Best Web Browsers: Rekonq Browser Review

Rekonq is the default web browser on Kubuntu. This lightweight app loads web pages quickly and comes with many great features like a unique loading address bar and tabbed browsing. Many users claim that Rekonq is a great example of straightforward and straightforward open source software. Smooth scrolling, autoscrolling, and RSS support are other important highlights.

This easy-to-use browser is based on WebKit and has a minimalist interface that most users prefer today. Rekonq allows you to upload sessions, store sessions, preview web pages, and manage various tasks. Its development is based on advanced KDE technologies and the amazing features provided by the WebKit rendering engine.

Like Google Chrome, Rekonq has a built-in address bar where you can enter URLs, search the web, and view your browsing history. This URL bar also shows when a page loads. Users can also rearrange tabs with the mouse, search only parts of the URL from the location bar, and track download history. Other important features include:

• Java and Flash compatibility

• Integrated ad block

• Single load steering bar

• Tabbed browsing

• RSS support

• Proxy support

• SSL information support

• Download history tracking

• Automatic scrolling

• Administrator bookmarks

• New tab page

• Tight KDE desktop integration

• Fast performance

• Minimalist interface

• Simple and intuitive GUI

• Private browsing

• HTML5 support

• Web inspector

• Preview page

• History tab

This web browser comes with an automatic subscription to the Easylist filter, which is updated weekly. Users can also use manual filters to block specific elements of web pages. Rekonq uses your chosen default applications to handle multimedia files and PDF files. It also supports KIO services, including proxies, cache, cookies, and network settings. This application aims to make it possible to organize tabs into sessions by providing an easy to use GUI known as “panoramic view”. This feature allows users to modify tabs in a session, save a session, and load sessions. A session is a group of tabs.

When you move your cursor over a tab, you can preview its content. Another notable feature is the private browsing mode, which allows users to browse the Web anonymously without leaving traces of their activity. Rekonq also comes with a built-in ad unit which is quite effective. You can also use Web Inspector, which is similar to Firebug for Firefox and the developer tool found in Google Chrome. Website RSS feeds can be saved in Akregator, the default feed reader in Kubuntu.