The Web: Browsers

It amazes me still how many possibilities the internet and the world wide web make available to the human population. Web browsers exist no differently. There are several that we discussed this evening. I have used the main four at differing times in my computer life because I sadly have a computer that seems to only be compatible with a specific browser for a few months before it stops working efficiently. Anyways, tonight I decided to explore camino, opera, and sea monkey.

Camino was the first web browser that I explored. When I opened the page I immediately noticed the fact that it asked me to update for best browsing experience flash player. Also, I noticed that it invited me to visit the website which made me remember the fact of the separate packaging of different web pages and home pages within or separate from the total website. The interesting aspect of camino that I found was that their search tool was google. Also, I liked the fact that the graphic for the bookmark tab was a picture of an actual book with a green bookmark. For book worms like myself, it doesn't take much to make me excited about the use of the pictures of books. They truly add life to everything :). Almost everything else was very simple and similar to many other browsers I have used.

Opera was the second web browser that I looked through. Again, the first thing I noticed when opening the browser was the recommendation marked by a huge exclamation point in a red triangle to upgrade the version of opera. This just emphasizes more and more how important it remains to these browsers that the software is up to date in order for the browser to function at highest speeds and best capabilities.  One interesting feature of opera was that it was set up as a website would look visually. It has tabs at the top of the screen directing users to home, browsers, add-ons, community, developer, and company. The help button was marked by a question mark which I thought was an interesting incorporation of a graphic. Again I also noticed the search tool utilized on opera was google. The last interesting feature that is slightly different for me was the language drop down selection tool at the bottom center of the page. Opera offering the availability of several languages fascinates me!

Finally, the last web browser I selected for discovery was sea monkey.  Sea monkey too was set up in the format of a web site with differing placement of tabs at the left hand side instead of the top like in opera. One interesting aspect about sea monkey was that it seems to have connection to Mozilla. Also, unlike the other browsers the search tool is not specified by google, but only a button at the top of the page with a magnifying glass graphic. The bookmarks was marked differently as well with a file folder in blue as the book marks tool and a purple file folder as the most visited. The home was marked by the graphic of a house instead of just the tab called home. Also the ability to print is graphically noticeable where as the other sites it is not.

All of these browsers have similarities, but also differences. I have to say out of the three I researched this evening I would most likely utilize Camino myself. Currently, I am very happy with Safari, but if I ever choose to venture out this has been extremely helpful to know my options.