla 1.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Firebird X X X s X X X X X X s X X
Camino X X X s X X X X X X X X X
Safari X X X X X X X s X X s X X
Netscape 7.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 6.2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 6.1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Opera 6 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Opera 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
OmniWeb 4.2.1 X X X X X X X s X s s X X
iCab X X X X X X X X X X s X X
Lynx   X X                    




Macintosh OS 9.x and Below
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Explorer 5.5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Explorer 5.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X s
Explorer 4.5 X X X X X X X X X X X X s
Explorer 4.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X  
Explorer 3.0 X X X X X X X X X   X
X  
Explorer 2.0   X X X X X              
Mozilla 1.2.1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mozilla 1.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 7.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 6.2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 6.1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Netscape 6.0 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Navigator 4.74 X X X X X X X X X X   X  
Navigator 4.5 X X X X X X X X X X   X  
Navigator 4.0 X X X X X X X s X X   X  
Navigator 3.0 X X X X X X X s X     X  
Navigator 2.0   X X X X X s   X        
Navigator 1.1     X   X                
Opera 5 X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Cyberdog 2.0   X X   X X     X        
iCab 2.8 X X X X X X X X X X s X X
iCab 2.0 s X X   X X   s X s   X  
Lynx   X X                    

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