WebBrowsers

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Firefox

The default web browser in Ubuntu. [http://www.mozilla.com/firefox Firefox] is a lightweight web browser based on Mozilla and offers the following features:

  • Tabbed Browsing - open multiple pages within the same window
  • Pop-Up Blocking - blocks pop-up advertising windows

  • Search Bar - perform searches on a large number of [http://mycroft.mozdev.org sites] without extra software

  • Standards Support - strongly adheres to web standards
  • Look-and-Feel Customisation - supports themes and addons

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Extra

Some of the following programs may exist in the universe and multiverse repositories - see AddingRepositoriesHowto for instructions on enabling the universe and multiverse repositories.

Opera

Opera claims to not only to be the fastest web browser, it also claims to be the most powerful web browser available. Until recently, Opera was either available as a commercial product or an ad-supported product. Opera is now available as a free product without ads.

Opera is not available in any of the Ubuntu repositories. OperaBrowser contains instructions on how to install Opera on Ubuntu.

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Epiphany

A simple yet powerful web browser developed by the GNOME community. Its principles are simplicity and standards compliance. Simplicity is achieved by a well designed user interface which closely integrates with the GNOME desktop. Standards compliance is achieved on the HTML side by using the Gecko rendering engine, as developed for the Mozilla browser; and on the user interface side by closely following the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG).

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Konqueror

KDE's advanced file manager, web browser and document viewer. Konqueror is an Open Source web browser that supports the current web standards.

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Lynx and Links are character-based web browsers that can be run inside a terminal or on the console.

  • Lynx
    • Lynx is a pure character-based web browser that only supports text browsing
  • Links
    • Links provides the same character-based web browsing as Lynx, however it also can be run in graphical mode to support the viewing of images

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