Browsing the Web on a Linux box just got a lot better. Galeon, a GNOME-based browser, raises the bar for performance and ease-of-use. Galeon is fast, easy to configure, and packs features not available in mainstream browsers.
Browsing the Web on a Linux box just got a lot better. Galeon, a GNOME-based browser, raises the bar for performance and ease-of-use. Galeon is fast, easy to configure, and packs features not available in mainstream browsers.
Tabbed Browsing
Galeon’s most visible innovation is tabbed browsing. Rather than cluttering your desktop with a half-dozen separate browser windows, you browse in a single window and swap among tabs. The result is a huge savings in desktop space.
Figure One: Tabbed browsing saves desktop space
Adding a tab is as simple as selecting “New Tab” from the File menu or right-clicking a link and picking “Open in new tab” from the pop-up menu. To remove a tab, just click the “X” on it. Figure One shows an example of the tabbed interface.
As if tabbed browsing isn’t cool enough, Galeon takes the feature one step further by letting you save a tabbed setup and reuse it. Say you normally browse the following sites: Linux Today (http://linuxtoday.com), Freshmeat (http://www.freshmeat.net), Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org), and Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-mag.com). You can create a tab for each site by selecting “Save Session As…” from the File menu. You can recall sessions using “Open Session.”
When quitting Galeon, you can either “Exit” or “Exit With Session.”…
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