Lunascape: Firefox, Internet Explorer and Chrome All-In-One

Do you sometimes need to go from browser to browser because of incorrect rendering? Personally, my favorite browser to use is Firefox, but sometimes websites do not work that well with it - so I switch over to IE. Sometimes I get sick of both of them, and I start using Chrome for a bit. However, switching from one to the other can be time consuming and end up being quite a hassle - just imagine if it was possible to combine all three browsers Chrome, Internet Explorer, and Firefox?

Well, Lunascape 5 Genesis offers exactly that. It is the first of its kind, offering the world's very first web browser that uses 3 of the most popular engines for rendering:

- Trident (Internet Explorer)

- Gecko (Firefox)

- WebKit (combination of Safari and Chrome)

The true beauty of Lunascapeis that it allows you to switch different rendering engines for each separate page you need to view.

On initial start up, Lunascape will ask you to choose a default rendering engine. You can always change this option later on. For example, suppose you choose Gecko (Firefox) as your default rendering engine. Then you open a web page and want to switch to Trident (Internet Explorer). All you have to do is right click on the tab, click on Switch Engine, and pick the engine that you need.

Aside from switching from engine to engine, Lunascape has several other useful features:

1. In the event of a crash, simply close the tab of the page that crashed. The other pages or tabs that you are viewing will remain unaffected.

2. If you want to add a new podcast or RSS feed, simply drag and drop what you want to your favorites. Lunascape has a feature named Popup News that will keep you up to date. Popup News will display new updates on your feeds in a pop-up window. You can change how frequent the updates pop-up, so that it does not get annoying.

3. As a security function, Lunascape offers that option to stop ActiveX scripts and JavaScript when downloading.

4. Lunascape has a feature called mouse gestures, by simply moving and clicking your mouse you can execute browser commands. For example, by using the mouse you can refresh, close, go page forward or backwards, all through simple and quick mouse motions. No more having to reach all the way for the keyboard or toolbars.

5. Support for both Firefox and Internet Explorer plug-ins.

6. Many skins can be downloaded to suit your style.

For a new browser, I must say it is not without its flaws, the developers have some fine-tuning to do to work out all the kinks. However, it is building up to be a great browser, I think. Make sure to check it out!