Sandi's Site
There are lots
of browsers out there - some that use Internet Explorer
technology as a base, and some that don't. Over the
years I have experimented with a myriad of different
programmes, including all the well known ones such as
IE, Deepnet, Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox, Opera, Avant, and MyIE2
(now called Maxthon). Some have stayed on my system (Opera
and Firefox). Others haven't.
Tabbed browsing is an oft requested feature, as is
pop-up blocking. Some people also want email integration
and newsgroups. Mouse gestures are becoming more
popular. I'm not going to highlight the well known
alternative browsers, but instead feature less well
known ones that have caught my imagination for whatever
reason.
Kopassa Browser
This brower has a steep learning curve, and is not
very stable, but the designer's ideas are interesting. It can be
downloaded from:
http://www.kopassa.com/
Instead of using tabbed windows, Kopassa provides a
series of thumbnails. Simply click on a thumbnail to
navigate to that site. The history thumbnails (top of
screen) are preserved between browsing sessions, and can
be easily removed using right click. Kopassa includes an ability to highlight any word on a web page, right
click that word and do a search for that word using a
myriad of search engines or even access translation
services. You can download all graphics on a page, pull
up a list of all links on a page and even automatically
navigate to the 'home page' of a particular site even if
you have never been there before (eg from
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/Darnit.htm
straight to
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org) with the click of one
button.
