Sunday, April 14, 2013

Alternative Browsers (Longer List!)

I've grabbed a list of good alternative browsers from Google searches. Yes, I do not use Bing, Yahoo! Search, DuckDuckGo, Blekko, or any other search engine. Trust all my searches all you want and don't trust all my searches all you want.

Whatever. Here are some alternatives to the 5 biggies (IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera).

Camino

I've mentioned Camino. Camino is based off of Firefox (Gmail generally identifies it as an old version of Firefox), is stable, and can be very good. However Camino is annoying when it comes to updating; if you can't find a way to put Camino in Applications, you're stuck with this version forever.

For your information, Windows people saying 'WHAT???' when I talk about Applications should actually be freaking out about not being able to install Camino; sorry, it's for Mac users. Hey, you're not the only people with the browser choices.

Flock

Flock is a good web browser. With integrations from Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Blogger, Gmail, etc., it is a social web browser. Besides that, Flock is based off of Mozilla.

Flock is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Mozilla SeaMonkey

MOZILLA? AGAIN!? Mozilla was the base for many minor web browsers; the open-source project became its own browser, stuck with it, and had other browsers take its place; Camino, SeaMonkey, etc.

But this is the talk about SeaMonkey, not Mozilla.

SeaMonkey has an IRC client, mail client, etc. It's stable and great.

SeaMonkey is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Konqueror

Konqueror; finally a browser that can be powered by more than on engine. KHTML and WebKit are switchable, and... yeah. Konqueror is an open-source project and it is also its own file manager. KDE is also part of Konqueror.

Their debut in 1996 said this: "First comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror (pun off of conqueror)."

Download Konqueror for Linux. 

K-Meleon

MOZILLA? AGAIN!????????

K-Meleon focuses on speed while remaining a lightweight application and a highly customizable browser. It focuses on the connection between the UI of the Windows system it runs in and the browser.

Download K-Meleon for Windows.

Shiira

Shiira is a browser that is powered by WebKit and written in Cocoa. The goal of it is "to create a better browser than Safari."

DOWNLOAD SHIIRA FOR MAC.


Maxthon

I mentioned Maxthon. It connects between any device in the cloud, and its goal was to produce a browser that is more customizable than Internet Explorer. Made in China, it is hugely popular in China and it achieves slight usage in the US but still is considerable.

Download Maxthon for Windows.

iCab

iCab is a browser specifically for Mac. While it is free, to access the full application, you would need to pay a shareware cost of $20. It is also nagware and will boast a number of features that are not generally found in other browsers.

Download iCab for Mac AT YOUR OWN RISK.

That completes it! =) I have to keep reminding myself not to download another browser since I just reached 5 browsers with Camino (:O). I keep doing a chain download; I downloaded Firefox from Safari, Chrome from Firefox, Opera from Chrome, and Camino from... whoops, Chrome. Broke the chain.

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