by DAN CALLOWAY
Published September 3, 2009; The Chronicler’s Web
WEAVERVILLE, NC – I do a lot of Web surfing on the Internet and have tried many Web browsers over the years. Among the things I look for in a good Web browser are speed, tabbed browsing capability, browser scalability, browser stability, and the ability to change the appearance of the Web browser in viewing the sites I visit most often. Needless to say, if a Web browser doesn’t meet up to my standards, I eventually ditch it and move on.
The very first Web browser that was developed after the advent of the Internet (or the W3) was the Mosiac Web Browser. It didn’t have the capability to handle graphics, just text, but it was an extremely functional and no-nonsense and Web usable Web browser. Well, Web browsers have advanced quite a bit from the first Mosiac Web Browser, with the ability to handle graphics, the development of plug-ins that perform additional functions that enhance browser functionality and improve the user experience, and incorporation of the Java platform into the Web browser.
Safari 4 Top Sites
The most popular Web browser in use today is still Microsoft Internet Explorer. Their latest version is IE 9. And, despite the claims from Microsoft that you can uninstall this Web browser on the computer and the Operating System won’t be affected, don’t believe it. Try uninstalling IE–if you can–and see what happens to MS Windows XP, or Vista. The OS will become unstable. That’s by design. So, it goes without saying, this is my least favorite Web browser and one that I haven’t used in ages even though I run MS Windows XP or Pro on all of my home PCs and laptops. So, it also goes without saying, my least favorite Web browser is Internet Explorer.
Some of the other Web browsers I’ve tried over the years are: Opera, Netscape (which is now deprecated and no longer supported), Avant, Callico (developed by my brother and an author of The Chronlicler’s Web, Donald Calloway), Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox to name only a few. Of all these Web browsers, the one that I have enjoyed using the most is Firefox.
Well, let me say that I was recently reintroduced to the Safari 4 Web browser, developed by Apple Corporation, and you have to download, install, and setup this Web browser to believe what it is capable of doing. It has all the functionality I am looking for in a Web browser and much more. It’s extremely fast and very user-friendly.
Safari 4 History
In addition to the functionality that I normally look for in a Web browser, the Safari 4 browser has a unique tabbed browsing setup, which the user can change on-the-fly. And, the best feature I’ve seen is the 3D browser effect called Top Sites, which is an intelligent browsing feature that captures in a 3D arrangement the sites that you visit the most. The more you use it, the more this browser learns about your browsing habits and displays only your most frequently visited Websites. Another great feature is the 3D History feature that works similarly to the Top Sites feature, but represents the browser History rather than Top Sites visited.
Do me a favor and check out the Safari 4 Web browser today! You’ll thank me later.
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