May 01, 2003 03:36 PM
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(Updated May 01, 2003 11:15 PM)
A smart companion for web-surfers SlimBrowser
SlimBrowser is a clever browser if you love to surf. It is not an alternative browser, but it extends IE functionality providing some really smart features. You can find about all the features on SlimBrowser website.
(https://flashpeak.com/sbrowser/sbrowser.htm)
Here are my pics :
Multi tabbed interface (MDI), actually an absolute must, which is not provided by Microsoft IE so far. It has Effective pop-up killer. And ability to make some sites hidden (if you have your kids/parents around!)
Site Grouping Functionality. This smart feature enables you to group the sites under single tag. This is really useful when you surf a fixed set of website frequently. For example, I have 3-4 mail accounts on different sites. I can open all these accounts in a single click on the predefined group called 'Mail'.
Quick Search Bar. This bar is in built in the browser giving you access of most of the popular search engine. (For advanced users) these search engine query format settings are stored in text format making it easy to edit them! And the best thing is you can highlight your search string with a single click. This cool feature saves a lot of time when you are looking for some specific word in long big WebPages!
Translation, Dictionary and thesaurus. You can translate the entire website. Highlight the word and look it up in the online dictionary/thesaurus.
If your PC is used by a single user then Auto-Login feature automatically connects and logs into specified Web sites with just one click. You need to configure username and password for the first time)
There are some more features like skin support, JavaScript execution etc. details can be found in product help or website.
Now lets see some of the improvement areas.
1.Some of the functions does not work like print preview. 2.Favourites are arranged only in alphabetical order..Very annoying!
3.Some sites, which provide download links in pop-ups or new windows does not function properly.
4.Form completion does not work properly.
It is good stability wise at least on 98 and XP machines with IE 5 onwards. It shows Java applets and flash object perfectly. It works well with download managers like Download accelerator and other popular products.
Finally, This clever utility is a must for heavy Internet surfers. I rate this very highly simply because it does not try to provide very big fancy things but clever extensions for IE (really matters). Go..Get it!
