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Browser versus search engine
editIt'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)
- 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)
Requested move 6 November 2020
edit- 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The result of the move request was: Withdrawn.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)
– 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)
- 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)
- Oppose per In ictu oculi. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 15:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose since the term browser pre-dates web browsers. Dicklyon (talk) 05:29, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose since "web browser" is unique to this case and still in common usage. --ZimZalaBim talk 05:31, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Why make things more difficult to find? The Banner talk 13:35, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
Browser start page
editBrowser 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)
- 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)