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Browser versus search engine

It's not clear to me from the article what the differences are between a web browser and a search engine. Would it be possible / relevant to include some information about this for dummies like me? JezGrove (talk) 18:55, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Don't feel so bad, I've had to explain the difference a number of times over the years. I rewrote the article lead with an explanation and 2 refs, including a video showing that many other people share your confusion. Hopefully this will help clarify it. -Pmffl (talk) 03:11, 23 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What do you think about moving this to the function section? I feel it would make more sense there instead of being in the introduction, where it feels a bit off-topic. MoonlitSpectre (talk) 20:05, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 6 November 2020

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Withdrawn. There is a clear consensus to keep things as is. Interstellarity (talk) 00:11, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Web browser → Browser
Browser → Browser (disambiguation)

– Browser is more concise and this topic is the most notable of the topics listed on the disambiguation page. Interstellarity (talk) 15:53, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per WP:CRITERIA disservice to readers to ambiguate with an abbreviated title when browser can mean many things. In ictu oculi (talk) 16:55, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per In ictu oculi. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 15:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose since the term browser pre-dates web browsers. Dicklyon (talk) 05:29, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose since "web browser" is unique to this case and still in common usage. --ZimZalaBim ^talk 05:31, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Why make things more difficult to find? The Banner talk 13:35, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Browser start page

Browser start page is a feature of a web browser, not of a web site; in fact, a start page doesn't even need to be a web page. Hence, the section at Browser start page ought to be moved into Web browser. fgnievinski (talk) 03:41, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. "Home page" is a synonym of "start page" for this item, as supported by the 2 refs in that section. It belongs there. -Pmffl (talk) 23:51, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Modern context and comprehensiveness

Myself and @MoonlitSpectre are hoping to sharpen this article over the next week or so as part of a school assignment. We have outlined our planned edits below and would love to discuss how this article could be improved! Our plan is to more comprehensively define the modern web browser and its position in context with other existing articles.

Introduction

Rework the order of information to focus on the web browser as a ubiquitous user interface for navigating websites on the Internet
Move search engine misconception to Function section

Function

Make more explicit reference to the browser engine as one important technology powering the web browser
Expand on modern web browsers' multimedia support and the kinds of web page elements the browser will typically render
Elaborate on ubiquity of dynamic web pages with functionality enabled by Javascript that is mentioned in the last paragraph of the History section
Keep mention of cookies, but otherwise move Privacy subsection to Security section

Features

Discuss DRM licenses for web browsers
Download managers built into web browsers
Mention responsive web design in discussion of mobile browsers
(In most browsers, the search bar is merged with the address bar.) -> this excerpt makes me wonder if there's more to say about why/when that is somehow?
Add summary comparison of web browsers subsection that links to main article

Browser market

Discuss browser usage across devices

Security

Discuss ads and use of ad-blocking browser extensions

Stringwinding (talk) 23:54, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]