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Softpedia Editor's Review for Orca Browser
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Fast browser with RSS Reader, AutoFills, Online Storage, Cleaner and Ads Filter
Written by Elena Opris on December 9th, 2011
Orca Browser is a web browser that comes bundled with the necessary and suffice features it needs to perform at a very good speed.
The user interface is simplistic and the menu bar can be viewed on the upper right corner of the screen (similar to Avant Browser).
You can have multiple accounts. The application has an Online Storage feature where you can save your configurations, bookmarks, RSS feeds, web passwords, and access this information from any computer. All you have to do is create an Orca Browser account.
You can switch to full screen or full desktop mode, organize bookmarks, manage your information in AutoFill for forms, and set up a protection password for AutoFill.
In addition, you can translate page content by using Google Translate, clear all records, customize proxy settings, enable ad blocker and popup blocker, use a RSS reader and mouse gestures, enable auto-complete, select the search engine and URL aliases and more.
Unfortunately, the Orca Browser project has been discontinued, but it merged into its brother product Avant Browser. This is why you cannot import add-ons.
While Orca Browser seems to load faster and use less system resources than other web browsers, it also has its shortcomings. For example, after we have created an Online Storage account, we were left unattended when accessing that area (you cannot manage data in any way).
In conclusion, Orca Browser provides a simple solution for your Internet browsing needs, while excluding any complex features. Users who prefer a minimalistic approach to web browsers would get a kick out of this application.
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Orca Browser description
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Here are some key features of "Orca Browser":
Online Profile Storage:
· Orca Browser can save users' bookmarks, RSS Feeds, configurations or web passwords etc, in Orca online storage. In this way, users can access their personal data from anywhere, office, home or an Internet cafe, and don't need to worry about losing those data when re-install windows.
AutoFills:
· Help users to memorize web passwords, and fill passwords for users with one click. Flash Animation Filter: More than 85% of all flash animations on web pages are advertising, and normally take up to 90% of the size of the page you're visiting. With Orca Browser you can save the bandwidth by blocking the download of these flash files with just one easy click.
Built-in AD/Pop-up Blocker:
· Easily eliminate unwanted AD banners and pop-up pages automatically with just one click. Built-in RSS/ATOM Reader: Orca Browser has a built-in RSS/ATOM Reader, which allows you to read RSS/ATOM feeds just like browsing web pages. And you can also keep your favorite feeds as bookmarks.
· Safe Recovery: If Orca Browser is closed improperly, all open web pages are saved and will be automatically reopened at next startup.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed a page opening glitch from the clipboard
· Some minor fixes in language packs
· Fixed the crashing problem happening during composing a Yahoo E-mail
· Fixed the glitch keeping opening a link in the background while using the middle mouse key regardless of whether the related option was checked or not
· Fixed the problem that the Address Bar drop down list was truncated by the Roboform Toolbar
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