gh-113539: Enable using ``$BROWSER`` to reorder default seach order in webbrowser.py by ronaldoussoren · Pull Request #113561

gh-113539: Enable using ``$BROWSER`` to reorder default seach order in webbrowser.py by ronaldoussoren · Pull Request #113561 · python/cpython

The list of supported browsers on macOS is not complete, we should at least add support for Microsoft Edge and possibly other popular non-mainstream browsers like Brave and Chromium.

Not limited to macOS, but from the Plausible trial in July, here are the most popular browsers of people visiting docs.python.org:

Also not limited to macOS, here are the most popular desktop browsers used worldwide, from statscounter:

And visitors to usa.gov sites (json), for macOS:

"Macintosh": {
"Safari": 260849550,
"Chrome": 201103500,
"Firefox": 16103981,
"Edge": 2024170,
"Mozilla Compatible Agent": 2018923,
"Opera": 552767,
"YaBrowser": 36155,
"Whale Browser": 15131,
"DuckDuckGo Browser": 5801,
"Coc Coc": 10339,
"SeaMonkey": 4535,
"Aloha Browser": 3174,
"Maxthon": 4181,
"Mozilla": 2253,
"Internet Explorer": 5163,
"Waterfox": 1837,
"PaleMoon": 139,
"(not set)": 215,
"Vivaldi": 748
},