Best Web Browsers Available for Desktop and Mobile Devices

Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a freeware web browser developed by Google. As of December 2015, StatCounter estimates that Google Chrome has a 58 percent worldwide usage share of web browsers as a desktop browser. It is also the most popular browser for smartphones, and combined across all platforms at about 45 percent. Its success has led to Google expanding the 'Chrome' brand name on various other products such as the Chromecast.

Google releases the majority of Chrome's source code as an open-source project Chromium. A notable component that is not open source is their version of the built-in Adobe Flash Player, called Pepper Flash Player.

Torch

Torch is a Chromium-based web browser and Internet suite developed by Torch Media. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sharing websites via social networks, downloading torrents, accelerating downloads and grabbing online media, all directly from the browser.

On June 18, 2013, Torch announced a major release for Mac and Windows that included an integrated download accelerator. The same release also introduced Torch Music, a free social music discovery service that organizes music videos available on YouTube in a user-friendly interface.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included in the company's Windows 10 operating systems, replacing Internet Explorer 11 as the default web browser for both the PC and Windows 10 Mobile.

Microsoft stated that it is designed to be a lightweight web browser with a layout engine built around web standards. It does not support ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects but adds new features such as integration with Cortana, annotation tools and a reading mode.

Dolphin Web Browser

Dolphin Browser is a proprietary mobile browser for the operating systems Android and iOS. It was one of the first alternative browsers for the Android platform that introduced support for multi-touch gestures.

Dolphin Browser uses the Webkit engine and the native platform rendering abilities, which allows for a small disk footprint. It can run Adobe Flash on Android

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Windows, OS X and Linux operating systems, with its mobile versions available for Android, and Firefox OS. 

Firefox was released in November 2004, and was highly successful with 60 million downloads within nine months, which was the first time that Internet Explorer's dominance was challenged. According to Mozilla, as of December 2014 there were half a billion Firefox users around the world.

Opera

Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software. The latest version is available for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems, and uses the Blink layout engine.

Opera includes built-in tabbed browsing, a bookmarks bar, add-ons, and a download manager. Opera has "Speed Dial", which allows the user to more easily navigate to the selected web pages.