Filed under: Internet, Security, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Freeware
Browzar covers your tracks on the web
by Jordan Running Aug 31st 2006 at 11:45AM
Paranoid? Really paranoid? Browzar might be for you. Browzar lets you "search and surf the web without leaving any visible trace on the computer you are using." When you quit Browzar, it completely erases your tracks--history, cache, cookies, everything. It also eliminates auto-complete on text fields. What's more, Browzar is a tiny (264kb) portable app, so you can take it with you on your USB drive (or, heck, a floppy disk), for safe browsing in internet cafes, public libraries, or your parents' house. Oh, and it's free and available for Windows, with Mac OS X and Linux versions coming soon.Check out some screenshots of Browzar, courtesy of DLS blogger Chris Gilmer, after the jump.
Viewing CNN.com - load times for websites seem comparable to any other browser in the marketplace.
Browzar does have its own start page if you are interested.
However, I felt that the search results were not the best.
The browser window has a nice feel. Unfortunately, there is no access to view website source of any kind.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Cool Frood said 12:12PM on 8-31-2006
It's only available for Windows right now. Mac OS X and Linux are supposed to be coming soon.
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Jordan Running said 12:17PM on 8-31-2006
Thanks, Cool Frood, I've corrected the post.
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Phil said 6:46PM on 9-04-2006
"a floppy disk"
What's that??? ;)
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Bill said 2:14PM on 8-31-2006
I'm guessing it's based on IE since that's a requirement. Can anyone confirm this?
One known issue for those too to read the faq:
When I use site based applications like Google Mail or Writely I can't do a carriage return
This is a known problem and we are working on a fix for this. In the meantime: to make carriage return on Googlemail press CTRL + M, to create a carriage return in Writley use CTRL + SHIFT + M
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Diddle said 2:51PM on 8-31-2006
Why not just use Portable FireFox? :rolleyes:
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Estefania S.C. said 6:35PM on 8-31-2006
But, sorry folks,
because as any good conspiracy theorist crank will tell you:
Browzar is ( of course ) just a trap by "Them" thepowersthatbe
to make you use Browzar and, while you are feeling safe,
actually make it that much easier to track you down.
Hahaha.
The dead giveaway is that "zar" and that "brow"
in the Browzar name...
...it refers to the Brow Of The Tzar,
to the face of Zardoz, etcetera blablabla...
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Rush said 5:40AM on 9-01-2006
Scott Hanselman says otherwise: A New Private Browser - I mean Browzar - does not work as advertised. I guess it doesn't actually flush the cached pages; just the exciting stuff associated with those pages.
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Rush said 5:41AM on 9-01-2006
The link would help with that, wouldn't it?
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ANewPrivateBrowserIMeanBrowzarDoesNotWorkAsAdvertised.aspx
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Roger said 4:08AM on 9-06-2006
There's not even an option to set your own home page in this browser. So you have to stick with the built in engine unless you edit the binary file with a hex editor:
http://rogerkarlsson.com/blogs/misc/change-browzar-home-page/
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zacory said 3:34AM on 9-15-2006
Browsar is shit. Nothing more as an very though compiled companion of IE. It's ad- and spyware FULLY. When you are use it then tracks you, your job, and reports - and when you are done - browsar is also done - clears everything (but not everything). And for the spy-job money goes... Simply isn't?
http://web3.0log.org/2006/09/01/new-secure-browser-browzar-is-fake-and-full-of-adware
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