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The Latest Web Browsers Up Enterprise Ante
by Jim Rapoza
IE Administration Kit
In corporate environments, the Internet Explorer Administration Kit gives businesses a powerful tool for creating customized installations of the IE browser.
IE Protected Mode
On Vista and most likely Windows 7 systems, Internet Explorer can be run in Protected Mode, which greatly reduces the harm that can be done by malware that subverts the browser.
IE Warning
Like most modern browsers, IE 8 can warn users before they travel to an unsafe Website.
Firefox Add-ons
One of the biggest advantages that Firefox has is its large extensions and add-ons community, which makes it possible for businesses to add a wide variety of capabilities to the browser.
Firefox NoScript
When it comes to security, one of the most popular and valuable add-ons for Firefox is NoScript, which prevents a whole host of Web-based threats and nuisances.
Firefox Consistency
Businesses that support workers on a large number of platforms will appreciate the ability of Firefox to run nearly identically on multiple operating systems, including Linux.
Safari Private Browsing
The private browsing features offered in modern browsers such as Safari let users browse the Web without saving traces of their sessions, especially useful in shared system environemnts.
Safari Bookmarking
The visual bookmarking features found in the Safari 4 beta offer a powerful tool for sorting and finding content saved in a browser.
Safari Top Sites
Features such as the visual site thumbnails in Safari 4's Top Sites seem geared toward consumers but are also valuable for viewing and managing business-oriented sites.
Chrome Integrated Search
The integrated search found in the address bar within Google Chrome can improve productivity when it comes to finding information on the Web.
Chrome Google Gears
Google Gears, which is included with Chrome, but which can also be added to other browsers, makes it possible to run some Web applications in an offline mode.
Chrome JavaScript Engine
Businesses building state-of-the-art dynamic Web applications may find that the powerful JavaScript engine in Google Chrome provides an important performance edge.
Opera Mini
The Opera Mini browser has become a popular Web tool for many mobile phone systems.
Opera Customization Options
For advanced power users who want to tweak the way a browser works, Opera offers some of the most extensive customization and tweaking options.
Opera Fraud Protection
As other browsers do, Opera provides protections against fraudulent Web sites.
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Go back 12 years, and the Web browser found on the majority of business systems was Netscape Navigator. Six or seven years ago, nearly all corporate Web users relied on Microsoft Internet Explorer. But during the last few years—due to security problems, limited updates and improvements in competing browsers—IE has given up much of its stranglehold on the enterprise browser market. Indeed, many business users today run multiple browsers on their systems. But what makes a browser good for the enterprise? Security? Administration features? Performance? In this slide show, eWEEK Labs looks at some of the more enterprise-friendly features found in the latest versions of IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera.