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<small>&laquo; [[Comparative Feature Analyses]]</small>
== General browser capabilities ==
== General browser capabilities ==
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<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Back/Forward</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Back/Forward</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Home</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Home (Toolbar/Menu)</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">-/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-/-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-/-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">-/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P/P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">-/P</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Most recent ''x'' pages</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Most recent ''x'' pages</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Recently closed ''x'' tabs</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Recently closed ''x'' tabs</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">View History</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">View History</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>2</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>2</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Search</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Search</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Advanced search</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Advanced search</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>6</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Date + Site</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Date + Site</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Site</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Site</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Date</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Date</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Most visited</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Most visited</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-<sup>3</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>4</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Last visited</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Sort: Last visited</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear item</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear item</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-<sup>7</sup></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear selected items</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear selected items</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear all items</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear all items</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>1</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>1</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>5</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S<sup>5</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear item(s) and add to privacy blocklist</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clear item(s) and add to privacy blocklist</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy settings to stop all sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy settings to stop all sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy setting to stop specified (blocklisted) sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy setting to stop specified (blocklisted) sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy "Start/Stop" toggle button to prevent all sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy "Start/Stop" toggle to prevent all sites from being recorded in history</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P<sup>8</sup></td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#9f9">P<sup>8</sup></td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy setting to clear history on exit</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Privacy setting to clear history on exit</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Other History-related privacy settings</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Other History-related privacy settings</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Taggable History</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Taggable History</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Autotagging/categorizing of History</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Autotagging/categorizing of History</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Add to Bookmarks (directly from History)</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Add to Bookmarks (directly from History)</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td style="background:#ff9">S</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Integration with an external service (sync, whatever)</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Integration with an external service (sync, whatever)</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Social features?</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Social features?</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clickstream recording</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Clickstream recording</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Data mining and visualization tools</td>
<td style="background:#ddd;">Data mining and visualization tools</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
<td></td>
<td>-</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</table>
</table>
=== Notes ===
# Very roundabout way of doing this - Prefs > Privacy > Private Data Settings > Uncheck non-history stuff > OK > Clear Private Data Now
# History is accessed through bookmarks manager
# There is a "Top 10 List"
# "Popularity" - I think this is total number of visits to a site
# This is simply "Select All" > Delete
# Same as regular search
# There's a command there, but it doesn't work
# Same as the privacy settings
== Screenshots ==
TBD
== Other Features ==

Latest revision as of 15:07, 4 May 2007

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In the following table:

  • P = available through Primary UI (menu items, toolbar)
  • S = available through Secondary UI (anywhere else)
  • blank = not available
  • # = see item in Notes
  • The browsers listed are, in order: Firefox 2, Camino, Flock, iCab, IE7, Maxthon, Netscape, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey, and Shiira.
  Fx2 Cam Flo iCa IE7 Max Net Omn Ope Saf Sea Shi
Back/Forward P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P P/P
Home (Toolbar/Menu) P/P -/P P/P P/P P/P P/- P/P -/- -/- -/P P/P -/P
Most recent x pages P P P S S S P P - P - S
Recently closed x tabs P P P - - - S - P - - -
View History P S2 P P S P P P P S2 P P
Search S S S - - S S S S S S -
Advanced search - - - - - - - - - - S6 -
Sort: Date + Site S - S - - - S - - - - -
Sort: Site S S S S S - S S S S S -
Sort: Date S S S S S S S S S S S S
Sort: Most visited S -3 S - S - S S S4 - S -
Sort: Last visited S S S - S - S - - - S -
Clear item S S S S S S S S S S S -7
Clear selected items - S - S - - - S S S S -
Clear all items S1 P S1 S S S S P S5 P S5 P
Clear item(s) and add to privacy blocklist - - - - - - - - - - - -
Privacy settings to stop all sites from being recorded in history - - - - - - - - - P - P
Privacy setting to stop specified (blocklisted) sites from being recorded in history - - - - - - - - - - - -
Privacy "Start/Stop" toggle to prevent all sites from being recorded in history - - - - - - - - - P8 - P8
Privacy setting to clear history on exit S - S S - - S S - - - -
Other History-related privacy settings - - - - - - - - - - - -
Taggable History - - - - - - - - - - - -
Autotagging/categorizing of History - - - - - - - - - - - -
Add to Bookmarks (directly from History) S - S - S S S - - - S -
Integration with an external service (sync, whatever) - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social features? - - - - - - - - - - - -
Clickstream recording - - - - - - - - - - - -
Data mining and visualization tools - - - - - - - - - - - -

Notes

  1. Very roundabout way of doing this - Prefs > Privacy > Private Data Settings > Uncheck non-history stuff > OK > Clear Private Data Now
  2. History is accessed through bookmarks manager
  3. There is a "Top 10 List"
  4. "Popularity" - I think this is total number of visits to a site
  5. This is simply "Select All" > Delete
  6. Same as regular search
  7. There's a command there, but it doesn't work
  8. Same as the privacy settings

Screenshots

TBD

Other Features