Nonstandard, light browsers

Why would you like to choose something else than IE8, FF, Safari, Opera or newly lunched Chrome? Well because you are extravagant, you're a geek, or simply beacuse you are loooking into something new and light for your system. Below is a list with some ultra light browsers still available:

Maxthon

Maxthon is a versatile browser that you can tailor to fit your web browsing needs. Customization options include the security settings, the interface layout, and useful plugins that you can download like a personal information management tool, decorative skins and the Google Toolbar.

Maxthon lacks a few features higher–ranked browsers offer including thumbnail previews, parental controls, a smart toolbar, and anti-phishing technology.

Flock

Flock is a “social browser” built on a Firefox core that integrates with web services for blogging, photo sharing, and bookmark sharing.

Services Flock supports include: Bookmarks sharing: del.icio.us and Shadows. Photo services: Flickr, Photobucket. Blogging: Blogger, TypePad, WordPress and many others.

• Features: Web · Blogging · Photo Sharing · Favorites Sharing · RSS reader · Skinnable · compatible with many Firefox extensions
• Import: All settings from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari.
• Download Flock for Windows, Macintosh or Linux. Free.
• Get Flock Banners.

Windows Browsers

K-Meleon

Years before Firefox, K-Meleon was launched to create a lightweight web browser for Windows using the Mozilla core. K-Meleon's strengths are its speed and customizability.

• Features: Web
• Import: Will use your current Internet Explorer, Netscape/Firefox, or Opera bookmarks.
• Download K-Meleon for Windows. Free.
• Get K-Meleon Banners.

Macintosh Browsers

Camino

This browser's slogan is “Mozilla power, Mac style.” Designed to bring Mozilla's technology into harmony with Mac OS X, Camino integrates seamlessly in a way that Firefox hasn't yet managed.

• Features: Web
• Import: Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, OmniWeb, iCab, or generic HTML file.
• Download Camino for Macintosh OS X. Free.
• Get Camino Banners.

OmniWeb

The first web browser released for Mac OS X, OmniWeb focuses on power features. Since version 4.5 it has been based on Apple's WebCore technology, the same engine used by Safari, with innovations such as thumbnails for tabs, auto-save sessions, and per-site preferences. “Sure, you can use a standard web browser, with standard features. But you didn't choose a standard software experience—you chose the Mac.” Includes RSS headline support.

Even if you're not a Mac user, it's worth reading through OmniWeb's features page just for the writing style!

• Features: Web · RSS
• Import: Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Safari, or generic HTML file.
• Download OmniWeb for Macintosh OS X. $29 with 10-day trial.
• Get OmniWeb Banners.

iCab

Launched from obscurity as the first publicly-available browser to pass the Acid2 test (the first to pass was Safari, but only the in-development version), iCab is also the only modern web browser still built for Classic Mac OS.

• Features: Web · RSS
• Import: Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera.
• Download iCab for Macintosh OS X or Classic. Free limited edition, $29 or €29 for iCab Pro.
• Let iCab Smile campaign and banners.

Linux/UNIX Browsers

Konqueror

Konqueror is the web browser and file manager for the KDE Desktop. This highly customizable browser gained more attention when Apple selected it as the basis for Safari. Konqueror is tightly integrated with other KDE applications such as Kontact/KMail for e-mail, Akregator for RSS feeds, etc. (Konqueror can also run under GNOME or other desktop environments.)

• Features: Web · RSS via Akregator · Email via Kontact.
• Import: Bookmarks from Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla (and Firefox), Netscape, Galeon.
• Read about Konqueror for Linux/KDE.

Galeon

Galeon's slogan is “The web. Only the web.” It was one of the first projects to take Mozilla's rendering engine and focus on its original goal: web browsing. Galeon focuses on web features for power users. Built for GNOME, Galeon will also run under other desktop environments.

• Features: Web
• Import: Bookmarks from XBEL (Konqueror, Galeon), Mozilla (and Firefox), Netscape, Epiphany.
• Download Galeon for Linux/GNOME.

Epiphany

Epiphany is designed for simplicity and speed. An offshoot of Galeon, it is the default web browser or the GNOME desktop. (Epiphany will also run under other desktops.)

• Features: Web
• Import: Bookmarks from Firefox, Galeon, Konqueror, Mozilla, XBEL or HTML file.
• Download Epiphany for Linux/GNOME.