Simple Browse

When it comes to web browsers, it is a real challenge to surpass the feature array and the reliability of the major players. However, software developers are trying to address a certain need of a category of users and therefore, create Internet navigators that bring more or less advantages to the public.

Simple Browse is such an application and, as its name suggests, aims to provide a simple method of accessing your favorite webpages, without having to deal with complex configuration options. It adopts a straightforward approach, while also providing the basic features that a reliable web browser is equipped with.

Just as you would expect from an application from its category, Simple Browse comes with a favorites manager, a history log and basic navigation tools. There are some security-related features designed to protect your identity and prevent infected pages from being accessed during browsing sessions. Proxy support, pop-up blocking, cookie cleaning and a customizable website blacklist are some examples.

Developers can save a webpage locally, print it or view its source code. There is a search function that can help you immediately find keywords within a page and a zooming tool for adjusting the window size.

The tab-based interface enables you to navigate to several webpages simultaneously, but you can also open multiple instances of the browser, if you prefer it that way. The overall appearance is rather pleasant, but the customization options are designed to transform it to your liking. Thus, you can modify the position of the navigation dock and use one of the available themes to change the color palette.

While its feature set is not quite impressive and doesn't make it stand out from the abundance of similar utilities out there, Simple Browse delivers decent speed and a complete set of tools that make it a viable browsing alternative.