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KeyStroke Adds Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts To Safari

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Using Safari as a primary web browser and want to enhance the browsing experience by associating keyboard shortcuts with common tasks? KeyStroke is a Safari extension that adds a slew of keyboard shortcuts for routine browsing tasks, such as, navigate between tabs, zoom in and out, switch to next page, change input field focus, reload page, open new page, wrap text and so on. Apart from these, you can quickly access KeyStroke preferences, save changes made to settings, associate numeric keys with tabs, and define both blacklisted and whitelisted websites. Moreover, when you type in a URL in address bar, these shortcuts get disabled, letting you enter the website link you want to visit. Read More

Dolphin Browser HD 7.0 Syncs Bookmarks, Gestures & More [Android]

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Dolphin Browser HD is easily among the most popular web browsers for Android and iOS. Browsing through tabs and gestures, easy bookmarking, content-rich webzines and customizable settings are some of the salient features of said browser that make it a standout contender among its counterparts. If you’re using Dolphin Brower HD on your Android, rejoice, for we bring good news! Dolphin Browser HD for Android has just been updated (to v7.0) with a couple of handy features, and is available on the GetJar App Store for free (download link provided at the end). As of now, the updated browser would remain available exclusively on GetJar until coming Sunday (Oct 23), after which it would be released on the Android Market as well. Dolphin Connect and improved webzines are some of the noteworthy changes that come along with the update, and we shall explore both the features in detail after the jump. Read More

Open URLs In Separate Android Browsers For 2G, 3G & Wi-Fi Connections

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2G, 3G, Wi-Fi and all; there are so many different routes to gain access to internet from your Android device. In case you’ve subscribed to an unlimited data plan with your network provider, you can afford to browse through the various content-heavy websites and/or download data on your device rather profligately. However, there are situations where you might be charged a lot even for surfing plain websites, thereby having to keep a close check on your rather constrained tariff plan as well as your download habits. If you’re often confronted with such a situation where you have to browse the internet under various connection types but do not want to repeat the tedious process of adjusting the download preferences of your browser again and again, then Smart Browser Chooser could prove to be more than effective for you. Smart Browser Chooser, as its name implies, automatically selects a specified web browser (for instance, when you tap on a URL) depending upon the internet connection that you’re using. Read More

REM-I-CON: Remotely Control Multiple Chrome Browsers Across Systems

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Cross browser sync is a feature available in both Chrome and Firefox that allows you to sync your extensions, bookmarks and passwords on different systems. For those of you who have used it, you know that it is a great way to ensure all your important links are always available no matter what system you’re using. REM-I-CON is a Chrome extension that works in conjunction with its web service Secure Bucket and lets you remotely control multiple Chrome browsers from a single system. Using the browser extension, the service sends and implements commands to which ever browser you send it to. The commands that can be executed remotely are; closing all tabs and opening a new tab, deleting cookies, history, bookmarks and uninstalling extensions and apps. Read More

Easily Change Default Browser (Portable Or Installed) In Windows

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Although browsers, like Firefox and Google Chrome, ask users to set the browser as default to open and direct all http, ftp, and other external web links, sometimes they either don’t show the prompt to set the respective browser as default or fail to make required changes to default browser registry key. Change Default Browser is an application for Windows which eliminates all the known and unknown problems related to default browser switching. Read More

Dolphin Browser Released For iPad With Some Minor Changes

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A great alternative for Safari on iPhone and one of the best browsers on Android platform, MoboTap's Dolphin Browser, was released for iPad yesterday. Dolphin is the first gesture based browser on the iPad with some new added features compared to its iPhone’s version. You might have already read our review of Dolphin Browser for iPhone. This version for iPad is not that much changed except for some little tweaks. Along with the gesture-based browsing, this browser has a Webzine feature, which is basically a built-in elegant RSS reader. It also has a speed dial feature on the new tab/home page along with tabbed browsing. Details of the new features and changes after the break. Read More

Dolphin Browser Brings Webzines & Chrome-Like Tabbed Browsing To iPhone [Review]

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Just when we began wondering when one of the smartest, fastest and most elegant third-party browsers on the Android Market would make a (much-requested) transition to Android’s rival platform, the developers delivered. MoboTap released the smartphone variant of Dolphin Browser to the iTunes App Store (for iPhone & iPod Touch) roughly five days ago. From the looks of it, the browser is rapidly growing in popularity. No surprises there. Dolphin Browser is a comprehensive package of functionality, looks and perks and deserves all the acclaim it has received so far across both platforms. It’s not just the Chrome-inspired tabbed browsing, that impresses users. Dolphin Browser comes with a smart URL bar, gesture-based control and navigation, a Speed Dial home page and a Webzine feature with impressive social network (Facebook and Twitter) integration. Read More

Cloud Fox Syncs Firefox Bookmarks, History & Tabs With Windows Phone 7

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The whole concept of a smartphone is to allow the user to carry everything they need, no matter where they are. In essence, you don’t just have a phone, you are walking around with your PC in your pocket. Want to browse the net? It’s there. Feel like listening to music? It’s there. File access, editing and reading docs - a smartphone offers you everything. Well, almost. What it does not offer, third-party apps strive to achieve. Web browsing is one of the major aspects of modern computing. The gateway to the vast world of internet is your web browser. And the supporting columns of this gateway are your bookmarks, history, etc. which make the browsing experience even better. If you are a Firefox user currently on Windows Phone 7, chances are that you might be missing your carefully collected bookmarks. WP7’s Internet Explorer is pretty cool, but you know what’s cooler? Syncing Firefox data with it. Cloud Fox can do that for you. Read More

Meteoric – Download Manager / Alternate Browser For iPhone & iPad

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Has this ever happened to you that your net connection gave out during a download, or you had to leave a download unfinished for any reason? This can be quite a heartbreaking happening, seeing your hours worth of waiting and patience going down the drain. For this exact purpose, download managers are widely in use today. Safari in iOS isn’t resume supported by default, also there are sometimes lengthy procedures which need to be followed in order to be able to grab the file you want to download. At times it’s convenient to download a file on your desktop computer, but it gives you a pretty tough time when trying to download from your iPhone or iPad (who can forget “video can not be played on Mobile” error). If you are an iDevice user and have suffered from all these issues, then Meteoric is the answer to your prayers. Read More

Sync Browser Bookmarks With Your Windows Phone 7 [Guide]

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If you are a big fan of the whole bookmarks concept and your web browser has a whole lot of bookmarks saved on it for later viewing, then you might really miss your precious accumulations while surfing the net on your Windows Phone 7 device. By default Internet Explorer is the browser used in WP7 phones, and it doesn’t allow you to sync the bookmarks from your PC to your phone. Do you wish that you had the ability to import all the bookmarks from your PC to the WP7 device you are using and vice versa? It is possible, and it’s simple! Read More

Dolphin Browser HD 6.0 Leaves Beta, Adds More Webzines [Android]

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Dolphin Browser HD 6.0 was released on the Android Market as a free beta roughly a month ago with minor interface tweaks and a new Webzine feature that displays feeds/articles from a website, blog or social network in a magazine-like format more suitable for reading/ browsing through on a mobile device. The Webzine feature, in addition to deep integration with Facebook and Twitter within their respective webzines, now comes packed with support for a host of major news/informative websites and blogs arranged into ten different categories. AddictiveTips, too, has its very own webzine within the Science & Tech category. More after the break. Read More

Firefox 5.0 Lands On Android Market With New Private Browsing Feature

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Looking for an alternative web browser for your Android phone or tablet? Wanted to give Firefox for Android a shot but been hesitant due to the beta tag? Hesitate no more! Firefox 5.0 for Android has finally shed its beta tag and is available on Android Market right away. The final build of version 5.0 brings increased page loading speed, greater compatibility with SwiftKey keyboard replacement, a vaster add-on gallery and of course, the Do Not Track private browsing feature that was introduced in the beta. There seems to be no improvement in time it takes for the browser to launch and, judging by the comments on the app’s Android Market page, none in the overall stability of the browser. It seems the mobile browser needs a serious overhaul before it can even begin to hurt its Android Market adversaries. Let’s hope the browser’s freshly released desktop variant fares better. Read More

Dolphin Browser HD 6.0 Beta For Android Adds Web Magazine Feature

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The Dolphin Browser dev team has released a beta for the newest version of their acclaimed Android browser, adding to its long list of handy features, the option to view select supported websites in a magazine-like format. Yes, almost like Flipboard for the iPad. Said feature, called Webzine, extracts text and images from articles and feed items on a website and arranges them in a uni-column format suitable for reading off a mobile device. However, unlike Flipboard, the feature only shows you a preview/excerpt of each article, providing you with a (View All) link to associated websites for the rest. The current version only includes Facebook and Twitter Webzines. Support for more websites will be included in future updates. Read More

Dolphin Browser HD v5.0 Finally Released To The Android Market

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One of the best mobile browsers on the market just got better. Receiving improvements in speed and UI through one private and three public betas, Dolphin Browser HD v5.0 has finally hit the Android Market. The browser is now ad-free, features a new and improved UI design, a Chrome-like Speed Dial page, improved performance and four new downloadable themes. Arguably one of the fastest web browsers available to Android users, Dolphin Browser HD has just gotten some nifty visual tweaks and significant functionality improvement that are going to help it widen its gap with other contemporary browsers even further. Read More

Urly – Pin Web Links In Mac Dock To Stack Them Like Windows 7 JumpList

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It becomes quite wearisome to find certain minimized browser windows from an already overcrowded dock. Since each minimized window in dock looks quite similar, one cannot easily identify required window from a long dock overwhelmed with apps and minimized browser windows. Urly offers a simple solution by using Mac native web browser - Safari. It allows you to pin frequently visited websites in dock, sort of similar to Windows 7 jump list. Users can drop as many websites as they want over it, so they can be quickly accessed. A right-click on its icon will reveal all pinned web links (just like Windows 7 jumplist). This means that you don’t have to use Safari each time to view pinned websites. Just select the link from the list and  it will open in your default web browser. Read More

Dolphin Browser HD v5.0 For Android Public Beta Released

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The new and improved version 5.0 of the highly acclaimed Dolphin Browser HD for Android, which was released as a private beta about a week ago, just went public. In addition to a UI overhaul, the new version brings a built-in Speed Dial page, a Quick menu in the bookmarks bar (sports shortcuts to key options) and the option to add sub folders to the list of bookmarks. Dolphin Browser HD v5.0 beta is available for download from the Dolphin browser’s blog. Read More

Angel Browser Is Customizable And Feature-Rich Browser For Android

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Although in need of a fair amount of polishing as of this writing, Angel Browser for Android shows quite a lot of promise. The free browser sports everything but the kitchen sink – a vast assortment of old and new features including tabbed browsing, a Read Later option and a Speed Dial page (set as the home/new tab page as per default settings), which seems to be inspired from Google Chrome’s Most visited page. With a slightly more user-friendly UI than the one that currently governs the browser, Angel Browser could do wonders. Read More

Automatically Change Proxy Settings With Proxy Switcher

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Most offices are secured by firewalls which require elaborate proxy settings to use the corporate internet connection. This creates a problem for many users who take their laptops to office and later find it hard to undo the proxy settings to use the internet when they come back home. Proxy Switcher is an effective application to undo or apply such proxy settings  over all the browsers from the system tray via a simple click. Read More