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Google Chrome- It's a hella good
Submitted by laaabaseball on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 11:28
I just downloaded and installed Google's latest product that they've introduced to the web, their new open-source browser, Google Chrome.
The browser is smooth and elegant, and ITS FAST! It uses Webkit, and many open-source engines to load the page extremely well! It also has many awesome features, such as:
# One box for everything
# New Tab page
# Application shortcuts
# Dynamic tabs
# Incognito mode
# Safe browsing
# Instant bookmarks
# Importing settings
# Simpler downloads
This browser is gonna make me want to switch away from Firefox! Download Now! (Windows only)
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Opera 9.5 Review
Submitted by boredcollegekid on Thu, 06/12/2008 - 10:45
Today the Opera Team released the newest version of their Opera Web Browser, 9.5. I figured I would just ignore the news move on, and continue with my use of Firefox, but after reading some reviews I decided this release would be a good time to test out the browser for pretty much the first time, I had installed once before but quickly un-installed when I never used it. I downloaded installed, and started messing with the options after that. Outside of the ever popular speed dial, Opera 9.5 has added some new features like syncing bookmarks, quick find and others (full release notes here). Opera has has built in Bit torrent client, IRC client, Mail Client, and a note taking tool.
All of these features built in is great if one cares for a one stop shop for checking email, chatting, taking notes for research or downloading torrents, granted they are the most customizable things, but they get the job done.
Other features in the browser (not new to this update, but seeing as how the market share for the browser is low, and this is my first real time with it, I'll mention them) include the ability to tile, cascade windows in the browser, great for taking notes and still having the browser visible, or for chatting and surfing at the same time. Opera also has a voice browsing option, that I did not get to test because it didn't seem to work with this new release.
The other thing many Opera fan hail is the speed, and light ,weight footprint of the browser. I can say the browser is fast (although it lags on some pages), the memory usage is comparable to the upcoming Firefox 3 (Opera is using about 78K worth of RAM while Firefox is around 119K). I wouldn't take much stock in those numbers because my firefox running close around 20 addons, while the opera browser is running without any "Widgets" as opera calls them. I also haven't seen any pages that have problems with rendering in Opera, though I only tested well traveled web pages.
Overall I'd say Opera is a great browser for general web surfing, and an excellent all in one portal for those people who just need a simple IRC or bit torrent client. I still don't see it as customizable or having the expendability of firefox. Opera will more than likely remain on my desktop, and will be used at times, I can see myself using the tiled windows and notes for blogging. But as far as my mine browser I still see myself using firefox full time.
All of these features built in is great if one cares for a one stop shop for checking email, chatting, taking notes for research or downloading torrents, granted they are the most customizable things, but they get the job done.
Other features in the browser (not new to this update, but seeing as how the market share for the browser is low, and this is my first real time with it, I'll mention them) include the ability to tile, cascade windows in the browser, great for taking notes and still having the browser visible, or for chatting and surfing at the same time. Opera also has a voice browsing option, that I did not get to test because it didn't seem to work with this new release.
The other thing many Opera fan hail is the speed, and light ,weight footprint of the browser. I can say the browser is fast (although it lags on some pages), the memory usage is comparable to the upcoming Firefox 3 (Opera is using about 78K worth of RAM while Firefox is around 119K). I wouldn't take much stock in those numbers because my firefox running close around 20 addons, while the opera browser is running without any "Widgets" as opera calls them. I also haven't seen any pages that have problems with rendering in Opera, though I only tested well traveled web pages.
Overall I'd say Opera is a great browser for general web surfing, and an excellent all in one portal for those people who just need a simple IRC or bit torrent client. I still don't see it as customizable or having the expendability of firefox. Opera will more than likely remain on my desktop, and will be used at times, I can see myself using the tiled windows and notes for blogging. But as far as my mine browser I still see myself using firefox full time.
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