Web Browsers

Apple Safari for Windows
License: Free for PC and MAC Last Reviewed: 2012-05-11
Version: 5.1.7 – Released: 2012-05-10 Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 36.7 MB
“Safari renders web pages at lightning speed. It works on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. It shows you your favorite sites at a glance. And it’s so smart, it even checks your spelling and grammar. Meet Safari, a browser unlike any you’ve ever seen.
“Features:
♦ VoiceOver Screen Reader
♦ ARIA Support
♦ Enhanced Keyboard Navigation
♦ Full-Page Zoom
♦ Zoom Text Only
♦ Closed Captions for HTML5 Video
♦ Custom Style Sheets
♦ Minimum Font Size
Anchor Link Avant Browser
License: Freeware – Donations appreciated Last Reviewed: 2013-05-04
Version: 2013.107 – Released: 2013-05-03 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 4.27 MB Requires: IE 6.0 or later
Portable version available on-site
“Avant Browser is a multi-window (tabbed) browser based on the Internet Explorer core. It allows you to browse multiple Web sites simultaneously, block popup windows, block Flash advertising, and offers additional mouse functions for faster navigation. Additional features include an integrated privacy cleaner that helps to remove surfing tracks, a built-in Google search engine enables user to search for web pages and images in Internet, 2 modes of full screen browsing and much more. Avant Browser also provides options to easily block downloads of pictures, videos, sounds and ActiveX components to further spped up page loading times. All your IE settings and Favorites are available from within Avant Browser.”
Anchor Link Browser Archive
Information Only Last Reviewed: 2010-05-23
Last Updated: 2009-07-15
“Who archived all these? One of the founding members of evolt.org, Adrian Roselli (or aardvark for those of you who visit the site or are on the mailing list), has provided the archive as well as its support through his company, Algonquin Studios.”
Anchor Link Browser Plugin Check
License: Free Online Last Reviewed: 2010-05-29
“Keep your Plugins up to date! This page works best with the latest browsers: Firefox 3.6+, Opera 10.5, Safari 4, Chrome 4, or IE 8.
“The Mozilla Plugin Check page is a general tool for keeping web browser plugins up to date. Fully supported browsers do the following:
• Gathers every plugin’s metadata and optionally it’s live data
• Check with the Plugin Directory by mime-type
• Try to match the plugin metadata with information we know about plugins
• If there is a match, then check to see if the version is outdated or has a security vulnerable.
“Although the supported top plugins are a healthy portion of the traffic on the internet, we have a long way to go in terms of covering all plugins.
“Plugin Check support for Internet Explorer is limited. Also use Tools > Manage Addons > Click Update”
Anchor Link Chrome
License: Free – Source available Last Reviewed: 2013-04-10
Version: 26.0.1410.64 – Released: 2013-04-10 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 32.9 MB
“Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
“Source code for Google Chrome is available free of charge under open source software license agreements at:
( Source Code )
Anchor Link Chrome Portable
License: Freeware – Source available Last Reviewed: 2013-04-10
Version: 26.0.1410.64 – Released: 2013-04-09 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 1.37 MB
“Chrome Portable is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. It’s designed to be simple and stylish. It’s packaged as a portable app, so you can take your browsing experience with you. Features include:
♦ Quick to start up
♦ Loads web pages in a snap
♦ Runs web applications faster than ever
♦ Designed for efficiency and ease of use
♦ Search and navigate to web pages from the same box
♦ Arrange and organize tabs however you wish—quickly and easily
♦ Get to your favorite websites with just a click, from the thumbnails of your most visited sites in the New Tab page
♦ Themes to add delight to your browser”
Anchor Link ChromeCacheView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-06-28
Version: 1.46 – Released: 2012-06-25 Windows: 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7
File Size: 59 KB Portable
“ChromeCacheView is a small utility that reads the cache folder of Google Chrome Web browser, and displays the list of all files currently stored in the cache. For each cache file, the following information is displayed: URL, Content type, File size, Last accessed time, Expiration time, Server name, Server response, and more. You can easily select one or more items from the cache list, and then extract the files to another folder, or copy the URLs list to the clipboard.”
Anchor Link ChromeCookiesView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-03-06
Version: 1.02 – Released: 2011-05-31 Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 185 KB Both 32- and 64-bit compatible
“ChromeCookiesView is an alternative to the standard internal cookies viewer of Google Chrome Web browser. It displays the list of all cookies stored by Google Chrome Web browser, and allows you to easily delete unwanted cookies. It also allows you export the cookies into text/csv/html/xml file.
“For every cookie, the following information is displayed: Host Name, Path, Name, Value, Secure (Yes/No), HTTP Only Cookie (Yes/No), Last Accessed Time, Creation Time, Expiration Time.”
Anchor Link Firefoxupdate
License: GNU GPL – Open Source Last Reviewed: 2013-05-15
Version: 21.0 – Released: 2013-05-15 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 20.3 MB Portable version available
Both 32- and 64-bit compatible
“Mozilla Firefox is a speedy, full-featured browser that makes browsing more efficient than ever before. Firefox includes: comprehensive popup controls to keep unwanted advertising off your desktop; a tab browsing mode that lets you open several pages in a single window, allowing you to load links in the background without leaving the page you’re on; integrated search (powered by Google); industry leading accessibility with Find As You Type — find links and page text by simply typing; simplified privacy controls that let you cover your tracks more effectively; a streamlined browser window that lets you see more of the page than any other browser while at the same time being more configurable; a large variety of free downloadable extensions and themes that add specific functionality and visual changes to the browser; …and a number of other details that work together with you to help you get the most out of your time online.”
[ A portable version is available here:
( Firefox Portable )
; Ed. ]
Anchor Link Firefox Add-ons
Information Only Last Reviewed: 2010-05-22
“Add-ons extend Firefox, letting you personalize your browsing experience. Add-ons are small pieces of software that can add new features or tiny tweaks to your Firefox. They can add new search engines or dictionaries in other languages, change the look of Firefox with a new theme, or much more. Take a look around and see what add-ons can do for you.
“Mozilla is providing links to these applications as a courtesy, and makes no representations regarding the applications or any information related thereto. Any questions, complaints or claims regarding the applications must be directed to the appropriate software vendor.”
Anchor Link Firefox NoScript
License: GNU GPL – Open Source Last Reviewed: 2013-04-30
Version: 2.6.6.1 – Released: 2013-04-29 Windows: All
File Size: 521 KB
“The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Flock, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browsers: this free, open source add-on allows JavaScript, Java, Flash and other plugins to be executed only by trusted web sites of your choice (e.g. your online bank), and provides the most powerful Anti-XSS protection available in a browser. NoScript’s unique whitelist based pre-emptive script blocking approach prevents exploitation of security vulnerabilities (known and even not known yet!) with no loss of functionality…
“You can enable JavaScript, Java and plugin execution for sites you trust with a simple left-click on the NoScript status bar icon, or using the contextual menu, for easier operation in popup statusbar-less windows.”
[ Note: Lately, this site has been updated almost every day. Therefore all of the information here is only as accurate as the last date we reviewed the site. Ed. ]
Anchor Link Firefox Portable
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-04-13
Version: 20.0.1 – Released: 2013-04-12 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 22.0 MB Portable
“Portable Firefox is a fully functional package of Firefox optimized for use on a USB key drive. It has some specially-selected optimizations to make it perform faster and extend the life of your USB key as well as a specialized launcher that will allow most of your favorite extensions to work as you switch computers. It will also work from a CDRW drive (in packet mode), ZIP drives, external hard drives, some MP3 players, flash RAM cards and more.
“To install, just download the ZIP file and unzip it to the root directory of your USB drive. It will create a ‘firefox’ directory and all the requisite directories underneath. To use Firefox on your drive, launch it with the PortableFirefox.exe file in the firefox directory. DO NOT launch the firefox.exe file directly, as this will create a profile on your hard drive or use an existing one. Additionally, be sure you’ve closed any local copies of Firefox and that they’ve finished shutting down. Otherwise, a new window of your local install will be launched. This is a feature of Firefox itself to prevent multiple copies running at the same time.”
Anchor Link Firefox x64
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2010-05-27
Version: 3.6.3 – Released: 2010-05-27 Windows: 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7
File Size: 7.96
“Mozilla Firefox is a small, fast and very easy to use browser that offers many advantages over other web browsers, such as the ability to block pop-up windows and the tabbed browsing. This is the 64-bit build.”
Anchor Link HTTrack
License: GNU GPL – Open Source Last Reviewed: 2013-05-04
Version: 3.47-11 – Released: 2013-05-04 Windows: 2000, XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 3.68 MB Portable versions available here
Both 32- and 64-bit versions
“HTTrack is an easy-use offline browser utility. It allows you to transfer a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all structures, getting html, images, and other files from the server to your computer. Links are rebuilt relatively so that you can freely browse to the local site (works with any browser). You can mirror several sites together so that you can jump from one to another. You can, also, update an existing mirror site, or continue an interrupted transfer. The robot is fully configurable, with many options and features.”
Anchor Link IE Tab for Chrome and Firefox
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2011-05-07
Version: 1.4.30.4 – Released: 2011-05-04 Windows: XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 136 KB
“IE Tab for Chrome and IE Tab 2 for Firefox are browser extensions that allow you to use Internet Explorer to display web pages in a tab. This is useful in many cases where a web page requires Internet Explorer features. This is also a great tool for web developers, since you can easily see how your web page displays in IE with just one click.”
Anchor Link K-Meleon
License: GNU GPL – Open Source Last Reviewed: 2010-03-05
Version: 1.5.4 – Released: 2010-03-05 Windows: All
File Size: 6 MB Portable
“K-Meleon is a lite Web browser based on gecko (the mozilla rendering engine). It’s fast, has a minimal interface, and it is fully standards-compliant. To make it simple, K-Meleon may be considered the unbloated Mozilla for Windows. K-Meleon is built on a powerful plugin architecture, which gives developers the ability to add new features. K-Meleon is released under the GNU General Public License. Your Favorites will be automatically imported when you install K-Meleon. Any Mozilla plugins (Shockwave, Adobe, etc.) should work by being copied into the plugins directory under K- Meleon. Macros can be enabled, disabled and modified. K-Meleon allows you to control cookies the browser accepts. It also allows you to control the browser identity. You also have the ability to control and disable popup and popunder windows.”
Anchor Link Lunascape
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-05-09
Version: 6.8.4 – Released: 2013-05-08 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8
File Size: 16.5 MB
“Lunascape is the world’s first and only triple engine browser. What this means is that you can have the best features, performance, and speed of Windows Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Apple Safari all in one browser and can view any website in an optimal way without a need to open another browser.
“Yes, that’s right. Lunascape = IE (Trident)+Firefox (Gecko)+Chrome+Safari (Webkit)
“On top of that, our proprietary technology realizes one of the fastest browsing speed and provides you with full of features and customizable design options. It is light, snappy, and fun.
“Standard installer is lighter than Extended installer and suitable for many users. Extended version installs Gecko and Webkit engines during initial install, thus heavier. We recommend using it only when a user have trouble installing Gecko and Webkit through Standard installer.”
Anchor Link Maxthon Cloud Browser
License: Freeware – Donations appreciated Last Reviewed: 2013-05-09
Version: 4.0.6.2000 – Released: 2013-05-07 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 7
File Size: 33.1 MB Portable version available on-site
“Maxthon cloud browser is a suite of state-of-art, cloud-powered web browsers that work in concert, making it easy for users to maintain a continuous experience, un-tethered to a single device or operating system. Maxthon Cloud represents the next era of web browsing, leveraging a new approach to technology and user experience leadership for which Maxthon is well known. It also represents the latest chapter of a rich dialogue Maxthon has had with its global community since the creation of MyIE2.
“Powered by Maxthon’s cloud engine, Maxthon Cloud goes beyond other browsers to make true seamless browsing experience a reality. Maxthon Cloud is not limited to a single device ecosystem or operating system. It moves more types of data from browser to browser without detouring through a series of cloud-products. Simply put, Maxthon Cloud removes artificial limits of device type or operating system, moving and putting all that is important to users into one or all of their web-connected devices.
“Maxthon Cloud Browser for Windows uses a unique, innovative dual-core design that uses both Webkit and Trident. Fast and efficient, our dual-core design displays all web pages quickly and reliably. With its first-place HTML 5 support and ‘out of the box’ features you can’t get anywhere else, Maxthon Cloud Browser for Windows frees people to share and send files among different devices and platforms, easily.”
Anchor Link MozBackup
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-03-06
Version: 1.5.1 – Released: 2011-03-30 Windows: All
File Size: 890 KB
“MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache, etc. The program offers an easy-to-use 3 step wizard that lets you select and backup the profiles to a folder of your choice.”
Anchor Link MozillaCacheView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-10-10
Version: 1.57 – Released: 2012-10-09 Windows: 98 to Windows 7
File Size: 68 KB Portable
“MozillaCacheView is a small utility that reads the cache folder of Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape Web browsers, and displays the list of all files currently stored in the cache. For each cache file, the following information is displayed: URL, Content type, File size, Last modified time, Last fetched time, Expiration time, Fetch count, Server name, and more. You can easily select one or more items from the cache list, and then extract the files to another folder, or copy the URLs list to the clipboard.
“This utility works on any version of Windows, from Windows 98 to Windows 7. You can use this utility even if Firefox/Mozilla is not installed on your system, as long as you have the entire cache folder that you want to inspect.”
Anchor Link MozillaCookiesView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-08-20
Version: 1.40 – Released: 2012-08-20 Windows: 9x, Me, NT, 2000, XP
File Size: 43 KB Portable
“MozillaCookiesView is an alternative to the standard ‘Cookie Manager’ provided by Netscape and Mozilla browsers. It displays the details of all cookies stored inside the cookies file (cookies.txt) in one table, and allows you to save the cookies list into text, HTML or XML file, delete unwanted cookies, and backup/restore the cookies file.
“MozillaCookiesView works properly in all versions of Windows (Windows 9x/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows XP) and it can read the cookies file created by any version of Netscape/Mozilla browser. However, If you have an old version of Netscape or Mozilla, you’ll have to locate the cookies file (cookies.txt) by yourself, and then select it by using the ‘Select Cookies File / Folder’ option.”
Anchor Link MozillaHistoryView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-12-15
Version: 1.50 – Released: 2012-12-09 Windows: 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista
File Size: 56 KB Portable
“MozillaHistoryView is a small utility that reads the history data file (history.dat) of Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape Web browsers, and displays the list of all visited Web pages in the last days. For each visited Web page, the following information is displayed: URL, First visit date, Last visit date, Visit counter, Referrer, Title, and Host name. You can also easily export the history data to text/HTML/Xml file.
“For all Firefox/Mozilla versions except of Firefox 3, you can use this utility even if Firefox/Mozilla is not installed on your system, as long as you have the history file (history.dat) that you want to inspect. If you want to read the history file of Firefox 3 (places.sqlite file), Firefox 3 must be installed on your system.”
Anchor Link Opera
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-04-04
Version: 12.15.1748 – Released: 2013-04-04 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8
File Size: 12.5 MB Both 32- and 64-bit compatible
“Opera is an Internet browser with a pop-up blocker, multiple-windows navigation, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, e-mail client with Spam filter, and integrated search all for user security and speed. The cross-platform browser includes a multitude of other functions such as integrated built-in e-mail client, IRC-compatible chat, support for RSS newsfeeds, password manager, one-click customization and privacy protection settings.
“Opera’s new looks are complemented with exciting features such as the Personal Bar and Pagebar, hotclick, improved window handling, bookmarks search, redesigned preferences, new shortcuts, extensive drag and drop, and support for Unicode and LiveConnect.”
Anchor Link Opera USB
License: Freeware – Donations appreciated Last Reviewed: 2013-04-06
Version: 12.15 – Released: 2013-04-04 Windows: 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7
File Size: 19.4 MB Portable
Both 32- and 64-bit versions
“Opera@USB has the same functionality as the Desktop version, but can be run on USB Flashdrive/Stick/Pen, and also as secondary browser on hard disk. There are no unwanted effects on IE or other browsers, existing Opera versions are also not affected. It makes no entries to the registry, leaves no data on the guest computer.”
Anchor Link OperaCacheView
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-05-23
Version: 1.40 – Released: 2010-05-22 Windows: All
File Size: 48 KB Portable
“OperaCacheView is a small utility that reads the cache folder of Opera Web browser, and displays the list of all files currently stored in the cache. For each cache file, the following information is displayed: URL, Content type, File size, Last accessed time, and last modified time in the server. You can easily select one or more items from the cache list, and then extract the files to another folder, or copy the URLs list to the clipboard.”
Anchor Link Pale Moon
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-04-11
Version: 20.0.1 – Released: 2013-04-11 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8
File Size: 16.6 MB Portable versions available on-site
Both 32- and 64-bit versions
“Why settle for a basic build of your Firefox browser on Windows Operating Systems when you can have one that performs 25% faster? Mozilla does not provide optimized browser packages for Windows, while many Linux (‘from scratch’) users get the advantage of a browser built specifically for their system. That needs to change! So, here is the Pale Moon project: Custom-built and optimized Firefox browsers for Windows Operating Systems. Make sure to get the most speed out of your browser!
“Of course, getting a faster browser is not just about optimizing the compilation process (building a program from its source code), but also about carefully choosing features and how to choose the best setup. This means that this browser, however extremely close to Firefox, does not have all the functions that Firefox has. A few, carefully selected, features have been disabled that are not in high demand, and that do not interfere with the way web pages are displayed or function; all to maximize speed and efficiency of the browser. Please see the page with technical details to learn exactly what the browser supports, and what it doesn’t support. In short, if you need accessibility features or parental controls, then please visit the firefox homepage and get the official, non-optimized build.”
Anchor Link Safari for Windows
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2012-03-15
Version: 5.1.4 – Released: 2012-03-12 Windows: XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 36.7 MB
“Experience the web, Apple style, with Safari: the fastest, easiest-to-use web browser in the world. With its simple, elegant interface, Safari gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the web — up to 2 times faster than Internet Explorer. Safari’s clean, sleek look lets you focus on the web instead of your browser. The browser frame is a mere one pixel wide. You see a scroll bar only when you need one. You see no status bar by default a blue progress bar fills the address field as the page loads giving you more room to browse and view the web.
“And with commonly used tools like a Google search field built right into Safari, you can get anywhere on the web faster. Tabbed browsing, pop-up blocker and more are all fully implemented and supported.”
Anchor Link SeaMonkey
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-04-04
Version: 2.17 – Released: 2013-04-02 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 21.3 MB
“Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple — all your Internet needs in one application.
“The SeaMonkey project is a community effort to deliver production-quality releases of code derived from the application formerly known as ‘Mozilla Application Suite’. Whereas the main focus of the Mozilla Foundation is on Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird, our group of dedicated volunteers works to ensure that you can have ‘everything but the kitchen sink’ – and have it stable enough for corporate use.”
Anchor Link Sleipnir
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-04-25
Version: 4.1.0.4000 – Released: 2013-04-25 Windows: XP, Vista, 7, 8
File Size: 37.7 MB Portable version available on-site
Both 32- and 64-bit compatible
“Sleipnir is designed to be a highly customizable browser that you can configure to suit your individual needs. With Sleipnir, you can create your ideal browser by changing the design, skin, and visual appearance. You can also add custom functionality to Sleipnir with a wide range of plugins and user scripts. Users love Seipnir for it’s unique blend of high-performance and customizability!”
Anchor Link Slim Browserupdate
License: Freeware – Donations appreciated Last Reviewed: 2013-05-13
Version: 7.00.029 – Released: 2013-05-13 Windows: XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 2012, 7, 8
File Size: 3.24 MB Portable version available on-site
Both 32- and 64-bit compatible
“SlimBrowser is a tabbed, multi-site Web browser. The recoverable pop-up killer identifies and blocks pop-up ads without killing a desirable window by mistake. A quick-search bar provides instant access to predefined search engines. Extensive support for skins lets you tailor Slim Browser to your own preference. The AutoLogin feature automatically logs you in to predefined sites, with just one click. Script-error suppression eliminates annoying script-error dialogs. Internet Explorer toolbars can be seamlessly integrated with Slim Browser. Site groups let you open a series of sites all at once, with only one click. Slim Browser provides special support for Web developers with a syntax-highlighted HTML/script editor and a batchable FTP uploader.
“The lite edition doesn’t include any plugins or add-ons, neither does it include any skins. Lite edition has the same version number as the regular edition.”
Anchor Link Waterfox
License: Freeware Last Reviewed: 2013-01-21
Version: 18.01 – Released: 2013-01-19 Windows: XP, Vista, 7
File Size: 31.9 MB Portable version available on-site
“Waterfox is a high performance browser based on the Mozilla Firefox source code. Made specifically for 64-Bit systems, Waterfox has one thing in mind: speed.
“The Firefox source code is taken and compiled to run specifically for 64-Bit Windows computers. To make Waterfox stand out a bit more, it’s compiled with optimizations so that it will run more efficiently and faster than just compiling Firefox as a 64-Bit program.”