Alternative Internet Browser Comparison for Vista

I’m certainly not a big fan of change, but there comes a time when you might grow tired of your current internet browser, Internet Explorer, and perhaps you might want to consider what else is available. There are an absolute ton of internet browsers available now and, while each and every one fundamentally achieves the same goal of allowing you to easily surf the internet, you will find that each and every one of the major internet browser’s functionality is usually drastically different and offers a variety of different features that may not be available in certain others. This article will be highlighting and focusing on the following web browsers: Firefox, Safari, Opera and Maxthon.

Firefox

“The award-winning Web browser is now even faster, more secure, and fully customizable to suit your online life. With Firefox 2, we’ve added powerful new features that make your online experience even better.”

Firefox is definitely up there as being one of my all-time favorite internet browsers of all time and the developers continue to add fantastic features to an already great package. Security issues are also hastily rectified should they arise.

Main Features: Improved Tabbed Browsing, Spell Checking, Search Suggestions, Session Restore, Web Feeds (RSS), Live Titles, Integrated Search, Live Bookmarks, Pop-up Blocker, Phishing Protection, Open Source, Automated Update, Protection from Spyware and Search Engine Manager.

Tagline: “The Firefox Web Browser is the faster, more secure, and fully customizable way to surf the web.”

Link: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Safari

“Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use, web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web — up to 2 times fast than Internet Explorer.”

Main Features: Blazing Performance, Elegant User Interface, Easy Bookmarks, Pop-up Blocking, Inline Find, Tabbed Browsing, SnapBack, Forms AutoFill, Built-in RSS, Resizable Text Areas, Private Browsing and Security.

Tagline: “Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world”

Link: http://www.apple.com/safari/

Opera

“Why Opera? Safe, secure, powerful and fully customizable, the Opera Web browser is faster and more secure than other browsers available on the market. Opera delivers robust security and a far-richer feature set than any other Web browser and it’s free.

Opera is the Web pioneer that delivered tabbed browsing in 2000, and Opera 9.2 features lots of other great tricks for quick navigation, including Speed Dial, a quick way to put all of your favorite daily sites at your fingertips. You can also take, save and trade Notes attached to any Web site while browsing, or Create Search shortcuts from any search field on the Web. Opera 9.25 is super fast and free, secure and stable, and offers lots of great tools for Web Developers.”

Main Features: Transfer manager, Tabbed browsing, Password manager, Integrated search, Mouse gestures, Fast Forward, Notes, Keyboard Shortcuts, Full-screen mode, Speed Dial™, Fraud protection, Integrated BitTorrent, Widgets Support and Thumbnail Preview.

Tagline: “The award-winning Opera Web browser The coolest, fastest, and most secure free Web browser available.”>

Link: http://www.opera.com/

Maxthon

“Maxthon Browser is a powerful tabbed browser built for all users. Besides basic browsing functionality, Maxthon Browser provides a rich set of features to improve your surfing experience.”

Main Features Tabbed Browsing, Anti-Freeze, Mouse Gestures, Super Drag&Drop, Maxthon Smart Acceleration, Magic Fill, Online Favorites Service, Feed Reader, Super Proxy, URL Alias, Ad Hunter and Screen Capture.

Tagline: “Tabbed environment with features such as extendible multi-language support, pop-up filter, plug-ins, skin support. Formerly MyIE2.”

Link: http://www.maxthon.com/