Keeping your web browser up-to-date

A web browser is a computer program that lets you access web pages from your computer or mobile device.

The most popular web browsers are: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera.

Others include: Netscape Navigator, Camino, SeaMonkey, K-Meleon, Galeon, Konqueror, Maxthon Browser, Flock; there are many more.

All these web browsers continue to evolve, bringing in new features, and providing security patches, so it is good practice to make sure you have the latest version of the web browser(s) that you use.

If you don’t know how to find out what version of your web browser that you are running, there is a web page that can assist.

At the time of publication these are the latest (stable) versions of the most popular web browsers:

  • Internet Explorer version 9 (requires Microsoft Windows 7 or later)
  • Internet Explorer version 8 (works with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista)
  • Mozilla Firefox version 6 (available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Linux)
  • Google Chrome version 13 (available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Linux)
  • Apple Safari version 5.1 (available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Apple iOS)
  • Opera version 11 (available for Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Apple iOS)

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