What is Green Browser?

The actual name for this browser is GreenBrowser, without the space.

Written by a Chinese (again? Maxthon and Avant are also written by Chinese), GreenBrowser is very similar to first generation of Maxthon, which was called MyIE at that time.

I think the main objective of GreenBrowser is to replace Internet Explorer. As we know that the limitation of all IE, until IE8. I haven't try IE9, so no comment on IE9. GreenBrowser is running on top of the IE engine, therefore it will not be anything faster than IE.

At GreenBrowser's website, it claimed it is a fastest and lightest web browser. However during my testing, the speed still feels like using IE. The only different is you can have a lot of stuffs/feature just like Maxthon/FireFox/Chrome/etc. Other things that I noted are:
1. The nuffnang ads on my blog is not loaded. I tried another blog if mine, but still the same.
2. Some of the embedded youtube video looks like not added correctly although other browsers looks okay.
3. McAfee detected one of the GreenBrowser plug-in when I unzip the portable version.


What I like about GreenBrowser is it has official portable version (just like Opera), therefore we don't need to worry too much if we downloaded a portable version that is might have trojan.[oppsss... except for the plug-in being detected by McAfee as trojan :P]

Summary, GreenBrowser is just a another browser that might suite your surfing needs. I still stick with Chrome and FireFox for now and GreenBrowser will be just another backup browser that I always have (Opera, and Maxthon) :)

To download, go to these links:
http://www.morequick.com/Download.htm
http://www.morequick.com/DownloadGB.htm (Chinese)

For more detail of this browser, go to these links:
http://www.morequick.com/IndexEn.htm
http://www.morequick.co (Chinese)


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Super light browser: K-Meleon

I was looking for a very light browser on last weekend to run some experiments. Light meaning it will not hog the system memory, so FireFox (3.xx.xx and 4) and Chrome are out of the picture since they suck up system memory. I tried Safari, but it uses the system CPU power too much, and my system is not so updated [ring a bell? ;) ], after a while, the whole system slow down because of Safari. My rockmelt and other browsers just cannot meet the requirement and I hate IE......
So time for google......


K-Meleon show up in top 10 search from google. And since it got portable version (no installation!), I quickly download it and give it a try.

From the developer:
"K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. K-Meleon is Free, Open Source software released under the GNU General Public License and is designed specifically for Microsoft Windows (Win32) operating systems. "

Okay, K-Meleon is like brother/sister of FireFox, but after some testings and serious reloading, the memory never go more than 300M. And my system did not slow down. NICE!

K-Meleon support tab browsing and also come with mouse gesture which we have to install addon for FireFox to enable that. It can also enable reloading on specific tab for a period of time [that is the main reason I was looking for this kind of browser]. To do that:
Open the webpage -> View -> Reloading -> Continuous Reload...
A windows will pop up asking for how long it wait to reload in seconds. Put 120 for 2 mins or 180 for 3 mins, do not put too short like 60 seconds.

The only drawback of K-Meleon is the update is very slow (3 update only on 2010), which can be an advantage because less update needed. :)
Another drawback (depends on individuals) is the interface looks very outdated, unlike FireFox 4, IE10, Safari, and Opera which have most updated looks.

Here is the link to K-Meleon:
http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/


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What is Maxthon?

I have been using Maxthon 2 for a few years already, but this is not my primary web browser. My primary web browser for now is FireFox and Safari. Maxthon has some nice features which attracted over 536 million downloads!

http://www.maxthon.com

This is Maxthon 2:

This is Maxthon 3:

What I like about Maxthon are:
1. Mouse gesture: it is build-in feature in Maxthon, therefore it works perfectly. FireFox have to install mouse gesture add-on and it is not always stable.

2. Boss key: you can set a combination of keyboard and hide it when ever you press the combination. Maxthon will disappear from taskbar and notification icon all together! It was not included on Maxthon 3 but the latest update has added it back.

3. Pop-up blocker: the best build-in pop up blocker. Especially if you go to China's websites a lot, these websites have too much pop up and since Maxthon is written by Chinese, they know how to deal with these pop-up!

4. Dual display engine (Ultra and Retro mode) (Only on Maxthon 3): Ultra mode supposedly speed up the web browsing experience but if some old sites not display properly on Maxthon3, you can switch back to retro mode.

p/s: spelling error of the update tool of Maxthon 3! Did you see that?

This is the last one of rare browser series from me for now (Maxthon is not rare,but very popular in China though). Let me think what I can write next......


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Source: http://www.maxthon.com

What is Orca Browser?

From the pageview that I showed, Orca is another type of web browser that visited this blog. So google it and found this:

http://www.orcabrowser.com/

From the website:
Orca Browser is an extremely fast and user friendly web browser, designed to add more functions on to the latest version of Firefox.

Orca also have portable version. Look for it in the download page.

Looks more like avant browser to me, too bad the it cannot perform auto proxy or use IE proxy, hence cannot browse to any webpage:

Verdict: I will skip


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Source: http://www.orcabrowser.com/

What is Flock?

From the pageview that I showed (link here), Flock is another web browser that visited this blog. So google it and found this:

http://flock.com/

Supposedly this is a social web browser that is build for Facebook and Twitter. If I remember correctly, this browser exist earlier than RockMelt (a few years maybe), but not as popular as RockMelt right now. Why? Because it is not approved by Zuckerberg! (Just joking :P).

Verdict: I don't even want to try it at all, because I have RockMelt already.


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Source: http://flock.com/

What is Pale Moon?

I found some pageviews are from Pale Moon, so I went to google it to find out what is that. And I found this:

http://www.palemoon.org/

So, Pale Moon is custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems. The people at Pale Moon claimed that it is 25% faster than the regular FireFox. Other features:
* Highly optimized for current processors
* 100% Firefox sourced: As safe as the browser that has seen years of development.
* Uses slightly less memory because of disabled redundant and optional code
* Significant speed increases for page drawing and script processing
* Support for SVG and Canvas, downloadable fonts, WOFF and some HTML5
* Support for Firefox extensions, themes and personas
* Support for OOPP (Out-of-process plugin execution)
* Able to use existing Firefox profiles, bookmarks and settings

I downloaded the portable version at here: http://www.palemoon.org/palemoon-portable.shtml. If you are using Athlon XP, please download this: http://www.palemoon.org/athlonxp.shtml

Here is the print screen on my laptop:

Remember to donate (thru the donate button at end of the main page of palemoon.org) if you like the software.

Verdict: I got a very slow broadband at home, so don't see the different between Palemoon and FireFox. Do you see any different?


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Source: http://www.palemoon.org