Alternative browsers
Typically, choosing to work in a particular browser for Windows, the user prefers the most popular options such as Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Opera. This is convenient because it allows you to use software from giants who make changes to their code and complement their offspring with all sorts of plug-ins and extensions almost daily. However, for the most inquisitive minds, I will review the alternatives here, maybe they will seem interesting to someone, or you will find in them a couple of useful functions for yourself. Moreover, as practice shows, less common distributions may be safer due to the reduced interest in them of various hacker hands.
All browsers below are available for free at the time of this writing.
Lunascape
Developer site http://www.lunascape.tv/
Download link http://www.lunascape.tv/Download.aspx
The main advantage of this interesting browser for both web developers and users is the ability to display sites in various ways in accordance with the chosen engine of popular browsers. That is, in fact, the user is given the opportunity to see how the downloaded pages of the site appear in such browsers as Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. It’s not a secret that some website builders create their projects for certain types of browsers, which means that in other browsers such a one-way website may work, to put it mildly, incorrectly. The developers of the Lunascape program took up this problem, creating a concise and universal solution for surfing the web in the global network.
In order to switch from one viewing mode or engine to another, simply select the desired item and switch to the menu. The site display mode is changed in real time. In addition, it can memorize which of the engines was chosen for a specific site and in the future automatically launch the necessary engine for it.
Flock
Everyone is familiar with the work of social networks on the Internet. Many have 2-3 or even more accounts in various social projects. The main difference between the Flock browser and other similar programs is the orientation to work with social networks. This browser is aimed at the most convenient work for people who devote their time to communication through social services. He is able to store account data, so that the user can easily receive new messages from social networks. In addition, the program provides a panel for displaying events and comments occurring in these services in real time. All passwords for accounts of your networks can be stored in one single account.