Computer Corner #12
By Bob Habas
Formally of computer Connections
Web
Browsers
A
Web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and
traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information
resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web
page, image, video, or other piece of content. Hyperlinks present in resources
enable users to easily navigate their browsers to related resources.
Microsoft
Corporation
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/default.aspx
The
new Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8 help you quickly perform your everyday
browsing tasks without navigating to other websites to get things done. Simply
highlight text from any webpage, and then click on the blue Accelerator icon
that appears above your selection to obtain driving directions, translate and
define words, email content to others, search with ease, and more.
Using
Web Slices, you can keep up with frequently updated sites directly from the
new Favorites Bar. If a Web Slice is available on a page, a green Web Slices
icon will appear in the Command Bar. Click on this icon to easily subscribe
and add the Web Slices to the Favorites Bar so you can keep track of that
"slice" of the web.
Internet
Explorer 8 helps protect you from today's threats, including malware and
phishing, as well as emerging threats that can compromise your computer
without your knowledge. Other browsers either don't offer you this level of
protection or require you to download and configure third-party add-ons to get
it, but with Internet Explorer 8 you get it right out of the box, and turned
on by default.
Mozilla
Corporation
http://www.mozilla.com/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.0.1&os=win&lang=en-US
A
quick way to get to the sites you love—even the ones with addresses you only
vaguely remember. Type in term into location bar (aka the Awesome Bar) and the
autocomplete function includes possible matching sites from your browsing
history, as well as sites you’ve bookmarked and tagged in a drop down.
Download
files seamlessly and securely. A pause and resume feature means there’s no
need to wait for a download to finish before you disconnect.
Visit
your favorite news page and read the caption under the picture—or view the
picture itself in a size you can see. An elegant new zoom feature lets you
swoop in and see entire web pages.
Take
your computer offline and still have information at your fingertips. Certain
enabled sites may allow applications—like your Web-based email—to stay
with you at all times.
Chrome
Google
http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html
Quick
to start up from your desktop
Loads
web pages in a snap
Runs
web applications faster than ever
Search
and navigate to web pages from the same box
Arrange
and organize tabs however you wish — quickly and easily
Get
to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most
visited sites in the New Tab page
Try
Minimalist, Star Gazing, or Google Chrome Artist Themes.
Apple
Inc.
Zoom
in or out on web content using keyboard shortcuts, Multi-Touch gestures, or
the Zoom toolbar button for more comfortable reading. Images and graphics
scale up while your text remains razor sharp, keeping the web page layout
consistent as you zoom.
Safari
automatically identifies your favorite sites and displays them as a wall of
stunning graphical previews. To visit one of your top sites, just click any of
the previews. As you browse, Safari identifies the websites you’re most
interested in based on how often and how recently you visit a site. So as you
explore the web and discover new websites, your top sites will change to match
your evolving tastes.
In
Windows, scroll vertically and horizontally through a web page by moving your
mouse. Click the middle mouse button to enable the feature, then move the
mouse in any direction to pan through the web content. Middle-click a second
time to return to the normal mouse mode.
Opera
Software ASA
http://www.opera.com/download/get.pl?id=31452&thanks=true&sub=true
The
real world does not have fast Internet everywhere. Switch on Opera Turbo and
use our powerful servers to compress Web pages, so you get them faster. It is
perfect for that crowded Wi-Fi or when connecting through your mobile phone.
The
new Opera Presto 2.2 engine is up to 40% faster on resource-intensive pages,
such as Gmail and Facebook. In addition, with an Acid3 100/100 score, Web
Fonts, RGBA/HSLA color and SVG improvements, Opera 10 is ready for
next-generation Web applications.
Opera
10 uses system resources intelligently and gives you the best possible
performance on your computer. With an elegant under-the-hood architecture and
a beautiful, new skin, Opera 10 feels, looks and runs better than ever.
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