The ultimate full featured web browser with advanced privacy, security and more.
If you think you've tried most, if not all browsers on the market then welcome Visual Explorer to the scene. A sleek browser with an uncluttered design and a rather keen eye on user privacy.
Visual Explorer is a moderately fast web browser with tabbed browsing; with the huge downfall of performance for those running Firefox, this browser might even be considered more stable.
Visual Explorer contains most of the features you might be used to in Internet Explorer but also included a new idea in the Explorer Bar. The Explorer Bar is a neat and organized box with gives you quick access to RSS feeds, favourites, history, the page source code and even a note pad to help keep you organized.
The browser itself is based on the Internet Explorer engine, so there isn't much new technology there; pages and CSS should be displayed the same way you'd expect them to as in IE. Even though the IE engine has a bad reputation, serious improvements have been made and Visual Explorer sure takes advantage of that.
We like to think of Visual Explorer as IE with style. That's because this browser supports many different colours and themes, a highly customizable search tool and a very effective popup blocker.
One unique feature of Visual Explorer which in hindsight, we were surprised nobody came up with was the printing web pages exactly how they looked on the screen. This is essentially a screengrab of the page as an image and then sending the screen capture to the printer for printing.
The browser also introduces some cool new features we don't often see in a web browser: Downloading videos from over 350 video sites, a built-in video conversion utility, an effective ad blocker and phishing protection inherited from Internet Explorer.
Features of Visual Explorer
- Bookmarks and favorites: Save and organize your favorite websites for easy access.
- Built-in search engine options: Choose from a variety of search engines for quick and convenient searches.
- Customizable homepage: Set your preferred homepage for quick access to your favorite websites.
- Download manager: Manage and organize your downloads within the browser.
- Extensions and add-ons: Extend the functionality of the browser with a wide range of add-ons and extensions.
- Fast and efficient web browsing: Enjoy speedy web page loading and smooth browsing experience.
- Full-screen mode: View web pages in full-screen mode for distraction-free browsing.
- Mouse gestures: Perform common browsing actions with simple mouse movements.
- Pop-up blocker: Block annoying pop-up windows to enhance your browsing experience.
- Privacy and security features: Protect your browsing activities with built-in privacy and security measures.
- Tabbed browsing: Open and manage multiple websites in separate tabs for seamless multitasking.
- Tab grouping and stacking: Group related tabs together or stack them for improved organization.
- Tab previews: Preview the content of each tab without switching to them.
- User-friendly interface: Navigate the browser with ease using its intuitive design.
- Zoom and text scaling: Adjust the zoom level and text size for comfortable reading.
Compatibility and License
Visual Explorer is provided under a freeware license on Windows from web browsers with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 3.2 is the latest version last time we checked.
What version of Windows can Visual Explorer run on?
Visual Explorer can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit systems with no dedicated 64-bit download provided.
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