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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 04, 2006
- 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 powerful and compact tabbed browser with full unicode support. It includes pop-up blocker, automatic web-form filler and spell checker. It let you open several sites at once with the support of site groups. It provides one-click access to search engines via pre-defined quicksearch entries. You can easily define your own quicksearch entries. It provides one-click access to personal accounts via predefined autologin entries. It supports URL filter and in-page ad filter which blocks annoying advertisements and offensive content effectively. It is able to render RSS new feeds into readable web pages. It support URL alias and built-in commands. It also supports ftp file uploading. The built-in ScriptPad is able to edit JScript / VBScript and HTML files with syntax highlighting. The program interface is fully skinnable and a large collection of skins are available for download. Slim Browser brings you convenient and safe browsing.
Version 4.08 build 105 fixes bug in the unicode version for WinNT/XP.
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User reviews of Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 421 votes
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16 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Version: Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
Pros: 1. It's faster than IE 7
2. Low on memory and RAM usage
3. Comes with Roboform
4. Has tabbed-browsing
5. U can clean your trace at the click of a distinctive button
6. Pop-up blocking
7. You can easily recover any blocked pop-ups
8. If this is your second browser, it effectively transfers all your Favourites from ur first browser.
Cons: 1. Only 2/3 of screen left for browsing cuz there's too many stuff on top
2. I feel that it doesnt give me that sense of security cuz it may not work well with anti-spyware/virus program (eg, Trend Micro blocks u from entering a dangerous website)But I havent try entering a dangerous website so u shouldn't take this point into consideration.
But if you're particular about memory and speed like me, then this is worth downloading!
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33 out of 37 people found this review helpful
Version: Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
"I love all the customizations that are possible."
Pros: Tabbed browser windows so it doesn't take extra space on the task bar, Alias definitions allow you to create shortcuts for websites through hotkeys, groups allow you to launch multiple websites at one time, which is good for work or shopping if you have certain sites that you always use together and tons of other features
Cons: unable to arrange favorites menu by dragging and dropping (you can do it through submenus, but it's more cumbersome
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25 out of 28 people found this review helpful
Version: Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
"Great features without the problems of underlying IE engine"
Pros: great intuitive interface, love MySearch function, AutoLogin, Groups and many other customisable features. Great for blocking ads, images and other unwanted features on sites. Speeds up surfing tremendously.
Cons: Does not seem to suffer the problems of underlying IE engine which is a highly maligned piece of software. Now this is a remarkable achievement by Slimbrowser.
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
Pros: highly recommended browser should be...fast,reliable,cool looking w/different skin options.secure,free,easy to use.just cant believe in a small memory space to take on your drive can do much work.
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13 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: Slim Browser 4.08 build 105
Pros: It runs really fastly
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