Browser Wars

Over the years I have worked with Internet Explorer, Netscape,AOL, and just recently Mozilla Foxfire. I would say that I am most familiar with Internet Explorer and AOL, but I am adjusting to Mozilla. What I like about Mozilla is that it keeps track of all of your recent downloads and shows them to you in a little screen. So, what is a web browser? This is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and transversing information resources on the world wide web (according to Wikipedia). As of April the four most popular web browsers are: 1.Mozilla Foxfire, 2.Internet Explorer 8, 3.Chrome, and 4.Internet Explorer 7. "Browser Wars" refers to a competition for dominance in usage of web browsers. The three things that drive the competition are: adding new features, adding proprietary features, and inadvertently creating security loopholes. The big deal about having the top browser is that even though the browser may be free, if enough people like the browser they are more likely to buy software made from that company, which provides revenue for the investment of and making of new products. Digital Citizenship is the standard that fits this activity because it involves finding a browser that uses safe and legal practices for surfing the Internet.