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Epic Browser:First Web browser, Made for India  

               When it comes to Web Browser, Majority of Indians use Internet Explorer (may be due to ignorance). Epic browser is an initiative by Hidden reflex, a software company which built a Browser (especially suited to Indian use) on Mozilla Firefox Platform in partnership with several other Big Commercial Giants of India.

Design and Interface

                  This makes the first impression and Epic wins your heart. Colourful background and Menu interface similar to Firefox doesn’t make you feel working on new stuff. App sidebar can be left open or closed on left side on choice and selection of Apps is wondrous with all intuitive icons on left. Moreover, you are free to explore 1500+ Themes and Backgrounds for Epic.

                   You get access to Personas from Skin tab in Applications sidebar and ability to create custom themes by adding a wallpaper of your choice from Computer. This option is really a killer which makes your browser very customizable.

Custom Applications and Addon Suppport

                  Sidebar applications will be its USP as you get app for each and every essential thing by default. Let it be news, Social networking sites or Listening radio or Web TV. Everything is available at a click inside the browser on the left pane. Even you can browse Local folders on My computer or enjoy Orkut, Facebook like apps while working side by side. Along with the built in apps, 100% of all addons and plugins for Firefox work on Epic.

For Social networks, they have enabled Mobile version of specific site which resembles like an app, Another impressive thing is to have inbuilt word processor inside browser. Although, all the above things mentioned may be or may be brought to Firefox using several apps, Getting it inbuilt in a browser is a gift to a not-so-geeky or a person who is not a tech-savvy.

 

Speed, Privacy and Security

                 Epic is built on Firefox platform so, you need not worry about browsing speed and security flaws. It is a Firefox browser with lots of addition and enhancements. Again, it has something more which even Native Firefox too doesn’t have: Epic integrates first ever Web Browser Antivirus protection from NOD32 built in browser.

 

Typing in Indian Regional Languages

                  This was a real pain for naive user but with Epic, you don’t have to install anything and type in any Indian regional languages on the go. Total 12 Languages are supported which includes Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Urdu, Gujarati and Sanskrit.

Why Epic Browser will work?

                     This product is mainly targeted for Indian web users so, I will emphasize on India only. First thing which will attract an user will be regional and patriotic feeling. Upon using, you will have no regrets as everything an Internet surfer wants to have is just a click away without any confusion. Secondly, you get the trust of Mozilla Firefox which has big share in browser market and used worldwide. It just a modified version of Mozilla Firefox pouring in all essential things in form of apps with sexy design and interface to suit a general Indian Home Web user.

                      Finally, it’s early for me to make a verdict on this new product as it is just launched. Upcoming upgrades will surely make this browser more fit for a general Indian web user collecting feedback from them time to time.

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Top 10 Alternative Web Browsers For Ubuntu Linux

Ununtu10.04 released

With the Lucid Lynx release of Ubuntu just around the corner, take a look at some alternative browsers for Linux :

1. ARORA :

Arora is a webkit based browser written with the Qt UI framework. It’s surprisingly fast and pretty full featured. download from here

2. Chrome/Chromium :

Google’s Chromebrowser and its open source brotherChromium are quickly becoming a popular replacement for Firefox on Linux systems.

3. Conkeror :

Conkeroris an Emacs inspired Mozilla based browser. It features the same Gecko layout engine as Firefox, but there is no GUI, just Emacs style commands for navigating, searching

4. Elinks :

Elinks is atext based browser similar to the classic Lynx browser. download from here

5. Epiphany :

Epiphany is the official web browser of the GNOME desktop. It is a very easy to use Webkit based browser with a simplistic user interface.

6. Fennec :

Not really an alternative desktop browser, but interesting and useful none the less,Fennec is the mobile version of Firefox that is used on mobile platforms like Nokia’s N900. Fennec is included in the Ubuntu Lucid repositories and is quite useful for testing out your sites in Mozilla’s mobile browser without spending money on all the latest mobile phones. This is a must have for web developers.

7. Flock :

Based on Firefox, Flock is a browser that focuses on close integration of different social media services such as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

8. Opera : 

The only non-free browser in our lineup is Opera. This is one of the most controversial browsers available for Linux. Many people think it’s the best browser on any platform, while many would never install a browser that isn’t open source. Opera is a very mature and full featured browser, if you like Opera on Windows or Mac, then go ahead and use it on Ubuntu too.

9. SeaMonkey :

When Mozilla abandoned the old Netscape Navigator code base and launched Firefox, many people missed the mail, news and composer features of the old suite. For those who miss the old Netscape suite of apps, you can install SeaMonkey. download from here