Mozilla Firefox is a fast, light and tidy open source web browser. At its public launch in 2004 Mozilla Firefox was the first browser to challenge Microsoft Internet Explorer’s dominance. Since then, Mozilla Firefox has consistently featured in the top 3 most popular browsers globally. The key features that have made Mozilla Firefox so popular are the simple and effective UI, browser speed and strong security capabilities. The browser is particularly popular with developers thanks to its open source development and active community of advanced users.
Easier Browsing
Mozilla put of a lot of resources into creating a simple but effective UI aimed at
making browsing quicker and easier. They created the tab structure that has
been adopted by most other browsers. In recent years Mozilla has also
focused on maximizing browsing area by simplifying toolbar controls to
just a Firefox button (which contains settings and options) and back/forward
buttons. The URL box features direct Google searching as well as an auto
predict/history feature called Awesome Bar. On the right side of the URL
box there are bookmarking, history and refresh buttons. To the right of the
URL box is a search box which allows you to customize your search engine
options. Outside of that a view button controls what you see below the URL.
Next to that you have the download history and home buttons.
Speed
Mozilla Firefox boasts impressive page load speeds thanks to the excellent
JagerMonkey JavaScript engine. Start up speed and graphics rendering are
also among the quickest in the market. Firefox manages complex video and
web content using layer-based Direct2D and Driect3D graphics systems.
Crash protection ensures only the plugin causing the issue stops working,
not the rest of the content being browsed. Reloading the page restarts any
affected plugins. The tab system and Awesome Bar have been streamlined
to launch/get results very quickly too.
Security
Firefox was the first browser to introduce a private browsing feature which
allows you to use the internet more anonymously and securely. History,
searches, passwords, downloads, cookies and cached content are all
removed on shutdown. Minimizing the chances of another user stealing
your identity or finding confidential information. Content security,
anti-phishing technology and antivirus/antimalware integration ensures
your browsing experience is as safe as possible.
Personalisation & Development
One of the best features of the Firefox UI is customization. Simply right
click on the navigation toolbar to customize individual components or
just drag and drop items you want to move around. The inbuilt Firefox
Add-ons Manager allows you to discover and install add-ons within the
browser as well as view ratings, recommendations and descriptions. Read about the top recommended add-ons for Mozilla Firefox on TechBeat.
Thousands of customizable themes allow you to customize the look and
feel of your browser. Site authors and developers can create advanced
content and applications using Mozilla’s open source platform and enhanced
API.
Opera is a secure web browser that is both fast and rich in features. It has a slick interface that embraces a modern, minimalist look, coupled with stacks of tools to make browsing more enjoyable. These include such tools as Speed Dial, which houses your favorites and Opera Turbo mode, which compresses pages to give you quicker navigation, (even when you have a bad connection).
Opera has everything you need to browse the web via a great interface. From startup it offers a Discover page that brings fresh content to you directly; t displays the news you want by topic, country and language. The Speed dial and bookmarks pages are also available to you at launch, which gives you easy access to the sites you use the most and those you've added to your favorite list.
Key features include:
Sleek interface.
Download manager.
Customizable themes.
Extensions.
Speed dial.
Private browsing mode.
Discover provides fresh news content.
Opera provides an integrated search and navigation function, which is a common sight among its other, well known, adversaries. Opera utilizes a single bar for both search and navigation, instead of having two text fields at the top of the screen. This feature obviously keeps the browser window uncluttered, whilst providing you with top functionality.
Opera also includes a download manager, and a private browsing mode that allows you to navigate without leaving a trace. Opera allows you to install an array of extensions too, so you can customize your browser as you see fit. Although the catalog is significantly smaller than more popular browsers' you'll find versions of Adblock Plus, Feedly, and Pinterest.
Opera is a great browser for the modern web. In terms of numbers of users, it is behind Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer. However, it is bang up to date with cutting edge technology and remains a strong contender in the browser wars.
Overall, Opera has an excellent design coupled with top performance; it is both simple and practical. The keyboard shortcuts are similar to other browsers, the available options are varied and the Speed Dial interface is pleasant to use. You can also customize Opera with themes and make you browsing experience even more personal. So, if you are thinking of trying something different than your usual browser, Opera could be the choice for you.
Comodo Dragon is a Chromium technology-based Browser that offers you all of Chrome's features PLUS the unparalleled level of security and privacy you only get from Comodo. Including a greater level of privacy than Chromium technology offers.
Features:
Improved Privacy over Chromium
Easy SSL Certificate Identification
Fast Website Access
Greater Stability and Less Memory Bloat
Incognito Mode Stops Cookies, Improves Privacy
Very easy to switch from your Browser to the Dragon.
At one time, web browsers simply got you to the Internet. But from the day it was released, Safari set the bar higher for web browsers. It introduced sophisticated design elements that made browsing a joy. Easy to use, Safari stayed out of your way and let you effortlessly navigate from site to site.
More browsing space: Safari is designed to emphasize the browsing, not the browser. The browser frame is a single pixel wide. You see a scroll bar only when needed. By default, there's no status bar. Instead, a progress indicator turns as your page loads. Tabbed browsing means you'll find tabs at the very top of the browser, opening an even wider window for viewing websites. A great browser, Safari lets you simply enjoy the web.
Find the sites you need: Looking for a site you visited in the past but can't quite remember? Use Full History Search to quickly find sites using even the sketchiest search terms. And when you click a web page in Cover Flow, it's because you've already recognized it as the site you were looking for. No more guessing. Innovative features like these show you how good browsing can be.
Satisfy your need for speed: The world's fastest browser, Safari has speed to burn. Why should you wait for pages to load? You want to see those search results, get the latest news, check current stock prices, right now.
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For two decades, the default web browsing experience in Windows
has been Internet Explorer. Over the years, Microsoft’s home-built
browser became bloated, insecure, confusing to use, and just plain hated
by many users. A lot of people turned to alternatives, such as Google
Chrome, as a result. With Windows 10 (check out our full review here),
Microsoft went back to the drawing board and scrapped everything it had
done so far with Internet Explorer. It built an entirely new browser
from scratch, one that would shed all of the baggage of Internet
Explorer and offer a modern, fast web browsing experience for Windows
users. That browser is Edge.
Edge comes with Windows 10 out of the box. And I should say up top that Internet Explorer also
comes with Windows 10, though it’s buried in the OS, and Microsoft says
that’s largely for compatibility with legacy enterprise apps. But Edge
is the default, and it will be available across Microsoft’s product
line, from PCs to smartphones to Holo Lens and Surface Hub. Microsoft
said it built Edge to be clean, tight, and responsive. In my tests, it
mostly was. Edge feels really lightweight and fast — and in some cases
bare-bones — which is a refreshing change from IE.
After IE, Microsoft has some work to do to rebuild users' trust, and
the company says the days of cluttered, unwanted task bars and
constantly changing home screens from nefarious apps are long gone. Edge
uses its own rendering engine, which was built off of IE 11's engine,
but slimmed down. Microsoft does note that it has done some work to make
sure websites that are designed for browsers like Safari or Chrome
still work well in Edge, which has long been a problem with IE. I did
run into some bugs on some webpages with Edge, but mainly stuff loaded
fast and accurately. Edge's default home page is informative and inviting
Open Edge and you are greeted with a clean home page that asks,
"Where to next?" above a combined search and address bar. Below that are
links to popular websites, and below those is a customized news and
information feed, that can display personalized news articles, sports
scores, and weather information based on your Microsoft account.
Unsurprisingly, Edge’s built-in search is powered by Bing, but what may
be more surprising is just how hard it is to change it to another
service, giving the impression that Microsoft really doesn’t want you
to. To change it, you need to visit the search engine you want to use
(such as Google), go to Settings, Advanced Settings, scroll to the
"Search in the Address bar" setting, select "Add New", choose the engine
that’s in the list, and click "Add as default."
Changing Edge’s search provider doesn’t turn off one of its coolest
new features, which is integration with Cortana, Windows 10’s virtual
assistant. Cortana pops up here and there as you browse with Edge,
providing context when you highlight a word and choose Ask Cortana or
when you type in queries for weather and other common search terms in
Edge’s search bar. (Microsoft says Cortana can provide direct answers
without loading a search page for 20 different types of questions.) A
feature called Cortana Assist can scan a webpage and highlight relevant
information, such as a phone number or address to a restaurant.
Microsoft says that Cortana Assist works with 150,000 restaurant
websites, mostly in the US for now, and it will expand it with other
features in the future.
Edge also has some other new features that are cool, but have limited
utility. A Reading List feature lets you save articles and webpages for
later reading, much like Pocket or Instapaper, though it doesn't work
offline. Edge can present a page in a stripped-down format that removes
ads and extraneous banners for easier reading, similar to Apple's Safari
browser on OS X. A note-taking mode lets you doodle and mark up a
webpage, then save that image right to OneNote or share it out to
another app. I really like Edge's native sharing feature, which makes it
easy to post a link to Twitter or Facebook without having to bounce
between apps.
Browsing in Edge can be a joy: pages load quickly, scrolling is
smooth, and rendering issues are far less common than they were with
Internet Explorer. On a Surface Pro 3 with 8GB of RAM and a Core i5
processor, Edge actually beat the latest version of Chrome in both the
Sunspider and Peacekeeper benchmarks. Microsoft is employing a bunch of
tricks to make this happen, including pre-fetching websites before you
get to them, but the end result is all that really matters, and it is
mostly good. It has also built Adobe Flash support right into Edge, and
says it is working closely with Adobe to make sure performance is high
and security is a priority. Still, there are times where Edge struggles
and it becomes clear this is a version one product, such as when it
offers to kick you to Internet Explorer if it’s having trouble with a
particular site. Extensions and other power-user features aren't here yet
Edge’s newness also means it doesn’t have a number of power features
that Chrome and Firefox users have long been accustomed to. It doesn’t
yet support extensions or plugins (the former are coming later this year
and in a format that’s very similar to Google’s Chrome App Store) nor
does it have the ability to pin tabs. There’s no way to sync your
browsing history or favorite sites with your mobile device until later
this year when Windows 10 for phones launches. Edge also doesn’t play
nice with Google’s web apps, so if you’re a diehard Google Docs or
Sheets user, you’ll want to stick to Chrome. Microsoft’s own Office web
apps work great, however.
If you're like me, and many other people, chances are you haven't
given Microsoft's browsers a second thought for years. But Edge will
likely change that, and though it's not quite as good or
feature-complete as it should be (which really can be said for Windows
10 as a whole at this point), it's a really great start and already much
better than Internet Explorer. The days of having to spend hours
uninstalling toolbar after toolbar during family holidays are a thing of
the past, and Microsoft finally has a web browsing experience it can be
proud of. It’s not yet a Chrome beater, but this time, Microsoft is
putting up a fight.
Groove: Smart Music Player
Don’t know what to listen to? With Groove, find the perfect playlist for any occasion in just a few taps. Imagine having your own personal DJ. Groove studies your listening habits and creates a wide variety of instant mixes to keep your music fresh. You’ll never have to manually create a playlist again.
Groove has become an instant hit with music lovers on Apple’s App Store. As such, the windows 8 version comes with the same outstanding features in a fresh new design.
IMPORTANT:
* This app plays music files (.mp3, .m4a and .wma) stored in your Windows Music Library only.
* DRM protected files (including music from Xbox Music Pass) are not supported.
* To include content from an SD card to your Windows Music Library, please follow the steps here: http://www.groovemusicapp.com/groove-win8/support-music-library-sdcard
* If you don't see some of your music, try switching the "Use Windows indexing" option OFF (in the Preferences section).
Features:
Automatically sort your favorite music and suggest a wide variety of mixes based on your listening habits.
Rediscover forgotten favorites from your own music library.
Download missing album artwork and artist photos.
Automatically organises your music in tags (pop, metal, indie, electronic, etc.).
Search your music library and create instant mixes in just a few taps.
1.1.0.1
- Minor bug fixes
1.1.0.0
- Optimized for Windows 8.1
- Bug fixes
NOTES
- To include content from an SD card to your Windows Music Library, please follow the steps here: http://www.groovemusicapp.com/groove-win8/support-music-library-sdcard
- If you don't see some of your music, try switching the "Use Windows indexing" option OFF (in the Preferences section).
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Windows 10 is a personal computeroperating system released by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. It was officially unveiled in September 2014 following a brief demo at Build 2014. The first version of the operating system entered a public beta testing process in October 2014, leading up to its consumer release on July 29, 2015,[2] and its release to volume licensing on August 1, 2015. To encourage the adoption of Windows 10, Microsoft announced that during its first year of availability, the operating system would be made available free of charge to users of genuine copies of eligible editions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1.
Windows 10 introduces what Microsoft described as a "universal" application architecture; expanding on Metro-style apps, these apps can be designed to run across multiple Microsoft product families with nearly identical code—including PCs, tablets, smartphones, embedded systems, Xbox One, Surface Hub and HoloLens. The Windows user interface was revised to handle transitions between a mouse-oriented interface and a touchscreen-optimized interface based on available input devices—particularly on 2-in-1 PCs; both interfaces include an updated Start menu that blends elements of Windows 7's traditional Start menu with the tiles of Windows 8. The first release of Windows 10 also introduces a virtual desktop system, a window and desktop management feature called Task View, the Microsoft Edgeweb browser, support for fingerprint and face recognition login, new security features for enterprise environments, and DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games.
Microsoft described Windows 10 as an 'operating system as a service' that would receive ongoing updates to its features and functionality, augmented with the ability for enterprise environments to receive non-critical updates at a slower pace, or use long-term support milestones that will only receive critical updates, such as security patches, over their five-year lifespan of mainstream support. Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft's Windows and Devices Group, argued that the goal of this model was to reduce fragmentation across the Windows platform, as Microsoft aimed to have Windows 10 installed on at least one billion devices in the two to three years following its release.[3]
Windows 10 received mostly positive reviews upon its original release in July 2015; critics praised Microsoft's decision to downplay user-interface mechanics introduced by Windows 8 (including the full screen apps and Start screen) in non-touch environments to provide a desktop-oriented interface in line with previous versions of Windows, although Windows 10's touch-oriented user interface mode was panned for containing regressions upon the touch-oriented interface of Windows 8. Critics also praised the improvements to Windows 10's bundled software over 8.1, Xbox Live integration, as well as the functionality and capabilities of Cortana and the replacement of Internet Explorer with Edge—although the browser was criticized for being a work in progress that was not yetfeature complete.
Windows 10 was also criticized for limiting how users can control its operation; in particular, Windows Update installs all updates automatically, no longer allows users to selectively install updates, and only the Pro edition of Windows 10 can delay the automatic installation of new builds of the platform. Privacy concerns were also voiced by critics and advocates, as the operating system's default settings and certain features require the transmission of user data to Microsoft or its partners. Microsoft has also received criticism for how it has distributed Windows 10—which has included the automatic downloads of installation files to computers without expressed user consent. Critics characterized the initial release of Windows 10 as being rushed, citing the incomplete state of some of the operating system's bundled software (such as the Edge web browser), as well as the stability of the OS itself on launch.
Windows 10: Nine things you need to know
1. When can I upgrade? And how much will it cost?
Windows 10 launches tonight, July 28 at 9 p.m. PT. It'll be free for one year, for anyone running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. If you're running an earlier version of Windows or don't upgrade by that time, you'll be able to pick up Windows 10 Home for $119, and Windows 10 Pro for $199.
If you've reserved your free copy of Windows 10, you'll get a notification when Windows 10 is ready to be installed, and have the option to schedule your installation for the most appropriate time for you.
2. I've got a desktop, a tablet, and am considering a Windows Phone. How will that work?
Microsoft's ultimate goal is to make Windows 10 the sole operating system powering all of your devices, and Continuum is the driving force behind that. Windows 10 knows when you're interacting with a keyboard and mouse or using a touchscreen and will react accordingly. If you're using a keyboard and mouse, you'll be treated to the standard Windows experience. If you're on a tablet, you'll encounter fullscreen apps and a finger-friendly Start menu. Pop off the keyboard on a two-in-one device like theSurface Pro 3 , and the interface will smoothly transform into tablet mode -- if you want it to, of course.
3. What about apps?
Microsoft wants you to be able to buy an app from the Windows Store once, and expect it to run on all of your devices. These universal apps will then adopt whatever form is appropriate for the device you're using, whether you're on a tablet or a PC. We've already seen a taste of this with Microsoft's Office suite, which is the full Office experience in a format that's appropriate for your device. I wouldn't recommend editing spreadsheets on your smartphone, but it works, and you'll have all of Excel (and PowerPoint, and Word, and the rest) at your disposal.
4. Those full-screen 'Modern' apps were a pain. What ever happened to them?
Those touch-friendly, full-screen apps that debuted with Windows 8 were alternately known as the "Metro" or "Modern" design. With Windows 10, full-screen apps are optional. Let's say you're using a convertible 2-in-1 device, like the Surface Pro 3 . Thanks to Continuum, when the keyboard is docked you'll see the standard desktop with Windows 10's "new" old-school Start menu. Once you take the device off of the keyboard base, the OS allows you to switch to the finger-friendly tablet mode Windows 8 users are likely familiar with.
5. I actually liked those Modern apps, and bought a few. What happens now?
Existing Modern apps take advantage of Windows 10's Continuum automatically, so you'll have little to worry about there. When you're in tablet mode they'll behave like they always have. If you're in desktop mode, they'll convert into a normal windowed app that you can drag around at your leisure.
6. And the Start menu?
If you hated Windows 8's full-screen Start screen, you're in luck: the new Start menu harkens back to the good old days, sitting on the left side of the screen and presenting that familiar pop-up column of shortcuts. And if you liked Windows 8's approach, there's something here for you, too: the new menu will incorporate Live Tiles and can be customized.
Continuum means you get the best of both worlds, as you can jump between tablet and desktop modes on the fly. And if you never want to see that full screen start menu again, there's an option for that too.
7. Never mind the apps -- I need to get things done. Any improvements on that front?
Windows 10 beefs up Snap, the function that lets you quickly arrange apps side by side, with a new quadrant layout that lets you split your display up among up to four apps. There's also support for multiple virtual desktops (finally), so you can keep all your work apps in one place and quickly slide back to the desktop with your blogs and Reddit once your boss walks away. And then there's the task view button that lives on the taskbar. Click it, and you'll get a quick look at all of your open files, windows, and desktops.
8. Is Internet Explorer still around?
Yes and no. Internet Explorer remains a part of Windows for compatibility reasons, but it's been replaced by a brand-new browser, called Microsoft Edge . The browser will offer all of the amenities we've come to expect from modern browsers, including support for extensions, a reading mode that strips websites down to their bare essentials, and a new rendering engine that's appreciably zippy while you're browsing the Web.
And there are a few new tricks baked in, too. Microsoft's Virtual Assistant Cortana will drop suggestions into the address bar as you search, and gather important details on business and restaurant websites into a sidebar. Click the Web Note button, and you'll be able to annotate what you're looking at and share your notes via email, or through OneNote.
9. Will Windows 10 run on my machine?
If your PC is only a few years old and you're already running Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, you should be fine. The minimum requirements for Windows 10 are a 1GHz processor, at least 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of hard drive space.
Some older peripherals like USB floppy drives will run into trouble while you're upgrading. Some software might not make the cut, including some apps that were pre-installed by your PC's manufacturer. There are also two versions of Windows 10 -- Windows 10 Home and Pro -- and the version you get will vary, depending on the version of Windows 7 or 8 you're running now. Microsoft's Windows 10 Specifications site has the full details, so you can ensure that your PC or tablet makes the transition intact.
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