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Mozilla WebRunner: a one-window, tabless browser with no URL bar

WebRunner
While Mozilla, Microsoft, Opera, AOL, and others keep pushing out new web browsers with all the latest and greatest features, sometimes you need something a bit simpler. You know, like a web browser that can only open one page at a time, has no tabs, no sidebars, bookmarks, add-ons, or even a URL box.

No, seriously. That's exactly what WebRunner is: the simplest web browser you've seen since... well, ever. (Well, unless you count text-based browsers like Lynx). This Mozilla project can render pretty much any page or content that you can access in Firefox. But it comes without any bells and whistles. At all.

In fact, it's probably best not to think of WebRunner as a browser at all. Rather, it's a lightweight tool for accessing web-based applications. Like Google Docs & Spreadsheets, but wish you didn't have to leave it open in a browser tab all the time? No problem, just fire it up in WebRunner and think of it as a standalone application that only works when your computer's connected to the internet.

You load websites by clicking on WebRunner "bundles," which are basically zipped archive files holding configuration data, icons, and scripts. You can create your own bundles or download existing bundles for most Google services (Reader, Mail, Docs, Analytics) and a few other sites like Twitter and Facebook.

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