Showing posts with label Browsers and Plugins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Browsers and Plugins. Show all posts

Friday, 8 April 2011

Opera 11.0 Beta 1 (Build 1111)

Opera 11.0 Beta 1 (Build 1111)



It is one of the most popular web browsers around beside Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer. It is not just popular on PCs but it is also widely used on smart phones to surf internet. There are around 170 million users of Opera browser around the world including PCs and smart phones. It also comes in a miniature version as Opera Mini for mobile phones.

One of the best features of Opera is its fast internet surfing capability. It is true that Opera offer faster internet than other browses such as Internet Explorer keeping the same bandwidth of the internet. It is simple, light weight and fully customizable with its excellent feature of add-ones. Users can use this feature to add whatever they like and customize their browsers. These features give users the benefit to experience the world of web the way they like.

Another good feature of Opera browser is its safety feature when surfing internet. The browser automatically finds for identity proof on websites and alerts the user if malicious codes are found on the page. It also restricts automatic downloads and installations, it simply does not allow anything to be download without user’s permission. To inform the user if the website is secure, the status of the safety of website is displayed before the address bar in Opera browser and informs the user without disturbing. It also has its own toolbar that can support multiple search engines and there is no need to download another toolbar.

versions of the browser, and aimed at developers.
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: November 04, 2010

Google Chrome 7.0.517.44

Google Chrome 7.0.517.44



It is a newly developed web browser by Google. It is a huge corporation with millions of dollar of investment and they have come up with a brilliant idea to design their own web browser. According to Google, it is the fastest web browser around. Infact it is fast but there are already many competitors in the market.

The layout of Google Chrome web browser is pretty same to Firefox as it has the same tab system, address bar and very much similar to Firefox. But it has much less buttons that usually annoy users. A good feature of Google Chrome is that it is available in many languages almost equal to number of languages its search engine can support.

Google has adopted a different approach in designing a web browser. They focused on simplicity, faster internet and safer web. It a web browser with least number of button because all the unnecessary features are put into menu items and only the most basic buttons are placed in front. The web browser also looks for updates to keep the web browser the safest place and inform its users when they are about to enter a page with malicious codes and downloads.

Google Chrome is available free of cost and users can use it as long as they want. Google has designed Google Chrome in such a way that it can deliver highest speed on Google searches along other search engines so internet users can enjoy to the fullest.

- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista/7
- Date added: November 04, 2010

Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta

Internet Explorer 9.0 Beta



Internet Explorer short for IE is one of the best web browsers around. Before the invention of toady’s most popular web browsers most of people did not know about web browsers simply because they only knew about Internet Explorer. It is also one of the very first web browsers. Today it has become a part of Microsoft’s operating systems. It is freeware and it is easily available on the internet.

Internet Explorer was first developed with the invention of Windows 95 and since then Microsoft has been releasing newer and better versions of Internet Explorer. There have been many competitors of the software but the courtesy will always remain to Microsoft.

It also has its own download manager with limited features. Unlike other download managers user cannot resume downloads once the Internet Explorer is closed, but they can stop and restart the download incase of internet connection problem. The browser also gives its users the feature to browse multiple websites simultaneously by using tab feature. It gives you the benefit to surf multiple websites at the same time within the same browser window.

Microsoft has also made it one of the safest web browsers after years of coding and perfection. It is now much safe to use and surf internet without worrying about spyware attacks. It also has its own toolbar allowing users to search, bookmark and do all the things they would normally do with other toolbars. Users can also use external add-ones and extensions to customize their browser.

Requirements:    Windows Windows7
Languages:    en-US
License:    Freeware
Date added:    September 16, 2010

Firefox 4.0

Firefox 4.0 



Many users enjoy their browsing experience as firefox, one of the browsers proven to be very reliable and efficient in providing user satisfaction guaranteed. The tabs will allow you to easily identify the content of each website visited. For both Linux and Windows OS, all menus can be found in the firefox button with a single click, you also will be able to bookmark your favorite pages with the bookmark feature found in the firefox button selection.
In order to stop a page from loading, you can access the stop/reload button; it is also used to reload a desired page. The home button which directs you to the homepage selected in your browser can now be located right of the search bar. In the case you are opening a new tab for a website already opened in your browser, the switch-to-tab will direct you to the tab already opened.
Paranorma enables you to organize your tab; this can be found under group tabs located on your browser. The history menu will allow you to easily reopen a closed tab if you closed it accidentally or if you just would like to revisit a recent web page. Even if you have 20 pages open all at once, you can scroll through very easily with the Smooth Scrolling feature.  The sync feature allows you to connect your mobile and desktop firefox allowing you to view or browse your history on your device as needed.
Password manager will actively record your password if needed; this will avoid multiple entries of passwords as this can be very tiring. Form Complete, records previously entered information like names and addresses, so it will actively offer the option of click selection in the case its needed. Firefox also provides search suggestions, which is very effective as it saves you the time in writing out the complete words for search criteria.
It also offers a variety of search engines to assist you in finding adequate information that will suffice for your criteria, also will reopen previously used pages with the restore session feature in the case firefox was closed unexpectedly. These are some of the main features available for firefox and there are many more that have not been mentioned. With the new and improved firefox your experience will be very satisfactory.

Requirements:    Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / Windows7 / XP64 / Vista64 / Windows7 64
Languages:    en-US
License:    Open Source
Date added:   
March 22, 2011