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The Sweet Stuff: Software
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/ July 2, 2009 / 3:56 min.
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5 fantastic free web browsers
In this week'sThe Sweet Stuff: Software
, Doc Callahan wages his ownbrowser war
and takes a look atfive free Web browsers
. Sometimes the lowlyWeb browser
is taken for granted, but for most of us, the the browser is the program we interact with most on our computers.
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Google Chrome
- Newest of the five browsers.
- Presents thumbnails of the sites you visit most.
- Offers private browsing.
- Takes a very minimalist approach at this point.
- Safari
- Offers "Private Browsing" which is very secure.
- Offers "Top Sites" page and you can lock in your very favorites.
- Innovations in bookmarks including "Cover Flow."
- VoiceOver Screen Reader reads content to you from the Internet.
Internet Explorer
- Offers "Web Slices" that bring content to you on a regular basis.
- Offers "InPrivate" browsing to keep your surfing secret.
- Improved Favorites and History make browsing easier.
- Enhanced tabbed browsing with "Tab Groups" keeping related pages together.
Opera
- Fastest browser in my opinion.
- Has the best built-in email and newsgroups function.
- Has Opera Link that lets you synchronize information between computers.
- The first to have a "Speed Dial" feature now found in the others.
Firefox
- #1 because of the add-ons that make it so flexible and extensible.
- The most customizable Web browser.
- Now offering Personas to "skin" Firefox and change the look.
- Frequently updated and secure.
- Newest of the five browsers.
- Presents thumbnails of the sites you visit most.
- Offers private browsing.
- Takes a very minimalist approach at this point.
- Safari
- Offers "Private Browsing" which is very secure.
- Offers "Top Sites" page and you can lock in your very favorites.
- Innovations in bookmarks including "Cover Flow."
- VoiceOver Screen Reader reads content to you from the Internet.
Internet Explorer
- Offers "Web Slices" that bring content to you on a regular basis.
- Offers "InPrivate" browsing to keep your surfing secret.
- Improved Favorites and History make browsing easier.
- Enhanced tabbed browsing with "Tab Groups" keeping related pages together.
Opera
- Fastest browser in my opinion.
- Has the best built-in email and newsgroups function.
- Has Opera Link that lets you synchronize information between computers.
- The first to have a "Speed Dial" feature now found in the others.
Firefox
- #1 because of the add-ons that make it so flexible and extensible.
- The most customizable Web browser.
- Now offering Personas to "skin" Firefox and change the look.
- Frequently updated and secure.
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