Posted on June 30th, 2010The web browser just not simply lets you ‘browse’ the web; but lets you ‘know’ the web! So, it is all important that you use a browser that meets all your needs. With the internet usage hiking, there are free web browsers sprouting each day. Some of them are still seedlings while others have come a long way. Have a look at these cool browsers you might not have heard about which can be availed free of cost.
1. ABACO Browser
A multi-threaded, modest sized program, Abaco can retrieve and display web pages while being as compatible with the system as possible. Abaco is the answer to the lack of usable web browsers for plan9. completely written in C, and with less than 8000 code lines, Abaco points out that a web browser that can interact well with plan9 does not need to be large and complicated in the end!
2. CAMINO Browser
Camino is the open source browser meant to give the best experience in browsing for the Mac OS X users. The Tab overview option is the most striking feature in the all-new Camino2. It lets you to see all the opened tabs at a time. And with features like Malware protection and Keychain support, Camino makes browsing faster and safer.
3. FLOCK Browser
Flock is for those who want to stay connected- the power of social browsing is yours with Flock. The people side bar lets you get connected with all your friends-everywhere, every time. The photo up-loader, media tab and more makes browsing more fun than never before. With the latest Firefox technology, safety is a guarantee with Flock. So start Flocking!
4. DILLO Browser
For nine years, the Dillo browser has been around to accomplish personal security and privacy in browsing. Written in C and C++, Dillo is friendly to both the user as well as the developer. Dillo’s bug meter, shows the bugs in a web page and lets you correct in time. This multi-platform browser will save your hard-earned time and make browsing a better experience.
5. K-MELEON Browser
Based on the Gecko layout engine, K-Meleon is the synonym for fast-efficiency. With features like tabbed browsing, mouse gestures and more, browsing becomes a lot faster with K-Meleon. The themes and skins will definitely let you personalize your browser to extend unimaginable!
6. SEAMONKEY Browser
Seamonkey is an all-in-one browser that can answer to all your internet needs in one application. Powered by Mozilla, Seamonkey contains an internet browser, email & newsgroup client, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools and more. It’s features are varied and vibrant- from the ‘smart location bar’ to the ‘find as you type’, it also possess all the other inevitable features like security and pop-up block that any modern browser should have.
7. LINKS Browser
The Links browser is a text based browser for support of HTML tables and frames. With features like book marks, rebind able keys, multi-language support, multiple character sets and light-fast download, Links is an alternative to the big GUI browsers. A colour terminal and background downloads make the Links browser user friendly and competitive. You can choose from a number of versions of the Links that can amply meet specific needs.
8. SHIIRA Browser
Based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa, Shiira was initially created as a better browser than the Safari. But in time, Shiira has grown and its reputation as a browser has spread wide with all the essential features that it has. The attempt by its developers to built a web browser with Web Toolkit has achieved their goal with Shiira.
9. LOBO Browser
Lobo is an open source web browser that has its codes in Java. Lobo has all the added advantages like high security, extensibility and new paradigms that a pure java browser can offer. A good support for tables and options for frames and lists are added to the feature list of this web browser.
10. GALEON Browser
Another Gecko engine based web browser, the Galeon is a GNOME browser. Galeon gives a number of options for personalization of browsing- from the different themes and fonts to preference screens, browsing becomes individualistic with Galeon. It even features multilingual tabs and a side bar demo.