Google Chrome

- Newest of the five browsers.

- Presents thumbnails of the sites you visit most.

- Offers private browsing.

- Takes a very minimalist approach at this point.


- Safari

- Offers "Private Browsing" which is very secure.

- Offers "Top Sites" page and you can lock in your very favorites.

- Innovations in bookmarks including "Cover Flow."

- VoiceOver Screen Reader reads content to you from the Internet.


Internet Explorer

- Offers "Web Slices" that bring content to you on a regular basis.

- Offers "InPrivate" browsing to keep your surfing secret.

- Improved Favorites and History make browsing easier.

- Enhanced tabbed browsing with "Tab Groups" keeping related pages together.


Opera

- Fastest browser in my opinion.

- Has the best built-in email and newsgroups function.

- Has Opera Link that lets you synchronize information between computers.

- The first to have a "Speed Dial" feature now found in the others.


Firefox

- #1 because of the add-ons that make it so flexible and extensible.

- The most customizable Web browser.

- Now offering Personas to "skin" Firefox and change the look.

- Frequently updated and secure.