Scan & Fix 50 registry issues FREECNET Editors' review
An IE replica in most respects, Free Browser suffers from some inexcusable misses. As expected, you'll find standard navigational buttons, robust search capabilities, and pop-up protection.
The search bar appears below the address bar for quick look-ups. Searches can be accomplished using AltaVista, Ask.com, Google, Yahoo, and a few others. You'll get to choose how pop-ups are handled and whether to show the number in the browser or to log them. Although the entire scheme isn't skinnable, you can change the background and font of the address and search bars.
Password protection to guard your favorites, history, options, and e-mail is offered, although the check boxes to select to do so are off-limits. We also found it odd that our favorites list from IE didn't merge in. Even worse, Free Browser's IE Favorites Converter on the toolbar menu didn't work at all. Web surfing wasn't bad, but it wasn't any faster than any other browser out there.
Although you can surf as usual with it, there isn't anything special here for you to give up your current browser.
Publisher's Description
From LilSarge:
Free Browser is a fast Web browser. Includes popup blocker to keep away annoying pop-ups. Change address bar font and colors, button, and program colors, convert Internet Explorer favorites to Free Browser favorites, history, auto refresher, custom Web Search bar, and Crash Free.
Version 1.8 added buttons such as What's New in about menu, Lock The Web, Yes and No button to convert favorites from IE to FB. Moved searchbar and search button. Moved search URL to options under homepage. Removed search button from toolbar and tools menu. Fixed the download link, colors of buttons and text, all ontop Windows, and some minor and major bug issues.
What's new in this version: Version 1.8 improves navigation and fixes various bugs.
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3.8 starsout of 15 votes
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Current version:
2.2 starsout of 4 votes
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"Aren't all browsers "free"??"
Version: Free Browser 1.8
Pros
none!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cons
horrible browser that looks like IE 6 or 7..
Summary
get firefox, it's the best browser out there!!
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"Nothing good"
Version: Free Browser 1.8
Pros
None that i know of now.
Cons
Keeps crashing and gives out enough script error messages to crash a computer.
Summary
I do not recommend this browser.
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"nothin' great"
Version: Free Browser 1.8
Pros
pretty fast compared to IE
Cons
plain, boring. extra steps to save favorite compared to any other browser. no skins.
Summary
nothing to recommend this above IE except speed. If you want an IE based browser, stick with Acoo, Maxthon or Slimbrowser. They have many more features.
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"seems to work so far"
Version: Free Browser 1.8
Pros
works ok
Cons
the tab button do not seem to work with this browser?
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