Crazy Browser is a freeware web browser, which isn't much of a
distinction now that every major browser is also free. (Yes, kids,
there was a time when you paid for browsers.) The creators do,
however, distinguish their product with a few unusual features and
functions.
The program supports tabbed browsing--nothing new at this
point--but does add the very nice ability to collect tabs into
groups and then load an entire group at once. For example, I put PC
World, MacWorld, and Slashdot into a group I called 'ComputerNews'.
I can then load all three by a single menu selection. This feature
is very useful for research, as you can summon a set of related
sites as needed, without manually opening each one. (Firefox allows
you to open all the bookmarks in a folder, but not to have logical
groupings which are not related to folders.)
The browser also supports 'mouse gestures', which let you navigate
without clicking buttons or typing keys. Hold the right mouse
button down, sweep right to left, and you go back; left to right,
and you go forward. The gestures take some learning, but in time,
they would likely become second nature.
Also included are many content filtering features. The program
comes pre-configured to block many types of ads and popups.
Unfortunately, Crazy Browser is very much a small-team project. The
interface is functional, but ugly, and quirky in places. To close a
tab, you must go to the upper-right corner and click a close box
there, instead of there being a close box on the tab itself. The
toolbars use generic icons. It auto-imported my Explorer bookmarks,
but didn't ask about Opera or Firefox. Development on the program
seems to have stopped; the last beta was in February 2006.
--Ian Harac
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Crazy Browser
- Version: 2.01
- Downloads Count: 364,995
- License Type: Free
- Price: Free
- Date Added: Aug 2, 2007
- Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows XP
- Requirements: 486DX/66 or higher, 16 MB RAM, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5
- File Size: 688.0 KB
- Author: CrazyBrowser.com
Editorial Review of Crazy Browser
Reviewed by: janetlaker
Reviewed by: Altsurf
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