Pertama kali saya mengenal Internet yaitu tahun 1997 sedangkan aplikasi browser yang saya gunakan pertama kali waktu itu adalah Netscape Navigator pada sistem operasi windows 95. Internet Explorer sejak pertama bagi saya adalah kurang menarik dengan banyak alasan. Dengan Paket Netscape Comunicator, desktop semakin menarik dengan kumpulan icon / bar pada destop mungkin hampir sama dengan widget kali he...
Tidak begitu sering saya melakukan browsing di kantor karena masih begitu mahalnya akses internet. Waktu itu kalau tidak salah ISP yang perusahaan gunakan adalah Indonet dengan fitur sebuah free email dan VoIP namun VoIP tidak pernah diimplementasikan karena hardwarenya harus beli sendiri.
Setelah pemain telekomunikasi terbesar di Indonesia turun ke jalan dengan produk dial-up nya yang terkenal telkom@instan si 08098888 akhirnya kapanpun saya bisa menikmati fasilitas internet dengan murah dan mudah walau line phone di proteksi oleh perusahaan, hehe tentu terkadang menggunakan cara curang main jumper kabel, walau demikian tetap pada batas ambang kewajara dan Bos tau kalau anak buahnya nakal 
Akhirnya dengan kecepatan yg sangat buanter waktu itu dan tidak kalah dengan Indonet ISP sebelumnya wus.. wus.. wus... 56000 b/s saya bisa brosing menggunakan berbagai aplikasi web browsing, he.. kebetulan perusahaan berlangganan majalah komputer dengan bonus CD aplikasi yang isinya di antaranya adalah aplikasi browser.
dari semua aplikasi browser yang aku coba waktu ituyang paling aku suka adalah Opera karena bisa menampilkan secara windows-tabulasi, seingat saya Netscape tidak dapat melakukan itu. Mozilla masih tidak ada di dalam pengetahuanku apalagi Firefox padahal Netscape - Mozilla dan Firefox adalah bersaudara hehe...
Baru pada tahun 2003 setelah aku melakukan instalasi linux mandake v.8 yang pertama kali aku merasakan aplikasi mozzila dan Qonquerror. hmmm.. dari data setatistik di bawah hanya satu aplikasi browser yang belom pernah aku coba yaitu IE8
Berikut adalah setatistik aplikasi browser sejak 2002
| 2010 | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 15.3% | 10.7% | 8.9% | 46.2% | 12.3% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| February | 14.7% | 11.0% | 9.6% | 46.5% | 11.6% | 3.8% | 2.1% |
| January | 14.3% | 11.7% | 10.2% | 46.3% | 10.8% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| 2009 | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
| December | 13.5% | 12.8% | 10.9% | 46.4% | 9.8% | 3.6% | 2.3% |
| November | 13.3% | 13.3% | 11.1% | 47.0% | 8.5% | 3.8% | 2.3% |
| October | 12.8% | 14.1% | 10.6% | 47.5% | 8.0% | 3.8% | 2.3% |
| September | 12.2% | 15.3% | 12.1% | 46.6% | 7.1% | 3.6% | 2.2% |
| August | 10.6% | 15.1% | 13.6% | 47.4% | 7.0% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| July | 9.1% | 15.9% | 14.4% | 47.9% | 6.5% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| June | 7.1% | 18.7% | 14.9% | 47.3% | 6.0% | 3.1% | 2.1% |
| May | 5.2% | 21.3% | 14.5% | 47.7% | 5.5% | 3.0% | 2.2% |
| April | 3.5% | 23.2% | 15.4% | 47.1% | 4.9% | 3.0% | 2.2% |
| March | 1.4% | 24.9% | 17.0% | 46.5% | 4.2% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| February | 0.8% | 25.4% | 17.4% | 46.4% | 4.0% | 3.0% | 2.2% |
| January | 0.6% | 25.7% | 18.5% | 45.5% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| 2008 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
| December | 26.1% | 19.6% | 44.4% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 2.4% | |
| November | 26.6% | 20.0% | 44.2% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.3% | |
| October | 26.9% | 20.2% | 44.0% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.2% | |
| September | 26.3% | 22.3% | 42.6% | 3.1% | 2.7% | 2.0% | |
| August | 26.0% | 24.5% | 43.7% | 2.6% | 2.1% | ||
| July | 26.4% | 25.3% | 42.6% | 2.5% | 1.9% | ||
| June | 27.0% | 26.5% | 0.5% | 41.0% | 2.6% | 1.7% | |
| May | 26.5% | 27.3% | 0.7% | 39.8% | 2.4% | 1.5% | |
| April | 24.9% | 28.9% | 1.0% | 39.1% | 2.2% | 1.4% | |
| March | 23.3% | 29.5% | 1.1% | 37.0% | 2.1% | 1.4% | |
| February | 22.7% | 30.7% | 1.3% | 36.5% | 2.0% | 1.4% | |
| January | 21.2% | 32.0% | 1.5% | 36.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% | |
| 2007 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Firefox | Mozilla | Safari | Opera |
| November | 20.8% | 33.6% | 1.6% | 36.3% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| September | 20.8% | 34.9% | 1.5% | 35.4% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| July | 20.1% | 36.9% | 1.5% | 34.5% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| May | 19.2% | 38.1% | 1.6% | 33.7% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
| March | 18.0% | 38.7% | 2.0% | 31.8% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| January | 13.3% | 42.3% | 3.0% | 31.0% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.5% |
| 2006 | IE7 | IE6 | IE5 | Firefox | Mozilla | N7/8 | Opera |
| November | 7.1% | 49.9% | 3.6% | 29.9% | 2.5% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
| September | 2.5% | 55.6% | 4.0% | 27.3% | 2.3% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| July | 1.9% | 56.3% | 4.2% | 25.5% | 2.3% | 0.4% | 1.4% |
| May | 1.1% | 57.4% | 4.5% | 25.7% | 2.3% | 0.3% | 1.5% |
| March | 0.6% | 58.8% | 5.3% | 24.5% | 2.4% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| January | 0.2% | 60.3% | 5.5% | 25.0% | 3.1% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| 2005 | IE6 | IE5 | Firefox | Mozilla | N7 | O8 | O7 |
| November | 62.7% | 6.2% | 23.6% | 2.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.2% |
| September | 69.8% | 5.7% | 18.0% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.2% |
| July | 67.9% | 5.9% | 19.8% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% |
| May | 64.8% | 6.8% | 21.0% | 3.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| March | 63.6% | 8.9% | 18.9% | 3.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| January | 64.8% | 9.7% | 16.6% | 3.4% | 1.1% | 1.9% | |
| 2004 | IE6 | IE5 | Mozilla | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| November | 66.0% | 10.2% | 16.5% | 0.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| September | 67.8% | 11.2% | 13.7% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.7% |
| July | 67.2% | 13.2% | 12.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| May | 68.1% | 13.8% | 9.5% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| March | 68.2% | 14.6% | 7.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| January | 68.9% | 15.8% | 5.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| 2003 | IE6 | IE5 | Mozilla | N3 | N7 | N4 | O7 |
| November | 71.2% | 13.7% | 7.2% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| September | 69.7% | 16.9% | 6.2% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| July | 66.9% | 20.3% | 5.7% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| May | 65.0% | 22.7% | 4.6% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| March | 63.4% | 24.6% | 4.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| January | 55.3% | 29.3% | 4.0% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% | |
| 2002 | IE6 | IE5 | AOL | N3 | N5 | N4 | IE4 |
| November | 53.5% | 29.9% | 5.2% | 1.1% | 4.9% | 2.0% | |
| September | 49.1% | 34.4% | 4.5% | 1.3% | 4.5% | 2.2% | |
| July | 44.4% | 40.1% | 3.5% | 1.2% | 3.5% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| May | 40.7% | 46.0% | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 0.7% |
| March | 36.7% | 49.4% | 3.0% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 4.1% | 0.7% |
| January | 30.1% | 55.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4.4% | 1.0% |
| IE | Internet Explorer |
| Firefox | Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005) |
| Chrome | Google Chrome |
| Mozilla | The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape) |
| Safari | Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007) |
| Opera / O | Opera |
| N | Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006) |
| AOL | America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla) |
