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==Accessibility features== Information about what common accessibility features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Browsers that do not support [[Pop-up ad|pop-ups]] have no need for pop-up blocking abilities, so that field is marked as N/A. {{sticky header}} {{sort-under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under sticky-header" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;" |- ! style="width:12em" | Browser ! [[Tab (interface)|Tabbed browsing]] ! [[Pop-up ad|Pop-up]] blocking{{efn|name=popupblock}} ! Auto-play blocking ! [[Incremental search]] ! [[Ad filtering]] ! [[Page zooming]]{{efn|name=PageZooming}} ! [[Full text search]] of [[web browsing history|history]] ! Content-[[Modal window|modal]] [[Dialog box|dialogs]]{{efn|name=Mozilla Developer Network β Using tab-modal prompts}} ![[Canvas fingerprinting]] protection |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Amaya (web browser)|Amaya]] | {{Yes}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[AOL Explorer]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Arora (browser)|Arora]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Avast Secure Browser]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes|66+}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Partial|Only on mobiles}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Basilisk (web browser)|Basilisk]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Brave (browser)|Brave]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Camino (web browser)|Camino]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Cliqz]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Google Chrome|Chrome]] | {{Yes}} | {{Partial}}{{efn|name=ChromePopup}} | {{Yes|66+}}<ref name="google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound-mute-update">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17150870/google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound-mute-update|title=Google Chrome's next update will finally block autoplay videos that have sound|first=Tom|last=Warren|date=22 March 2018|website=The Verge}}</ref> | {{Yes}} | {{No|Extension support limited on newer versions}}<ref>[https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/browsing/google-pulls-the-plug-on-ublock-origin Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads]</ref> | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=GoogleChromeUpdate}} | {{Yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=456 |title=Chromium Issue 456: Javascript alerts are modal to Chrome UI, not to individual tab |date=3 September 2008 |access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes|66+}}<ref name="google-chrome-autoplay-videos-sound-mute-update"/> | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Dillo]] | {{Yes}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Dooble (web browser)|Dooble]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} class="table-rh" | [[Microsoft Edge (series of web browsers)|Edge]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=AdSweep}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[ELinks]] | {{Yes}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=text-modal-dialogs}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Falkon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Optional}}{{efn|name=QupNonBlock}} | |- ! {{rh}} class="table-rh" | [[Firefox]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=Firefox Content-modal dialogs}} | {{Yes|Yes (warning)}} |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Flock (web browser)|Flock]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Galeon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[GNOME Web]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=EpiphanyAdBlock}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Partial}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[iCab]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Internet Explorer]] | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=IE6Tab}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=IE6Popup}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=IEHistorySearch|Full-text history search is available through a [[Windows Search]] [[iFilter]]<ref name="IEHisSearch">{{cite web|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918998|title=Availability and functionality of the Windows Desktop Search: Add-in for Internet Explorer History|date=1 July 2008|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|access-date=17 May 2009}}</ref>}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Internet Explorer for Mac]] | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[K-Meleon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{Partial}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Konqueror]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Ladybird (web browser)|Ladybird]] | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=text-modal-dialogs}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Links (web browser)|Links]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Lunascape (web browser)|Lunascape]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Partial}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Lynx (web browser)|Lynx]] | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=text-modal-dialogs}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Maxthon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Midori (web browser)|Midori]] | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]] | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Mozilla Application Suite|Mozilla]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape (web browser)|Netscape]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Browser]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Navigator]] | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Netscape Navigator 9]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[NetSurf]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[OmniWeb]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=FilterINI}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Pale Moon (web browser)|Pale Moon]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=SafariPopupBlock}} | {{Yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/05/auto-play-block/|title=Apple adds auto-play video blocking to desktop Safari|date=5 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/wwdc-privacy-high-sierra-safari-blocking/|title=Safari will automatically block those annoying autoplay videos|first=Alfred|last=Ng|website=CNET}}</ref> | {{Yes}} | {{No}}{{efn|name=SafariAdblocking}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=iPhoneZoom}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=onlymac|Only Mac.}}{{efn|name=Spotlight}} | {{Yes}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SeaMonkey]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}}{{efn|name=AdBlock}} | {{Yes}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4821 |title=4821 β Full zooming not functional (images, objects as well as text) (page zoom like opera) |publisher=Bugzilla.mozilla.org |access-date=23 May 2012}}</ref> | {{No}} | {{No}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Shiira]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[Sleipnir (web browser)|Sleipnir]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[SRWare Iron]] | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[surf (web browser)|surf]] | {{no}}{{efn|name=external}} | {{no}} | {{No}} | {{yes}} | {{no}}{{efn|name=external}} | {{yes}} | {{no}}{{efn|name=external}} | {{no}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[Torch browser|Torch Browser]] | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | |- ! {{rh2}} | [[WorldWideWeb]] | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | |- ! {{rh}} | [[w3m]] | {{Yes}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{N/A|N/A}} | |- class="sortbottom" ! Browser ! [[Tabbed browsing]] ! [[Pop-up ad|Pop-up]] blocking{{efn|name=popupblock}} ! Auto-play blocking ! [[Incremental search]] ! [[Ad filtering]] ! [[Page zooming]]{{efn|name=PageZooming}} ! [[Full text search]] of [[web browsing history|history]] ! Content-[[Modal window|modal]] [[Dialog box|dialogs]]{{efn|name=Mozilla Developer Network β Using tab-modal prompts}} !Canvas fingerprinting protection |} {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=popupblock|A more complete list of Pop-Up blockers and addons / programs are in the following article [[List of pop-up blocking software]].}} {{efn|name=PageZooming|Page zooming is different from text resizing, as it resizes not only characters, but also multimedia objects and web page layout.}} {{efn|name=EpiphanyAdBlock|Epiphany supports [[AdBlock]] as an official extension, in the [[epiphany-extensions]] package.}} {{efn|name=FilterINI|Opera 9 introduced a content blocker for webpages ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209045028/http://labs.opera.com/news/2006/02/07/2/ |date=9 February 2006 }}). Earlier releases support [[Wildcard character|wildcard]] [[Protocol (computing)|protocol]]/domain/path and filetype blocking using a filter.ini file. ({{cite web |url=http://www.schrode.net/opera/url_filtering/ |title=Opera browser: Blocking unwanted ads and other cr*p using URL filtering |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130112054413/http://www.schrode.net/opera/url_filtering/ |archive-date=12 January 2013 |access-date=12 April 2017 }}) More advanced Ad filtering for Opera can also be done with external software.}} β ! deleted link to an unrelated commercial website --> {{efn|name=QupNonBlock|Requires building with "NONBLOCK_JS_DIALOGS" compile flag enabled; may cause crashes: [https://archive.today/20140203062255/https://github.com/QupZilla/qupzilla/blob/master/BUILDING].}} {{efn|name=AdBlock|Most [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko]] browsers have options to block chosen images and cookies. Extended Ad filter support can be added by installing an extension such as [[Adblock Plus]].}} {{efn|name=AdSweep|Ad filter support can be added by installing an extension such as AdSweep, AdThwart or Adblock Plus.}} {{efn|name=GoogleChromeUpdate|Feature was intentionally removed via regular patch update, due to poor impact on performance.}}{{cite web|url=https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chrome/1uK-7tWOe_o/G9Q12DahJRAJ |title=Chrome full text history search |publisher=Google Chrome Help Forum |date=24 September 2013 |access-date=5 September 2017}} {{efn|name=SafariPopupBlock|Does not allow selective blocking of pop-ups. Safari can only block all pop-ups, or none.}} {{efn|name=SafariAdblocking|Ad filter support can be added by installing extensions.{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701200839/http://pimpmysafari.com/plugins/?c=Adblocking |date=1 July 2008 }}}} {{efn|name=IE6Tab|IE6 had no ''tabbed browsing'' support.}} {{efn|name=IE6Popup|IE6 included pop-up blocking with Windows XP Service Pack 2 [https://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/using/web/sp2_popupblocker.mspx]}} {{efn|name=iPhoneZoom|Page zooming supported in the iPhone version of Safari. Screen zooming is built into [[macOS]].}} {{efn|name=Spotlight|Full-text history search is available through [[Spotlight (software)|Spotlight]], a feature of the macOS operating system.}} {{efn|name=Mozilla Developer Network β Using tab-modal prompts|{{cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_tab-modal_prompts |title=Mozilla Developer Network β Using tab-modal prompts |publisher=Developer.mozilla.org |date=3 February 2011 |access-date=23 May 2012 |archive-date=19 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019133659/https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Using_tab-modal_prompts |url-status=dead }}}} {{efn|name=Firefox Content-modal dialogs|{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59314 |title=Bug 59314 β JavaScript alerts should be content-modal, not window-modal |publisher=Bugzilla.mozilla.org |access-date=23 May 2012}}}} {{efn|name=ChromePopup|The option "Do not allow any site to show pop-ups" in Google Chrome, which is the default, actually allows sites to show pop-ups which are not considered harmful.}} {{efn|name=text-modal-dialogs|Although text browsers don't have dialog windows, their prompts behave as modal dialogs β block the input until answer is received.}} {{efn|name=external|This functionality is handled by third-party software by browser's design.}} <!--IEHistorySearch defined above because of nested ref tags--> }}
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