Reviews of Orca Browser

1. 
   DoHickey

   Reviewing 1.1 Build 7 (Jun 11, 2009)

   I didn't really have much trouble with this browser.
   I don't like and wish we had the option to stop the Orca splash start up. (I also don't like the same thing happening with the Seamonkey browser) It doesn't hide the fact that your browsers take longer to load, so please don't try & fool us with a start up splash.
   
   After the uninstall, I had to manually go into the temp folders and delete the images this browser had saved. I see they didn't fix that problem.
   
   When trying to choose an email option for Orca, it wouldn't let me choose the Windows Live Mail, only outlook express. Windows Live is suppose to be an upgrade from Outlook, or so I thought.
   Anyway, it's not bad, just work out the problems & take our suggestions to heart.
2. 
   Mobster

   Reviewing 1.1 Build 1 (Mar 14, 2009)

   I think this might be a great browser. Is really fast and does not slow down like Avant or IE.The problems I have found, is copy and paste does not work very well. Clicking on different tabs does not always work. I have to click 2-3 times and then sometimes the page is exited because a double click exits the page.
   Sometimes clicking on links does not work, I have to click off of the page, or a different part of the page, then reclick the link. And then today I had a problem getting Adobe Flash to install plugins. Please fix and get the second release out.
3. 
   Blaxima

   Reviewing 1.1 Build 1 (Mar 2, 2009)

   I'm just going to copy and paste my review of Avant because while this might have a different engine it seems to have the same problems oddly enough.
   
   More and more flash heavy sites are causing problems for my Opera browser and since I have used and hate firefox and that terribly buggy maxthon I gave this a go. and now I will promptly give it a quick purge. The very first site I went to (nhl.com) crashed it and Orca
4. 
   dogbert0360

   Reviewing 1.1 Beta 3 (Sep 30, 2008)

   Just finished trying out Orca web browser, and I must say it is nice looking and fast. But there are a few important bugs that need to be ironed out.
   
   1) Not very Fire Fox plugin friendly. Even though its based on the FireFox Gecko 3.0 code, I had some problems installing a couple addons. I mean, I was able to access the site and install them, but when I went to see what I had added, at first they would not show up. But after I had restarted the browser a few times they finally did show. Plus, the addon icons do not appear in the lower screen task bar show I had no idea if they were working.
   
   2) Cut and pasting web links is not working and needs to be fixed.
   
   3) No clear path to where your downloads are located, nor can you change this. I checked the options and this does not appear to be indicated.
   
   Over all, Orca is a decent browser and I will give it another look when it is a stable release.
5. 
   statm1

   Reviewing 1.1 Beta 3 (Sep 29, 2008)

   Firefox themes are not supported in Orca. It uses proprietary skins that you can download from http://forum.avantbrowser.com. There is a list of supported FF extensions as well on that forum.
   
   As for ads there is a black/white list in the settings that you can continually update the list of ads that get or dont get blocked.

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