What is my Web Browser?

A web browser is what you use to surf the internet. Every computer that you purchase from a store comes pre-installed with at least one web browser. Your web browser can be Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Netscape, and a handful of others that are less popular. You can generally find an icon for your web browser on your Desktop or in your Start Menu if you are using a PC. If you are using a MAC, then you should look at the icons you have in your Doc or in your Applications in your Macintosh HD. The icons will something like those below:

Some of you may be using AOL. If you have a broadband connection, there is absolutely no reason for you to use the AOL browser. Using AOL just slows down and filters your surfing. You can keep AOL open but minimize it and open up a regular web browser. You will generally find that you get to information faster with a web browser than you do with the AOL browser.

Is there one web browser that is better than others?

In the computer techie world, many people prefer to use Mozilla Firefox. It is an opensource project with many contributors unlike IE or Safari which are written and supported by just one company. In general opensource programs are better because they encompass the knowledge of many diverse programmers with unique ideas and skills rather than a small staff of in house employees.

You can download it at mozilla.com. As discussed here, JavaScript (used in the Page, Font & Links section under Page Properties) sometimes does not work on some versions of Internet Explorer and Safari without installing patches due to errors in the browser's initial programming.

Otherwise, you can use the browser you like and know best. All that matters is that you can work on your website without issues.