Browser Review:

Internet Explorer was recently released by Microsoft and outperforms its ancestors integrating tighter security features, tabbed browsing and a new, cleaner look. Internet Explorer 7 also features extensive parental controls that can be customized to fit each family member. If you have children and protection is a priority, no need to continue searching, this is the best browser for you. Microsoft offers several add-on features to customize Internet Explorer 7 and provides the features that will help you make the most of the World Wide Web. There are four primary categories of add-ons: security, time savers, browsers and entertainment. Every category has numerous downloads, each with a description. Most are free, others you must purchase. Internet Explorer 7 is the first version that includes tabbed browsing, you will have the ability to switch quickly between open websites and you have the additional ability to open more than one website in a single browser. Additional notable features include an integrated search window, so you have the choice to use your favorite search engine. Additionally, IE offers RSS feeds, a synchronizing tool and a password manager so you can benefit from an array of information on the Web.

Mozilla Firefox allows you the power and bandwidth your need, for FREE! This web provides top-notch features and blazing speed into a tidy, intuitive interface that will help you rediscover the World Wide Web. A few outstanding features include tabbed browsing, integrated search and engine and twenty-two categories of add-ons to customize and empower your web browsing experience. Categories such as: blogging, tools, entertainment, humor, news, privacy and security and much more. You can customize your browser with skins and themes. Or, equip your browser bar with a dictionary or a media toolbar with games and various forms of entertainment. Firefox possesses tabbed browsing so you can quickly navigate between sites and open multiple websites in the same browser window. There is also an add-on for voice interaction so you can navigate the Internet through voice commands. Firefox is a fantastic browser for students or others who conduct research on the internet. Mozilla has developed virtual sticky notes so you can add your notes to web pages which will be there when you return.

Safari is a browser developed by Apple that it touts is twice as fast as Internet Explorer and 42% faster than Firefox. The key features for Safari on Windows include tabbed browsing, SnapBack and a coveted pop-up blocker, standards users have come to expect from their browsers these days. Some new developments are the ability to drag tabs out of the main browsing window, thus turning it into a browser window and the private browsing which doesn’t automatically save Google searches and page histories into caching features. RSS feeds are built in automatically for news of interest. Safari for Windows is for those who seek a streamlined, slim web browser without all the bloat of IE and Firefox.

Opera receives a gold star! Opera possesses all the entertaining and practical features that not only make surfing the web fun but functional. Some of the more outstanding features include interactive voice, thumbnail previews, mouse gestures and customizing skins. Opera is one of the few browsers that integrates interactive voice commands. You now have the ability to navigate the web by talking to your browser! Opera will even read text to you! Opera offers tabbed browsing allowing you the ability to navigate from site to site and open several pages in one browser window, or surf using mouse gestures. Other convenient features include an integrated search function, customizable toolbars and thumbnail previews. Additionally, you have the ability to cascade or tile web pages to view work on more than one page at a time. Furthermore Opera includes RSS feeds, which have an icon that appears when a feed is detected, simply click on the icon to add the feed. You also have the ability to add notes to web pages so that when you return to the web page your notes will appear. This is an excellent tool for web research!

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