Browse through the Internet flawlessly with Camino

There are many web browsers to choose from that combine power, speed, and simplicity while surfing through the Internet, one of them being Camino.  Camino is a Mac-based web browser that integrates fast and simple web-browsing.  Best of all, Camino is built on Mozilla’s Gecko Layout engine, which is the same engine used in Firefox.  Yet, there are some discrepancies between the two that make Camino a great browser to use.

To begin, Camino doesn’t differ with Firefox when it comes to its format and function; they look very similar.  Like Firefox, the back, forward, refresh, stop and home buttons are reasonably large, making it easy to find and use.  It also has a Google search bar, which makes it convenient to conduct searches.  Also, with Camino, just like Firefox, loads websites very quickly.  Similarly, watching videos on Camino is great because there are no buffering problems and video streaming is flawless.

Nevertheless, Camino is different from Firefox in certain ways.  First, Camino is a bit more colorful.  The navigation keys I mentioned in the previous paragraph, such as the back and forward buttons and the home button, have color in Camino, as opposed to the gray color in the default Firefox browser.  However, you can download add-ons on Firefox that can change the look to the browser, which leads to my second point.  Camino does not have the ability to download add-ons, like different browser formats or built-in YouTube video downloaders.  I think this is a disadvantage, given that with add-ons, it adds more variety to your browser.  Third, the tabs in Camino are much different than the tabs in Firefox.  In Camino, the tabs are more compact and much smaller.  This is a relatively good idea, given that by minimizing the size of the tabs, it makes the browser more presentable.  A fourth difference between Camino and Firefox is the way the history is organized.  Unlike Firefox, which mixes all the past websites you’ve viewed in the past, Camino neatly organizes all the websites you’ve visited according to their date.  Again, this makes it easier for the user to navigate.  Finally, Camino has a button that Firefox doesn’t have, which is located on the top right hand corner of the browser.  It’s an image of a book with a bookmark hanging from the side of it.  When you click on that icon, it opens the bookmark menu containing all the websites you’ve bookmarked.  Once again, convenience is key and the creators of Camino have certainly done that with this browser.

Camino is a free web browser that you can download.  As far as it being the best browser, it is hard to determine.  Certainly, the similarities between Firefox and Camino are noticeable and they both accomplish the same tasks.  Personally, Camino won’t become my default browser because I’ve gotten so used to Firefox.  Nevertheless, it’s a great web browser and I would use it when an emergency came up.  Overall, if you’re looking for a change after using Safari for months or years, this is the browser for you.  If you’re a Firefox user, Camino isn’t a far cry from Firefox, but it is a browser certainly worth downloading and trying.