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Statistical data says that over 80% of all users prefer top browsers such as Chrome,
Mozilla, Opera, Edge, Yandex.
However, there are also alternative browsers that exceed them in some aspects.
In this video, I tried to show you the most interesting ones.
In one of the previous videos, watch the top free browsers for Windows; find the
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Let’s begin with Blisk Browser Blisk Browser is based on Chromium and created
for developers.
It allows producing code for mobile and desktop platforms at the same time, and includes emulators
for phones, tablet PCs and various screen resolutions.
It makes it different form other browsers, which are primarily designed to view webpages.
Blisk allows website development for desktop and mobile devices at the same time.
To make it possible, it features a special emulator to help you see how a website will
cook on this or another device at every stage of website development.
The list of devices includes products by IPhone, Ipad, Nexus, Pixel, Samsung and LG, various
models of monitors and tablet PCs.
The screen can be divided in two to work with both versions at the same time and enjoy full
synchronization of all actions.
Automatic refresh function will spare developers the trouble of refreshing the page again after
every change they make to the source code.
Integrated analytical tools collect all necessary information on errors and failures.
You can take a screenshot of the desktop or a webpage without leaving the application.
In all other aspects, it is the same good old Google Chrome.
You can find a link to download this browser in the description:
Tor Browser It is primarily positioned as a browser for
anonymous web surfing.
Confidentiality of your traffic is based on using an extended network of servers.
That is, on the one hand Tor presents a good alternative to popular browsers with integrated
VPN.
On the other hand, this is a product of a different level.
Tor will not encrypt your data as it will require a VPN, virtual private network.
Instead, Tor redirects all your traffic through a series of intermediary net points.
This measure makes it much more difficult to follow your web activity.
Using Tor provides a new grade of privacy which is more reliable than using private
tab options in a conventional browser.
Tor Browser itself is a deep transformation of Mozilla Firefox and includes several security
add-ons such as the function to cancel caching of all data.
That is why its interface looks very similar to Firefox except for some additional plugins.
The browser’s home page calls to support the project financially and features the search
line of DuckDuck.go anonymous system.
In order to find necessary information or go to a website, enter your query into the
search line or type the website address in the browser address line.
By clicking on the onion, Tor’s icon, we can see the circuit of servers the browser
uses to work with this website.
You can change it at any time.
The only thing you have to do is to select “New circuit for this site” and it will
change.
As you can see, users can get access to a web resource via three interim servers.
NoScript, a frequently used extension for Firefox, comes pre-installed and can be used
to block various scripts and other contents that doesn’t belong to HTML.
It lets you set up easily the level of security you need without fine tuning of particular
options.
Everything you do in this browser is tested for anonymity: as soon as you try to switch
the browser to full screen, a message appeared saying "Maximizing Tor Browser can allow websites
to determine your monitor size, which can be used to track you.
We recommend that you leave Tor Browser windows in their original default size."
During our testing, we noticed that many websites asked to enter CAPTCHA when using Tor Browser.
It happens because your masked addresses look suspicious for security services.
We also noticed problems when looking for a correct version of a visited website.
When entering hetmanrecovery.com, the browser opened its English, Spanish or Dutch language
version.
You can use Tor to visit conventional websites anonymously, but there is also an entire network
of hidden sites which are not displayed in the public web network and can only be visible
when you use Tor.
Webpages are loaded much slower in Tor than in any conventional browser.
It is impossible to determine exactly how slow your Internet connection becomes with
Tor, because this change depends on a number of factors, and speed will always vary because
a different chain of servers is used every time you connect to the Internet.
Therefore, Tor becomes a necessary tool in the days when privacy online is almost non-existent.
This product allows to visit websites without annoying attention of all kinds of services
monitoring your activity.
All of us must have noticed the advertising that follows us anywhere just because we have
once visited a certain webpage of a product or service.
All these annoying things disappear when you use Tor Browser.
You can find a link to download this browser in the description:
Vivaldi Vivaldi is positioned as a browser with unlimited
functionality.
As a user, I would say it’s a good and largely customizable alternative to Google Chrome
with a wide range of interface options.
This is something that Chrome lacks.
At first, your eye catches the Speed Dial well-remembered from Opera as well as the
toolbar, and the menu button featuring Vivaldi icon.
However, developers of this browser have gone a long way from other top products.
Why do we compare it to Chrome?
Because Vivaldi is also based on Chromium.
Though it is more often compared to Opera because its developer is related to this company,
I would compare it to Chrome.
By the way, Google Chrome extensions are compatible with Vivaldi, and if you go to Tools / Extensions,
you can see they are installed from Chrome web store.
The browser has the same Task Manager and Developer Tools.
Users will be happy to see convenient Bookmark and History tabs.
There is a good function Quick Commands (you can start it by pressing F2) to open any item
on the wide list of settings.
I will not go into detail with the browser settings.
But I can tell you for sure there are so many of them that every user can fine-tune Vivadi
in every aspect.
You can change themes, backgrounds and colors - something we missed in Chrome.
There is also an interesting opportunity to change position of the tab bar.
If you send the bar left or right, the tabs will be shown with a preview of webpages.
And so on.
You can add necessary links to the side panel for quick access.
I also liked the Capture function.
Clicking on a camera icon in the lower bar of the browser, you can take a screenshot
of your entire screen or only a part of it.
Previously, such things required some third-party software.
Unfortunately, the browser doesn’t support creating a user account yet, so there are
no synchronization options.
Nevertheless, this browser is a very promising alternative for the top five products in this
category.
You can find a link to download this browser in the description:
Torch Browser Torch is rather a powerful media center than
a typical browser.
It is based on Chromium and stands out for its improved design and additional functionality.
The browser page with a new tab features customizable, minimalistic yet stylish design, while the
toolbar contains shortcuts to all media functions available in the browser.
Torch Music is a shortcut to a web application of the same name, featuring a music streaming
service with lots of popular artists and albums.
All music comes from YouTube, so you can not only listen to it but also watch it.
Torch Games is a collection of Flash games to help you kill the time.
The download manager in Torch can download files somewhat faster than Chrome, but can
often show you critical errors.
When you go to a page containing audio or video, the download manager icon will blink.
When you click on it, a download will start.
It is especially convenient when you want to download videos from YouTube.
Torch can download torrent files and work with magnet links which it processes not in
the download manager but in a separate tab.
An opportunity to watch a video in the browser while it is downloaded is an interesting alternative
to watching videos online.
Still, Torch has several annoying disadvantages.
For example, it often shows pop-ups explaining its functions, and asks you to tell about
it in social media.
If you don’t need some of its features, it is not so easy to uninstall them.
Nevertheless, Torch is a wonderful tool for those who like films, music and social media.
You can find a link to download this browser in the description:
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