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<p>An <b>offline reader</b> (sometimes called an <b>offline browser</b> or <b>offline navigator</b>) is <a href="Computer_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer software">computer software</a> that downloads <a href="E-mail" class="mw-redirect" title="E-mail">e-mail</a>, <a href="Newsgroup" class="mw-redirect" title="Newsgroup">newsgroup</a> posts or <a href="Web_page" title="Web page">web pages</a>, making them available when the computer is <a href="Online_and_offline" title="Online and offline">offline</a>: not connected to a server.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Offline readers are useful for <a href="Portable_computer" title="Portable computer">portable computers</a> and <a href="Dial-up_access" class="mw-redirect" title="Dial-up access">dial-up access</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variations">Variations</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Website-mirroring_software">Website-mirroring software</h3></div>

<p><b>Website mirroring software</b> is software that allows for the download of a copy of an entire <a href="Website" title="Website">website</a> to the local hard disk for <a href="Offline_browsing" class="mw-redirect" title="Offline browsing">offline browsing</a>. In effect, the downloaded copy serves as a <a href="Mirror_website" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirror website">mirror</a> of the original site. <a href="Web_crawler" title="Web crawler">Web crawler</a> software such as <a href="Wget" title="Wget">Wget</a> can be used to generate a site mirror.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Offline_mail_and_news_readers">Offline mail and news readers</h3></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="Email_client" title="Email client">Email client</a> and <a href="Newsreader_(Usenet)" title="Newsreader (Usenet)">Newsreader (Usenet)</a></div>

<p><b>Offline mail readers</b> are <a href="Computer_program" title="Computer program">computer programs</a> that allow users to read <a href="Electronic_mail" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic mail">electronic mail</a> or other messages (for example, those on <a href="Bulletin_board_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Bulletin board systems">bulletin board systems</a>) with a minimum of connection time to the server storing the messages. BBS <a href="Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">servers</a> accomplished this by packaging up multiple messages into a <a href="Data_compression" title="Data compression">compressed</a> file, e.g., a <a href="QWK_(file_format)" title="QWK (file format)">QWK</a> packet, for the user to download using, e.g., <a href="Xmodem" class="mw-redirect" title="Xmodem">Xmodem</a>, <a href="Ymodem" class="mw-redirect" title="Ymodem">Ymodem</a>, <a href="Zmodem" class="mw-redirect" title="Zmodem">Zmodem</a>, and then disconnect. The user reads and replies to the messages locally and packages up and uploads any replies or new messages back to the server upon the next connection. Internet mail servers using <a href="POP3" class="mw-redirect" title="POP3">POP3</a> or <a href="IMAP4" class="mw-redirect" title="IMAP4">IMAP4</a> send the messages uncompressed as part of the protocol, and outbound messages using <a href="SMTP" class="mw-redirect" title="SMTP">SMTP</a> are also uncompressed. <b>Offline news readers</b> using <a href="NNTP" class="mw-redirect" title="NNTP">NNTP</a> are similar, but the messages are organized into news groups.

</p><p>Most e-mail protocols, like the common <a href="Post_Office_Protocol" title="Post Office Protocol">POP</a>3 and <a href="IMAP" class="mw-redirect" title="IMAP">IMAP</a>4 used for <a href="Internet" title="Internet">internet</a> mail, need be on-line only during message transfer; the same applies to the <a href="NNTP" class="mw-redirect" title="NNTP">NNTP</a> protocol used by <a href="Usenet" title="Usenet">Usenet</a> (Network news). Most end-user mailers, such as <a href="Outlook_Express" title="Outlook Express">Outlook Express</a> and <a href="AOL" title="AOL">AOL</a>, can be used offline even if they are mainly intended to be used online, but some mailers such as <a href="Juno_Online_Services" title="Juno Online Services">Juno</a> are mainly intended to be used offline.

</p><p>Off-line mail readers are generally considered to be those systems that did not originally offer such functionality, notably on <a href="Bulletin_board_system" title="Bulletin board system">bulletin board systems</a> where toll charges and tying up telephone lines were a major concern. Users of large networks such as <a href="FidoNet" title="FidoNet">FidoNet</a> regularly used offline mail readers, and it was also used for <a href="UseNet" class="mw-redirect" title="UseNet">UseNet</a> messages on the internet, which is also an on-line system. The two most common formats for FidoNet BBS's were Blue Wave and <a href="QWK_(file_format)" title="QWK (file format)">QWK</a>. Less well-known examples include Silver Xpress's <a href="FidoNet" title="FidoNet">OPX</a>, XRS, OMEN, SOUP and ZipMail.

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<td>Fred Rappuhn and George Hatchew</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

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<td>Freddie</td>

<td>Kem Tekinay</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

<td><a href="Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a></td>

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<td>GoldED</td>

<td>BBS (FidoNet)</td>

<td>Odinn Sørensen</td>

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<td>Golden CommPass (GCP)</td>

<td>CompuServe</td>

<td>Creative Systems Programming Corporation</td>

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<td>Hamster</td>

<td>Mathias Dolidon</td>

<td><a href="Free_software" title="Free software">Free software</a></td>

<td>Windows, Linux, OS X, Unix</td>

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<td><a href="HTTrack" title="HTTrack">HTTrack</a></td>

<td>HTTrack.com</td>

<td><a href="Free_software" title="Free software">Free software</a></td>

<td>Windows, Linux, OS X, Unix</td>

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<td><a href="Leecher_(computing)" title="Leecher (computing)">Leech</a></td>

<td>Universal Commerce, Issaquah</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

<td>Windows</td>

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<td>Knight Writer Software Company</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

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<td>Internet mail and news</td>

<td>Secant / Alphacat</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

<td>OS/2, Windows</td>

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<td>Offline Explorer

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<td>Web

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<td>Metaproducts

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<td>Paid

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<td>OLX (Off Line Xpress)</td>

<td>Mustang Software, Inc.</td>

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<td><a href="ScrapBook" title="ScrapBook">ScrapBook</a></td>

<td><a href="Mozilla_Add-ons" class="mw-redirect" title="Mozilla Add-ons">Mozilla Add-ons</a></td>

<td><a href="Freeware" title="Freeware">Freeware</a></td>

<td>Cross-platform</td>

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<td><a href="CompuServe#TapCIS" title="CompuServe">TapCIS</a></td>

<td>CompuServe</td>

<td>CompuServe Information Service (CIS)</td>

<td><a href="Shareware" title="Shareware">Shareware</a></td>

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<ul><li><a href="Online_and_offline" title="Online and offline">Online and offline</a></li>

<li><a href="Cache_manifest_in_HTML5" title="Cache manifest in HTML5">Cache manifest in HTML5</a> (deprecated in favor of <a href="Progressive_web_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive web application">service workers</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Progressive_web_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Progressive web application">Progressive web application</a></li>

<li><a href="Kiwix" title="Kiwix">Kiwix</a>, Wikipedia offline reader</li>

<li><a href="WebWhacker" title="WebWhacker">WebWhacker</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_software_saving_Web_pages_for_offline_use" title="Comparison of software saving Web pages for offline use">Comparison of software saving Web pages for offline use</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This includes the user not being connected to a dialup server, not having <a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> access and a server on the Internet that is unavailable.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The file format they developed would be one of the two standards for BBS use, the other being QWK which ultimately became more popular.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Normally used with <a href="ZTerm" title="ZTerm">ZTerm</a> and <a href="ZipIt" title="ZipIt">ZipIt</a> to completely automate the process.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Fidonet mail reader. Did not use QWK or Blue Wave, it directly read and wrote FidoNet files.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span>

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<li id="cite_note-CIS-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CIS_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CIS_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Mail reader for Compuserve</span>

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<li id="cite_note-BBS-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BBS_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">BBS reader</span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Internet mail and news reader</span>

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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The free test subset of OLX is called Off Line Xpress - Test Drive (OLX-TD)</span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?topic=GOLDED">https://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?topic=GOLDED</a></span>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/mdolidon/hamster">"Hamster : hoard the web"</a>. github.com. 2018-01-04<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-01-04</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.httrack.com/">"HTTrack Website Copier - Free Software Offline Browser (GNU GPL)"</a>. Httrack.com. 2012-06-23<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-07-07</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aeria.com:80/">"Aeria Leech"</a>. <i>www.aeria.com</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/19991116060314/http://www.aeria.com/">Archived</a> from the original on 16 November 1999<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 June</span> 2020</span>. <q>Leech is a high-speed offline web browser for Windows 95/98/NT that downloads web site content to your hard drive.</q></cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://metaproducts.com/products/offline-explorer-enterprise">"Offline Explorer Enterprise - MetaProducts"</a>. <i>metaproducts.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2021-06-20</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGomita2012" class="citation web cs1">Gomita (2012-04-03). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120501205048/https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scrapbook/">"ScrapBook :: Add-ons for Firefox"</a>. Addons.mozilla.org. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scrapbook/">the original</a> on 2012-05-01<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-07-07</span></span>.</cite></span>

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</style><div id="Web_browsers181" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Web_browser" title="Web browser">Web browsers</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="*_Features_*_standards_*_protocols181" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">

<ul><li>Features</li>

<li>standards</li>

<li>protocols</li></ul>

</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bookmark_(digital)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookmark (digital)">Bookmarks</a></li>

<li><a href="Browser_extension" title="Browser extension">Extensions</a></li>

<li><a href="Private_browsing" title="Private browsing">Privacy mode</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Web_standards" title="Web standards">Web standards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>

<ul><li><a href="WebAssembly" title="WebAssembly">WebAssembly</a></li>

<li><a href="Web_storage" title="Web storage">Web storage</a></li>

<li><a href="Indexed_Database_API" title="Indexed Database API">IndexedDB</a></li>

<li><a href="WebGL" title="WebGL">WebGL</a></li>

<li><a href="WebGPU" title="WebGPU">WebGPU</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Protocols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="HTTPS" title="HTTPS">Encryption</a></li>

<li><a href="HTTP_cookie" title="HTTP cookie">Cookies</a>

<ul><li><a href="Third-party_cookies" title="Third-party cookies">third-party</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="WebRTC" title="WebRTC">WebRTC</a></li>

<li><a href="WebSocket" title="WebSocket">WebSocket</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Active181" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Active</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Blink_(browser_engine)" title="Blink (browser engine)">Blink</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a></li>

<li><a href="Avast_Secure_Browser" title="Avast Secure Browser">Avast</a></li>

<li><a href="Comodo_Dragon" title="Comodo Dragon">Comodo</a></li>

<li><a href="Ecosia#Ecosia_Browser" title="Ecosia">Ecosia</a></li>

<li><a href="Huawei_Mobile_Services" title="Huawei Mobile Services">Huawei</a></li>

<li><a href="Maxthon" title="Maxthon">Maxthon</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Edge" title="Microsoft Edge">Microsoft Edge</a></li>

<li><a href="Opera_(web_browser)" title="Opera (web browser)">Opera</a> (<a href="Opera_Mobile" title="Opera Mobile">Mobile</a>)</li>

<li><a href="Puffin_Browser" title="Puffin Browser">Puffin </a></li>

<li><a href="Samsung_Internet" title="Samsung Internet">Samsung</a></li>

<li><a href="Sleipnir_(web_browser)" title="Sleipnir (web browser)">Sleipnir</a></li>

<li><a href="SRWare_Iron" title="SRWare Iron">SRWare</a></li>

<li><a href="Vivaldi_(web_browser)" title="Vivaldi (web browser)">Vivaldi</a></li>

<li><a href="Naver_Whale" title="Naver Whale">Whale</a></li>

<li><a href="Yandex_Browser" title="Yandex Browser">Yandex</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">FOSS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chromium_(web_browser)" title="Chromium (web browser)">Chromium</a></li>

<li><a href="Brave_(web_browser)" title="Brave (web browser)">Brave</a></li>

<li><a href="Dooble" title="Dooble">Dooble</a></li>

<li><a href="Falkon" title="Falkon">Falkon</a></li>

<li><a href="Otter_Browser" title="Otter Browser">Otter</a></li>

<li><a href="Supermium" title="Supermium">Supermium</a></li>

<li><a href="Ungoogled-chromium" title="Ungoogled-chromium">ungoogled</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Gecko_(software)" title="Gecko (software)">Gecko</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Firefox" title="Firefox">Firefox</a></li>

<li><a href="Floorp" title="Floorp">Floorp</a></li>

<li><a href="GNU_IceCat" title="GNU IceCat">GNU IceCat</a></li>

<li><a href="LibreWolf" title="LibreWolf">LibreWolf</a></li>

<li><a href="Midori_(web_browser)" title="Midori (web browser)">Midori</a></li>

<li><a href="SlimBrowser" title="SlimBrowser">SlimBrowser</a></li>

<li>Gecko <a href="Fork_(software_development)" title="Fork (software development)">forks</a>

<ul><li><a href="Basilisk_(web_browser)" title="Basilisk (web browser)">Basilisk</a></li>

<li><a href="K-Meleon" title="K-Meleon">K-Meleon</a></li>

<li><a href="SeaMonkey" title="SeaMonkey">SeaMonkey</a></li>

<li><a href="Waterfox" title="Waterfox">Waterfox</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="WebKit" title="WebKit">WebKit</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a></li>

<li><a href="GNOME_Web" title="GNOME Web">GNOME Web</a></li>

<li><a href="Kagi_(search_engine)#Orion_Browser" title="Kagi (search engine)">Orion</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multi-<a href="Browser_engine" title="Browser engine">engine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="DuckDuckGo_Private_Browser" title="DuckDuckGo Private Browser">DuckDuckGo</a></li>

<li><a href="Konqueror" title="Konqueror">Konqueror</a></li>

<li><a href="Lunascape" title="Lunascape">Lunascape</a></li>

<li><a href="NetFront" title="NetFront">NetFront</a></li>

<li><a href="Qutebrowser" title="Qutebrowser">qutebrowser</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Dillo" title="Dillo">Dillo</a></li>

<li><a href="Ladybird_(web_browser)" title="Ladybird (web browser)">Ladybird</a></li>

<li><a href="Links_(web_browser)" title="Links (web browser)">Links</a></li>

<li><a href="NetSurf" title="NetSurf">NetSurf</a></li>

<li><a href="Opera_Mini" title="Opera Mini">Opera Mini</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Beaker_(web_browser)" title="Beaker (web browser)">Beaker</a></li>

<li><a href="Citrio" title="Citrio">Citrio</a></li>

<li><a href="Flock_(web_browser)" title="Flock (web browser)">Flock</a></li>

<li><a href="Redcore" title="Redcore">Redcore</a></li>

<li><a href="Rockmelt" title="Rockmelt">Rockmelt</a></li>

<li><a href="SalamWeb" title="SalamWeb">SalamWeb</a></li>

<li><a href="Sputnik_(search_engine)#Browser" title="Sputnik (search engine)">Sputnik</a></li>

<li><a href="Torch_(web_browser)" title="Torch (web browser)">Torch</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Gecko_(software)" title="Gecko (software)">Gecko</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Beonex_Communicator" title="Beonex Communicator">Beonex</a></li>

<li><a href="Camino_(web_browser)" title="Camino (web browser)">Camino</a></li>

<li><a href="Classilla" title="Classilla">Classilla</a></li>

<li><a href="Conkeror" title="Conkeror">Conkeror</a></li>

<li><a href="Firefox_Lite" class="mw-redirect" title="Firefox Lite">Firefox Lite</a></li>

<li><a href="Galeon" title="Galeon">Galeon</a></li>

<li><a href="Ghostzilla" title="Ghostzilla">Ghostzilla</a></li>

<li><a href="Comodo_IceDragon" title="Comodo IceDragon">IceDragon</a></li>

<li><a href="Kazehakase" title="Kazehakase">Kazehakase</a></li>

<li><a href="IBM_Lotus_Symphony" title="IBM Lotus Symphony">Lotus</a></li>

<li><a href="MicroB" title="MicroB">MicroB</a></li>

<li><a href="Minimo" title="Minimo">Minimo</a></li>

<li><a href="Mozilla_Application_Suite" title="Mozilla Application Suite">Mozilla suite</a></li>

<li><a href="PirateBrowser" title="PirateBrowser">PirateBrowser</a></li>

<li><a href="Kirix_Strata" title="Kirix Strata">Strata</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiftfox" title="Swiftfox">Swiftfox</a></li>

<li><a href="Swiftweasel" title="Swiftweasel">Swiftweasel</a></li>

<li><a href="TenFourFox" class="mw-redirect" title="TenFourFox">TenFourFox</a></li>

<li><a href="Timberwolf_(web_browser)" title="Timberwolf (web browser)">Timberwolf</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Trident_(software)" title="Trident (software)">MSHTML</a>-based</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Internet_Explorer" title="Internet Explorer">Internet Explorer</a></li>

<li><a href="Deepnet_Explorer" title="Deepnet Explorer">Deepnet</a></li>

<li><a href="GreenBrowser" title="GreenBrowser">GreenBrowser</a></li>

<li><a href="MediaBrowser" title="MediaBrowser">MediaBrowser</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN_Dial-Up_Internet_Access#MSN_Explorer" title="MSN Dial-Up Internet Access">MSN Explorer</a></li>

<li><a href="MSN_Dial-Up_Internet_Access#MSN_2.0" title="MSN Dial-Up Internet Access">MSN Program Viewer</a></li>

<li><a href="NeoPlanet" title="NeoPlanet">NeoPlanet</a></li>

<li><a href="NetCaptor" title="NetCaptor">NetCaptor</a></li>

<li><a href="SpaceTime_(software)" title="SpaceTime (software)">SpaceTime</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Arora_(web_browser)" title="Arora (web browser)">Arora</a></li>

<li><a href="Dolphin_Browser" title="Dolphin Browser">Dolphin</a></li>

<li><a href="Fluid_(web_browser)" title="Fluid (web browser)">Fluid</a></li>

<li><a href="Google_TV_(smart_TV_platform)" class="mw-redirect" title="Google TV (smart TV platform)">Google TV</a></li>

<li><a href="Mercury_Browser" title="Mercury Browser">Mercury</a></li>

<li><a href="Nokia_Browser_for_Symbian" title="Nokia Browser for Symbian">Nokia Symbian</a></li>

<li><a href="OmniWeb" title="OmniWeb">OmniWeb</a></li>

<li><a href="Opera_Coast" title="Opera Coast">Opera Coast</a></li>

<li><a href="Origyn_Web_Browser" title="Origyn Web Browser">Origyn</a></li>

<li><a href="QtWeb" title="QtWeb">QtWeb</a></li>

<li><a href="Shiira" title="Shiira">Shiira</a></li>

<li><a href="Steel_(web_browser)" title="Steel (web browser)">Steel</a></li>

<li><a href="WebPositive" class="mw-redirect" title="WebPositive">WebPositive</a></li>

<li><a href="Xombrero" title="Xombrero">xombrero</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Abaco_(web_browser)" title="Abaco (web browser)">abaco</a></li>

<li><a href="Amaya_(web_editor)" title="Amaya (web editor)">Amaya</a></li>

<li><a href="Arachne_(web_browser)" title="Arachne (web browser)">Arachne</a></li>

<li><a href="Arena_(web_browser)" title="Arena (web browser)">Arena</a></li>

<li><a href="Blazer_(web_browser)" title="Blazer (web browser)">Blazer</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Live_Labs_Deepfish" title="Microsoft Live Labs Deepfish">Deepfish</a></li>

<li><a href="Microsoft_Edge_Legacy" title="Microsoft Edge Legacy">Edge Legacy</a></li>

<li><a href="ELinks" title="ELinks">ELinks</a></li>

<li><a href="Gazelle_(web_browser)" title="Gazelle (web browser)">Gazelle</a></li>

<li><a href="HotJava" title="HotJava">HotJava</a></li>

<li><a href="IBM_Home_Page_Reader" title="IBM Home Page Reader">IBM Home Page Reader</a></li>

<li><a href="IBM_WebExplorer" title="IBM WebExplorer">IBM WebExplorer</a></li>

<li><a href="IBrowse" title="IBrowse">IBrowse</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_Explorer_for_Mac" title="Internet Explorer for Mac">Internet Explorer for Mac</a></li>

<li><a href="KidZui" title="KidZui">KidZui</a></li>

<li><a href="Mosaic_(web_browser)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mosaic (web browser)">Mosaic</a></li>

<li><a href="NetPositive" class="mw-redirect" title="NetPositive">NetPositive</a></li>

<li><a href="Netscape_(web_browser)" title="Netscape (web browser)">Netscape</a></li>

<li><a href="Skweezer" title="Skweezer">Skweezer</a></li>

<li><a href="Skyfire_(company)" title="Skyfire (company)">Skyfire</a></li>

<li><a href="ThunderHawk" title="ThunderHawk">ThunderHawk</a></li>

<li><a href="Vision_Mobile_Browser" title="Vision Mobile Browser">Vision</a></li>

<li><a href="WinWAP" title="WinWAP">WinWAP</a></li>

<li><a href="WorldWideWeb" title="WorldWideWeb">WorldWideWeb</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Comparison_of_web_browsers" title="Comparison of web browsers">Comparison</a></li>

<li>Category</li></ul>

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