Description
Web browsers are programs that “read” hypertext and display it as formatted text and images. Browsers allow users to view the contents of a site and navigate from one site to another.
Brick Information
Tactical
(0-2 years)
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Strategic
(2-5 years)
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- MAC:>Safari 2.X
- PC/Unix/MAC: > Internet Explorer 6.X
- PC/Unix: > Mozilla 1.6
- Unix: Netscape 7.X
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- MAC:Safari
- PC: Internet Explorer (Longhorn Embedded)
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Retirement
(To be eliminated)
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Containment
(No new development)
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- MAC:<= Safari 1.X
- PC/Unix/MAC: <= Internet Explorer 5.X
- PC/Unix: <= Mozilla 1.4
- Unix: <= Netscape 6.X
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- PC/MAC: Internet Explorer 5.X
- PC/Unix: Netscape 4.X
- PC/Unix: Opera
- PC/Unix/MAC: Firefox
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Baseline
(Today)
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Emerging
(To track)
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- MAC: Safari/Safari 1.2/Safari 2.x
- PC/Unix/MAC: Internet Explorer 4.0x, 4.5, 5.0x, 5.1x, 5.2x, 5.5, 6.0
- PC/Unix: Netscape 4.0x, 4.61, 4.7x, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1
- PC/Unix: Opera/Opera 7.1
- PC/Unix: Mozilla 1.31, 1.4, 1.6
- PC/MAC/Unix: Firefox
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- New Browsers for the PC, MAC, and Unix platform with enhanced speed and capabilities, such as Internet Explorer (Longhorn), Mozilla, and Opera
- MAC-based browsers that may be supported in the future by PCs, such as Safari
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Comments
Time Table
This architecture definition approved on:
June 22, 2004
The next review is scheduled in:
TBD