SRWare Iron portable is a browser which is developed using the source code of Chromium. This freeware browser of netbook is a clone of Google Chrome based on the open source Chromium code and offers the same features as Google Chrome without any disagreeable points that concerns the privacy of the user. Iron browser is famous for its features on ad blocks, adblog.ini, no script which differentiates it completely from Google Chrome.
SRWare Iron browser was solely developed only to offer faster access to web through latest webkit engine, a highly up-graded version than Google Chrome with V8 designed JavaScript engine to offer better security levels than other browser. It has all the features such a dragging the tabs to create a new window, opening the browser in private mode and one can save the browser and transfer it to other computers by storing it in the USB drive and opening it anywhere outside . Usually Iron does not track the user’s web surfing patterns and allows only one button for configuration and document menu with improved performance and security schemes.
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The Pros and Cons of Iron:
Pros:
- It provides a feature to prevent the ads, similar to the plug-in in Firefox called “ad blocks” to resists the unauthorized ads which in turn spoils the website and web server. The SRWare Iron extends a single .ini file for download that blacklists tons of ads and its host. This can be achieved by pasting the adblocks.ini file to installed folder. By preventing the ads, Iron ensures more speed during web access with higher bandwidth.
- It integrates RSS/Atom viewer and reader without any extensions or plug-in.
- Availability of custom CSS style sheets content filters.
- Integrated Web video downloader and catcher.
- It incorporates a free, open source extension called “No script” to block the execution of JavaScript, Java, Flash, Silverlight and other plug-in and scripted content from malicious users .
Cons:
- Iron browser utilizes more speed and high memory consumption from netbooks. The more pages opened, more usage of RAM to balance the needs of each page is required.
Comparison of Iron and Chrome at privacy:
Client-ID: Chrome creates a unique ID through which a user can be theoretically identified. (Does not exist in Iron)
Timestamp: Chrome remembers up to the second exactly when the program was installed. (Does not exist in Iron)
Suggest: Depending on the configuration, each time you put something in the address line, this information is sent to Google to provide suggestions. (Does not exist in Iron)
Alternate Error Pages: Depending on the configuration, if you have typed a false address in the address bar, this is sent to Google and you get an error message from Google’s servers. (Does not exist in Iron)
Error Reporting: Depending on the configuration, details about crashes or failures are sent to Google’s servers. (Does not exist in Iron)
RLZ-Tracking: This Chrome-function transmits information in encoded form to Google, such as, when and where Chrome has been downloaded. (Does not exist in Iron)
Google Updater: Chrome installs an update, which loads with every Windows in background. (Does not exist in Iron)
URL-Tracker: Calls depending on the configuration five seconds after launch the Google homepage opens in background. (Does not exist in Iron)
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SRWare Iron Can’t Be Trusted – At Least Not Yet!
They’ve developed a so called privacy oriented browser that played on the paranoia of the general public for ad revenue as their prerogative all along.
Did you know what the developer was quoted as saying? Google is Evil and the German people don’t like Google, well cool I’m not bothered with that, that’s all cool, I don’t personally trust Google either.
Then what else do they now do, run Google Adsense on their site and support running Google banners on their startpage site also.
Look, you call Google evil then you are seen supporting Google, what is that telling us? I’ll tell you, one big mixed bag of messages that should make you think real hard.
So can this developer really be trusted and should we really support SRWare Iron.
Well one thing is certain, until this developer starts flying right and shows us some of these true colors of mistrust towards Google, then it’s looking really fishy and this is all the real truth around here about this SRWARE Iron!
Go research it and see for yourself!
PEACE
Smudgy
SRWare is a trusted piece of software. Ad free, Spyware free & definitely virus free!
SRWare Iron browser doesn’t constantly report to Google about your browsing (see this very article).
Please don’t trust scaremongers – trust SRWare Iron (it’s been thoroughly tested)