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Hidden Reflex's Epic is a free Firefox-based Web browser optimized to support the major languages of India: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu, and Punjabi. It's not a Firefox clone, though, nor is its appeal limited to those who speak or use the languages it supports. It offers a lot of unique features and a plethora of extras, making it a good alternative browser on its own merits.
Like Firefox, Epic is based on Mozilla's open-source code, so it has a familiar feel right from the start. Epic adds additional character sets, fonts, and menu entries. Epic has a unique and attractive theme, with optional skins, though we like the attractive colors and well-rendered icons of the default view. A slender left-hand sidebar linked to a wide variety of apps, tasks, and sites that opened in a larger Epic Apps sidebar. Epic boasts some 1,500 applications; naturally, they cover a lot of topics, interests, and needs--everything from antivirus to games--and many of them are useful to general users and not just Indic speakers. However, anyone with daily needs, ties to, interest in, or business with India will find apps for everything from food and drink to religion. The apps panel toggles open and closed; tabs for browsing and managing the apps made sampling them easy, too. Since it's based on Mozilla, Epic browses and loads as quickly as Firefox. It updates manually or automatically, too, and it uses the latest versions of Mozilla.
Epic's Indian languages, attractive interface, and Epic Apps distinguishes it from Firefox, but it offers still more, such as its built-in antivirus and antiphishing applications that can kill viruses and suspicious programs before they even get to your regular security software. Epic's support for Indian languages makes it a must-have for Indian speakers, but it can more than hold its own against other browsers. If you try it, we think you'll like it. We did!
Publisher's Description
From Hidden Reflex:
Epic is a web browser powered by Mozilla. It supports 12 different Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Malayalam, Urdu and Punjabi. The browser contains 1500+ Sidebar Applications.
Built in Antivirus can scan downloads automatically. Allows to scan your system manually. Epic Kills any viruses it finds. The brwoser will warn you if you are about to visit a web site known to host viruses or malware. It also provides Anti-Phishing Protection.
Epic is in the Web Browsers category of the Browsers section.
What's new in this version: Version 1.2 includes new Shopping Sidebar and feature films in the India Sidebar.
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All versions:
4.4 starsout of 17 votes
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Current version:
4.1 starsout of 9 votes
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"Amazing. Epic. Browser."
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
Firefox base
Highly Customisable
Perfect for Indians: News, Sports, etc.
Good design
FastCons
Not very smooth UI
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"Needs some work"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
Seems pretty good on the whole.
Cons
Even with few tabs up, copy function frequently does not work, not a tolerable defect for me.
Summary
Has potential but they need to fix the copy function.
Update. Another problem : when I try to use Amazon.com , and I think CNET as well on this broswer, the scroll bars at the right and bottom disappear--a totally unacceptable glitch.
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"Epic is Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
The side bar has many applications, you can watch live tv or check your Facebook while browsing. This is cool!!!! And the best part is is very secure.
Cons
no mobile addition yet
Summary
The Latest version is out...You can download latest version of EPIC from www.epicbrowser.com
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"A nice attempt...but need some major improvements."
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
SIdebar, desktop notifications for fb, gmail and others etc
Cons
the UI is not as smooth as i like
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"it's worth a try!"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
As most of us are familiar with Firefox browser, this is not so different from it but Epic has tons of features and apps that stand out from other browsers. I don't know about Virus protection but who cares as long as it's fast and does the work.
Cons
Vertical and horizontal resizing not working correctly. To resize the window, we have to use the bottom-right / top-left side resizing option only.
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"Its excellent.Everyone can try.Has many inbuilt apps.."
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
does it have anti-virus in it?
Cons
Its the first antivirus browser.
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"it is good"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
it has multi browsing
Cons
browsing speed is less
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"No antivirus in 1.2"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
still a decent, well put together browser but
Cons
no antivirus in this latest version
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"really????"
Version: Epic 1.2
Pros
does these software can really detect phising?
Cons
does these software can really detect phising?
Summary
really????
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