Some browsers are literally veterans from the old days of the 1990s. We include all browsers earlier than 1997 that still survive today in the order of age from oldest to youngest.
1. Lynx
This text-only web browser developed by Thomas Dickey is still in use and development, although it will be probably discontinued since the last release was 2.8.7rel.2, two years ago and its preview release (2.8.8dev.15) was released 6 months ago. It has lived since 1992 (for 21 years). I told you cats have nine lives! (Don't get it? A lynx is a big cat.)
2. Opera
This web browser is receiving enhancements all the time. Developed by Opera Software it is 5th in usage currently and is not likely to be discontinued in the foreseeable feature. Opera 14 is planned to switch to Google's new Blink rendering engine, along with Google Chrome and Yandex Browser. It has lived since 1994 (for 19 years). Its latest version is Opera 12.15 released April 4, 2013. It has been shareware then ad-sponsored, then, as of version 8.5, free and no ads.
3. OmniWeb
Developed by The Omni Group it could be well discontinued because the last release was in 2011. It's a good browser indeed (except when you open a new tab you have to open a "drawer"). It has lived since 1995 (for 18 years).
4. Internet Explorer
Microsoft's famous browser can't be missed. It started in 1995 (but later than OmniWeb) and has lived for 18 years. The first release, Microsoft Internet Explorer 1, to the current release of when I'm writing this, Internet Explorer 10, sums Internet Explorer. Rumors of Internet Explorer 11 supporting WebGL are going around.
Those are the 4 veteran browsers! Of course I have to list the source:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg
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