Slimjet

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equently, it offers the same speed and the same reliability that Chrome has to offer. Why would you get Slimjet instead of Chrome then? Well, for the simple reason that FlashPeak gave Slimjet functionality that Chrome does not have. To put it bluntly, Slimjet has some extra features that Chrome does not have. At the time of writing this, Slimjet is available only for Microsoft’s Windows operating system. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, Windows 7, and Windows 8 are supported (32 as well as 64-bit editions). FlashPeak explained that it is working on Mac and Linux versions of Slimjet and that they “are coming soon.” Slimjet’s interface is just like Chrome’s interface: a tabbed, minimal interface with a handy new tab display that features links to the sites you frequently access. If you’ve used Chrome in the past, you would immediately feel at home with Slimjet. If you haven’t used Chrome in the past, you would very quickly figure things out. After all, Chrome’s interface is one of the simplest in the web browser industry. Chrome-based functionality offered by Slimjet: tabbed browsing; customizable new tab page; bookmarks; address bar functions as a search bar; incognito browsing; find on page; print page; sign into your account; browsing history; browser extensions; lots of settings to play with. Extra functionality offered by Slimjet: capture a screenshot of a selected area; save a screenshot of the entire desktop; fully customizable toolbar; smarter password manager; Facebook integration; automatically compress photos to web-optimized resolution; define short aliases for long URLs; and more. Slimjet is free software. So go get it and uncover all the extra functionality it has to offer. Slimjet puts lots of useful and handy extra functionality on top of Chrome’s strong foundation.