Foxmarks 2.0.46.9

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows 98/ME, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X, Linux
• Manufacturer: Foxmarks Inc.
• Size: 275KB

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Sometimes, for whatever reason, those of us who spend most of our time working on computers may need to use another machine. This may be due to technical difficulties or, we may be working from home or even using a laptop whilst on the train or away on business. The trouble is that we tend to have a particular machine that’s used more regularly, and because of this, it’s probably equipped with all the tools you need, not just the programs we regularly use, but important bookmarks we need for specific websites.

Ever tried accessing a particular web page from a different computer without the URL? It’s almost impossible to remember exact web addresses when you’re using a number of different sites on a daily basis.

Foxmarks is an ideal solution for such a scenario. It’s a Firefox 2 add-on which enables a user to access their bookmarks from any machine they are using via my.foxmarks.com, which constantly keeps your bookmarks synchronised whilst running in the background. You can manage your bookmarks from any computer, and in doing so, enables you to work as efficiently on any machine you happen to be using whether in the office or on the move.

This now works with Firefox 3.

Mozilla Firefox Portable 3.0 RC2

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Manufacturer: Portable Apps
• Size: 8MB

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With the forthcoming release of Mozilla Firefox 3.0, now planned for mid 2008, the web graphics rendering engine will receive a completely new upgrade. Dubbed ‘ Cairo’, the new graphics rendering engine should improve the output across different platforms, as it’s being developed as an open-standard (see http://wiki.mozilla.org/Cairo). Mozilla Firefox 3.0 will also be based around the forthcoming Gecko 1.9 rendering engine.

With other improvements in the way that pages are ‘painted’ on screen, improved SVG support and CSS enhancements, the general improvements for Firefox 3.0 are based around the way it will render web pages through the browser.

Note that further improvements and new features will be included within Firefox 3.0 as it is being developed. This 3.0 beta 5 (dubbed “Gran Paradiso”) is the fourth public preview.

This beta 5 contains limited additional features and fixes issues found within the previous release.

Note That this is the portable version of Firefox 3.0 RC2.

Opera 9.5

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Manufacturer: Opera
• Size: 8.5MB

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This is the final and official release of Opera 9.5 and it's much faster, the user-interface has been updated and the search bar includes immediate feedback.

DownThemAll 1.0.3

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Manufacturer: Federico Parodi and Stefano Verna
• Size: 448Kb

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With the rise of online photo album storage sites and media portals such as YouTube, we’re now able to browse the web and view other people’s home movies and digital photos. However, downloading more than one of these files isn’t easy. For instance, head over to your favourite digital photo site or simply a photo album of one of your friends and you might be presented with hundreds of photos to download. Do you spend hours surfing for your favourites or simply download them all and choose later? Worse, the photos on the web page are only thumbnails, so you’d have to preview every photo before you can download.

DownThemAll 1.0.3 is a Firefox extension that enables you to download everything from a web site with one click. You can choose to download links on a web page, automatically. You could simply select the pages you want to download from and then DownTheAll 1.0 will go through the links and download the files

Latest version works with Firefox 3.

Avant Browser 11.6 Build 17

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• Manufacturer: Anderson Che
• Size: 1.93MB

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Internet Explorer might come bundled with Windows but it lacks many features. A number of these can be found in Avant Browser.

Avant Browser is a quick download even for dial-up users. The interface is very similar to Internet Explorer, but open some of the menus and the differences are quickly obvious.

It is possible to deactivate different parts of a web page, such as pictures, sounds and flasgh animations. If you have a slow connection, this can make a huge difference.

Avant Browser can also block advertisements (including pop-ups), translate web pages, display web pages in full screen mode, and has full support for skins.

Any favorites or recently viewed pages from Internet Explorer can be easily imported, making migrating to this browser a doddle.

Mozilla Firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 3

• Type: freeware
• Platform: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista
• Manufacturer: Mozilla
• Size: 7MB

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With the forthcoming release of Mozilla Firefox 3.0, now planned for mid 2008, the web graphics rendering engine will receive a completely new upgrade. Dubbed ‘ Cairo’, the new graphics rendering engine should improve the output across different platforms, as it’s being developed as an open-standard (see http://wiki.mozilla.org/Cairo). Mozilla Firefox 3.0 will also be based around the forthcoming Gecko 1.9 rendering engine.

With other improvements in the way that pages are ‘painted’ on screen, improved SVG support and CSS enhancements, the general improvements for Firefox 3.0 are based around the way it will render web pages through the browser.

Note that further improvements and new features will be included within Firefox 3.0 as it is being developed.

This is Release Candidate 3 and is code complete.