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The Google Chrome Web Browser

Posted by on October 6, 2010 Leave a Comment
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Google Chrome is one of the most recent newcomers to the Web browser game. Just developed and released in 2008, it is a Web browser that currently works only with the Microsoft Windows operating system. The operating system got a huge boost simply by coming from Google- perhaps the best-known Internet company today. Perhaps in part because of its origins, Google Chrome was immediately popular, and in the two years since its release it has become the third most popular Web browser available. This has given in a market share of a little more than 7 percent. Though that may not sound like much, 7 percent of Web users represent millions upon millions of users.

Standing on the shoulders of the Internet browser giants, Chrome has many similarities to Web browsers that have come before. It has a set of options that are reminiscent of Apple’s Safari Web browser, and the settings are similar in design to Internet Explorer. The design of the browser is different from the main Google site in many ways, and the browser uses different colors for its logo than most people are used to seeing on the Google website. This may remove the site from the browser in many people’s minds.

Though initially offering it in a version that is only compatible with the Microsoft Windows operating system, that won’t always be the case. The limited accessibility may be hampering the Web browser’s customer numbers for now, but when later versions are released this will almost certainly not be the case. The company plans to release newer versions of Chrome that will run in Mac OS X. This will open up the Apple market and bring millions of customers who are fans of Google as well as Mac users who are interested in trying out new browsers on their Macs.

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Using the Safari Web Browser

Posted by on September 26, 2010 Leave a Comment
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Among Mac users, there are as many Web browser preferences as there are types of Macs. There are many Web browsers that will run on a Mac, though they may have a slightly different functionality than they would on a PC. Safari is a Web browser that was specifically made for use on Macs. The browser is the default browser of Mac computers, and it is preferred by many Mac users who like the customizability and ease of use of Safari.

The browser has gone through several versions since being introduced in 2003. Safari 5 was released by Apple in June of 2010. This latest version of Safari was created with a reader integrated into it for reading Web articles by themselves without any of the distractions that can often get in the way of taking in information. Safari 5 also came with better performance from the Safari Javascript.

Though Safari is made to give users a personalized user experience and comes with a host of special features such as the private browsing option, there are some sites that simply don’t work well with Safari. When sites are coded, they may be created to be viewed best with specific browsers, and Safari often doesn’t make the priority list. Some sites don’t work well in the browser, a few have blank forms that won’t appear if you try viewing the site with Safari and some sites simply won’t open at all with Safari. While this problem isn’t so widespread that Safari shouldn’t be used, it can affect people who spend a lot of time online or who need to fill out forms on a variety of sites. Mac users who find that Safari isn’t compatible with the sites they want or need to use can use a host of other browsers on their Mac, including Explorer and widespread favorite Firefox.

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The Safari Private Browsing Feature

Posted by on September 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

Any time a Web user browses online, there are a host of side effects that occur on the user’s computer. Depending on the sites you use and the activities that you do on those sites, you may pick up a host of unwanted effects that can slow down your computer or worse. Many sites place cookies on your computer to track your movements on the site. Others generate annoying pop-up windows that are hard to get rid of. The latest version of the Safari Web browser has a feature that is designed to end all of that.

The Private Browsing feature is one of the hallmarks of the Safari 5 browser. The feature is voluntary and must be turned on by using the toolbar at the top of the browser and choosing the Private Browsing feature. Once it is chosen, the feature keeps all of your browsing private. It blocks pop-up windows, and it handles the many cookies that websites try to place on computers. The feature keeps sites from recording which sites you visit, which pages you view and what you download from the website.

Private Browsing also keeps your computer from recording what you browse and recording the data that you use to fill in forms. With this feature, you can also keep sites from placing cookies on your computer. Safari blocks these cookies and stops websites from tracking your movements. It offers an unprecedented level of privacy to Mac users who want to be able to keep their browsing and downloading to themselves without having to worry about collecting cookies. It also makes it possible to use a public computer without leaving a trail behind that can be tracked by unscrupulous computer users who may try to record the data to of other computer users and to recover it later.

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