The Internet is undoubtedly one of the fastest-moving technologies in the computing world. It is changing the way we communicate with each other and allows us to access a huge amount of information quickly and cheaply. To take full advantage of what the Internet has to offer, you need a good browser. Three products are sharing the market at present: Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Netscape's Communicator and Mozilla Firefox. In an effort to be the best, each one includes extra features apart from the core browser. In fact, these products are remarkably similar, showing that each company believes it must keep a close eye on what the other is doing.
There is the usual unfortunate trade-off: the inclusion of extra features means less user-friendly products. When you read about their e-mail facilities, for example, they sound really good - but if you send an e-mail to someone with less sophisticated software than your own, they won't be able to read it!
However, all three products seem fully usable when it comes to Internet browsing itself and can be recommended here.

(adapted from 'Objective First Certificate', Cambridge University Press)