Comments on: Do You Need a Site-Specific Browser?

By: vipen

vipen — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:04:03 +0000

…i want toa sk you guys a question what need to do if one is not able to open any specific site ..however he is able to open common site’s ..!!!

By: jegHegy

jegHegy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 11:41:40 +0000

How to make Opera behave like a Site-Specific Browser

http://my.opera.com/jegHegy/blog/opera-as-site-specific-browser

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:06:32 +0000

I have recently developed the habit of keeping Firefox and Opera both open. Of course this won’t work well for slower hardware setups.

Besides keeping work and play sites seperated, it offers me the ability to test websites quickly in multiple browsers, and be logged into two google accounts at once.

By: Mary-Ann Horley

Mary-Ann Horley — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:09:25 +0000

I like Prism a lot, but ultimately I’ve stopped using it because 1) I can only have one instance open at once and 2) no Google Gears

By: Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:33:29 +0000

John – Good point on the name. Perhaps “site-specific renderer” would be better, but I fear we’re stuck with the precedent now.

By: John Dowdell

John Dowdell — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:00:27 +0000

Hi Mike, the term “site-specific browser” seems to be an oxymoron, doesn’t it? It either browses, or it doesn’t.

The WWW browser arrived only a decade or so ago, and its abilities complemented those of existing network-aware applications (FTP programs, email clients, iTunes store etc). WWW browsers are great for letting us visit the pages of strangers with impunity. The same level of trust would not be afforded those who wish to reside on our desktops.

The Internet is larger than The Web. Not all computer interaction needs to fit into the document-browser worldview.

jd/adobe

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:57:57 +0000

Another option, available through most Linux systems, is multiple windows.

I can have a Window for the book I’m working on – browser and wordprocessor. With the browser tabs only on subject at hand.

Another window has RSS reader, mail.

Another window could have links for developing and maintaining blogs, etc

Sometimes a 4th window for a radio station and the inevitable links to purchase…

I did add Zotero from your recent recommendation. Now I’m going through delicious to get readier access.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:15:47 +0000

Interesting. I use Firefox and I have an extension loaded which allows me to ‘lock’ tabs – so I keep Gmail, Google Reader and a few others open in tabs and ‘locked’ so I don’t mistakenly close them. My browser is always open so I can surf and hit these at at time.

What I really need is another ‘non-developer’ profile setup so I can have a personal browser open and then my ‘work’ version loaded with Firebug, developer toolbar, etc.

By: Sridhar Vembu

Sridhar Vembu — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:45:40 +0000

I have used Mozilla Prism and found it quite useful. You are absolutely right – there are occasions (for a long running application session) when a site-specific browser is quite useful.