A web browser is a software application that allows you to retrieve and display information. Browsers can be used to display information from and interact with devices and files on your network. However, the primary use of web browsers is to interact with information on the World Wide Web.
There are a number of web browsers available on the market today. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers) the top four browsers in use (and their overall percentages of usage) are:
| Browser | Percent Usage |
| Internet Explorer | 50.53% |
| Mozilla Firefox | 31.26% |
| Google Chrome | 7.72% |
| Safari | 5.15% |
As you can see, the top four browsers represent almost 95% of the usage on the Internet. In my next post, I’ll examine some of the differences between IE and Firefox.
