Introduction
It can safely be said that in today’s age, a web browser is perhaps the first icon you click on after you log into your personal computer, or any computer for that matter. A web browser is usually the most heavily used program installed on your computer and on an average basis, computer users spend more than half their time on the Internet, thereby giving the web browser its usual heavy workload.
Whatever Internet browser program you may be using, your browser essentially functions not only as a gateway and access portal to the world wide web, but it also performs a larger number of complex and routine functions which make your internet surfing into a complete holistic experience.
History
A browser typically handles and runs the various scripts it encounters on different websites, including scripting languages and pictures displayed in codes etc., converting and displaying them in the decipherable format that you see on your screen. Not only does the web browser provide you access to the Internet, it also stores important information such as the pages that you have visited and auto-fill information etc., which is stored on your web browser for your ease.
Features
Typical web browsers also handle the downloading that you do while surfing the Internet, adding to the list of functions that it performs routinely. Due to these, and a large many other functions that a web browser performs on a routine basis, most people find that their browser is in fact the program that gives them the most trouble on average, much more than any other program installed on their computers. For this reason it is advisable that you install a backup browser so that you can avoid being in the lurch in case of the unfortunate event of your regular web browser giving you trouble.
Tips and Comments
The signs that you might need a backup browser may already have been witnessed by a majority of those reading this, without them ever having realized that there is an easy enough remedy to their problem. Incidents involving the regular crashing of your web browser and message displays indicating that a particular script cannot be played or has crashed should be indicative that you need to install a backup browser on your computer. A backup browser will ensure that you have another web browsing program to launch whenever your regular Internet browser is giving you trouble. Installing one of the widely available free web browsers easily downloadable from the Internet as a backup browser will not only ensure your continued connectivity but also help you to obtain help from the Internet to diagnose and correct any problem that you will need to make your regular/primary browser to start working correctly. Since a good number of extremely useful Internet browsers are available online, new users should have no trouble in locating a good substitute as a backup browser. For people who typically use Internet Explorer as a web browser, it is advisable to install good substitutes such as the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, both excellent browsers that in some respects surpass the performance even of the mass favorites such as Internet Explorer.
