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Can anyone suggest for me an ultra tiny, ultra simple web browser for fast internet searches with low computer resource use and really high speed opening even on a system with multiple high resource programs running? see my answer for details.

By zwatcher Asked Oct 11 2008 9:52AM
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Answer 1 out of 5

by Bacchus...lives on Jan 9, 2009 at 1:29 am Permalink

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I suggest leaving FireFox open at all times in the background. You'll use a little more resources, but you won't have to wait for it to open every time. If your mother board can handle it extra RAM and maybe an upgraded video card could take care of a lot of your problem with little expense.
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Avatar zwatcher Jan, 09 2009 at 10:25 AM
my mobo only takes 512MB of ram
Avatar Bacchus...lives Jan, 09 2009 at 10:34 PM
Damn, that's a hell of a wall to deal with these days.
Avatar zwatcher Jan, 10 2009 at 09:04 PM
you ain't just whistling Dixie.
one of these days when i can get out from under the burdens that are weighing down my budget i am going to create the monster of all computers.
extra large case with the biggest, baddest mother of all mother boards.
at least 4GB of ram
three, 1 Tera byte hard drives with a fourth, high speed 40GB hard drive for (C:) operating system and ms office only
Pentium 4 dual core processor or better if availible by that time.
2 of the best blue ray capable DVD Burners
8 USB 2.0 ports
firewire port
the biggest, most powerful video and audio cards i can find
etc, etc, etc,
i would like to create the ultimate PC that skynet wishes it could have been. i want to turn this bad boy on and make the whole block brown out like a prison movie when they run the electric chair.

Answer 2 out of 5

by G_tech on Jan 9, 2009 at 1:12 am Permalink

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http://freewareapp.com/light-x_download/

this is about the only small yet fast one I know about
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by Tacet on Jan 8, 2009 at 9:30 pm Permalink

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Google Chrome is supposed to be fast.
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Avatar zwatcher Jan, 08 2009 at 10:27 PM
yes, it is fast, i have never seen a browser crash that fast before.
it was like a blink, open then CRASH, open then CRASH.
Avatar Bacchus...lives Jan, 09 2009 at 01:26 AM
LOL!
Yeah, Chrome needs some polishing. That's for sure.

Answer 4 out of 5

by zwatcher on Oct 11, 2008 at 9:58 am Permalink

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I run multiple programs doing work and sometimes need to quickly do a web search to referance something or get detailed information, translations, E.T.C.
my main browser is Firefox but with the customizations needed for my work it is a little slow to open so i am looking for the "notepad" version of a web browser. something that only opens a web page and maybe a simple popup blocker, nothing else. the goal is a streamlined though breed Racing web browser, not an every day work horse. can you suggest something like this to me?
if you think of firefox, opera, safari and Internet Explorer as versions of Photoshop, I need the MS Paint Browser.
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Avatar Bacchus...lives Jan, 09 2009 at 01:28 AM
Problem is security. No one wants to put out something that will get people calling up saying "You ruined my computer!"
Avatar zwatcher Jan, 09 2009 at 10:28 AM
don't mind a popup blocker , just slim down the "bells and wistles" seems everyone wants to make a browser that does everything including make your breakfast.
Avatar Bacchus...lives Jan, 09 2009 at 10:36 PM
LOL
Yeah, I think the closest option would be FireFox without the add ons. But you're already using it with them. Sorry I couldn't be more help here.

Answer 5 out of 5

by migarce on Oct 11, 2008 at 9:54 am Permalink

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have you tried mozilla?
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Avatar zwatcher Oct, 11 2008 at 10:00 AM
yes but my Firefox has so much armor and equipment added for daily use that it is a little, no a lot slow on the launch.
in the time it takes to open i could read the info i needed, close a faster browser and been back to work.
Avatar migarce Oct, 11 2008 at 10:10 AM
Probably these guys would have a suggestion.
Pls read
http://dis.shef.ac.uk/stevewhittaker/BETchi2005.pdf


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