Browsers: Major release history

Browser Version OS Release date Layout engine Usage *
Firefox 1.5 - Nov 2005 Gecko 1.8 20.35%
Firefox 1.4 - Sep 2005 Gecko 1.8 0.02%
Firefox 1.0 - Nov 2004 Gecko 1.7 4.11%
Internet Explorer 6 Win Pro/XP Oct 2001 Trident 4 46.62%
Internet Explorer 5.5 Win ME Jul 2000 Trident 3 (1.81%)
Internet Explorer 5 Win 98/2000 Mar 1999 Trident 2 (1.81%)
Internet Explorer 4 Win 98 Oct 1997 Trident 0.06%
Internet Explorer 5.2.3 Mac OSX Jun 2003 Tasman (1.81%)
Internet Explorer 5.1.7 Mac OS8/OS9 Jul 2003 Tasman (1.81%)
Netscape 8.1 Win XP/Pro/ME/98 Jan 2006 Gecko 1.8 0
Netscape 8 Win XP/Pro/ME/98 May 2005 Gecko 1.7 (0)
Netscape 7.2 - Aug 2004 Gecko 1.5 ?
Netscape 7.1 - Jun 2003 Gecko 1.4 ?
Netscape 7 - Aug 2002 Gecko 1.1 ?
Netscape 6.2 - Oct 2001 Gecko 0.9 0
Netscape 6.1 - Aug 2001 Gecko 0.9 0
Netscape 6 - Nov 2000 Gecko 0.6 0
OmniWeb 5.1 Mac OSX Aug 2005 WebCore 0.05%
Opera 8.5 - Sep 2005 Presto (1.07%)
Opera 8 - Apr 2005 Presto (1.07%)
Opera 7 - Jan 2003 Presto 0.10%
Opera 6 - Nov 2001 Elektra 0.01%
Safari 2 OSX 10.4 April 2005 WebCore 1.86%
Safari 1.3 OSX 10.3 April 2005 WebCore 0.39%
Safari 1 OSX 10.2 Jun 2003 WebCore 0

* Usage stats taken from Web Reference.

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