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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: April 19, 2004
- Total Downloads: 4,831,026
- Downloads last week: 17,525
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 421 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
The pickings sure aren't slim with this powerful browser, although one of the pickings took us some time to figure out. Slim Browser's tabbed interface allows you to look at multiple Web sites all at once. It looks and feels like the more popular Web browsers out there, with standard navigational and shortcut buttons, so you'll feel at ease trying to find your way around all of its features.
The extras will wow you. With more than a hundred skins to choose from, you can instantly change the appearance of the browser. One of our favorite features is the ability to create groups so that you can open and view your favorite sites with a single mouse click. There's also a shortcut menu so you can browse your Desktop, My Documents folder, and even the Control Panel--all from the browser window. The pop-up blocker is exceptional; we didn't encounter a single annoying ad during testing. What's more, you can view and recover blocked pop-ups in case there was something you missed.
It took us some time to figure out how to work the RSS feature, however. Luckily, the publisher provides an online forum, so we were able pinpoint an answer to our problem, and in no time, we were viewing our favorite RSS feeds directly from the browser. IE and Firefox beware: you've got some competition. We highly recommend users of all skill levels give Slim Browser a try.
Publisher's description
From FlashPeak :Slim Browser 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. Quick-search bar provides instant access to pre-defined search engines. Extensive support for skins lets you decorate Slim Browser to your own preference. The AutoLogin feature automatically logs you into pre-defined sites with just one click. Seamless integration with online translation engines helps you browse sites in foreign languages. Script error suppression eliminates annoying script error dialogs. IE toolbars can be seamlessly integrated with Slim Browser. Site groups let you open a series of sites all at once with one click. Slim Browser provides special support for Web developers with syntax-highlighted HTML/Script Editor, batchable FTP uploader.
Ver 3.96 adds ActiveX control filter which can block obtrusive dialogs prompting you to install unsafe ActiveX controls when you visit some Web pages.
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