- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/NT
- Date added: January 28, 2000
- Total Downloads: 61,327
- Downloads last week: 77
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 38 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This browser isn't truly a browser. Instead, Xana Web Browser runs multiple instances of Internet Explorer. Using its commands, creating tabbed windows is easy--that is, after you've paid a visit to the publisher's Web site. This download includes no help file, instructions, or even a hint on how to start using the program.
Xana Web Browser does include some helpful features. With a little work, you can create a group of related interfaces that somewhat resemble a browser. The interface set can easily be saved in a configuration file. It wasn't any trouble to choose among multiple saved configuration files.
It's important to note that at the time this application was introduced seven years ago, Internet Explorer lacked tabs, so there was a need for this particular kind of program. The question isn't how well Xana Web Browser works, but how hard do you want to work to get something similar to current browsers. This application will only appeal to advanced users looking to play with an interesting program. Everyone else should pass on this freeware.
Publisher's description
From Viktor Heimonen :Internet browser with multiple resizable groups of tabbed notebooks and browsers. User preferences and settings are preserved between sessions. Multiply interfaces for different tasks. Improved browsing security. Best suited as follow-up watch browser, may be valuable for investors around the globe.
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- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 38 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Xana Web Browser 1.0 build 470
Pros: 1. Small, Compact (948kb)
2. Mulitple tabs and/or browsers can be opened. (right-click in browser, click on 'new' in 'book' menu, right-click on the new book, hover cursor over 'browser' and click on 'new'.)
3. Tabs are not like firefox, you cannot alternate between them, all tabs are viewed in the same window at once.
4. Text Size can altered (smallest - largest)
5. 3 different modes (silent mode-doesn't show interactive dialogs, moderate mode-shows input and confirmation dialogs like password, security and download dialogs and interactive mode-all dialog messages are shown like script errors and document loading, very handy.)
6. Like Opera, you can save configuration sets.
Cons: Trying to open another tab is very annoying and after opening new 'tabs', the configuration becomes quite messy.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Xana Web Browser 1.0 build 470
Pros: easy to use,fast,cute,effective,the best browser so far and i tried 'em all
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Xana Web Browser 1.0 build 470
Summary: BUT LETS CREATE THE MEMORY HOG OF A LIFE TIME!!!!! Leave this little dog alone. unless you have memory galore.
old units need not apply. Very simple and easy to use butttttt IE HAS TO BE THERE ONCE AGAIN. xana try to leave IE behind. You coul... read more >> -
Version: Xana Web Browser 1.0 build 470
"Apparently not a web browser"
Summary: I downloaded and unzipped XANA, and found that it did not like URL type things to open-- it's apparently only a "file browser"
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Version: Xana Web Browser 1.0 build 470
Summary: your program asks for a unkonow file list
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