Tip #2189 - 3B Browsing
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3B
Browsing
This week's download
puts a new twist on something I’m sure we’re all familiar
with: surfing the Web. It’s called 3B and essentially, what it does
is bring window shopping to the Web by creating a three dimensional environment
out of Web sites.
3B groups different
sites together in what they call cities based on criteria,
such as interests. These cities are then presented to the user in an environment
that resembles walking through a city street or mall.
You can navigate through
the cities as though you were walking down a city street , with all the
storefront images actually being the homepage of a related Web site. If
you do see a store, excuse me, I mean a site that interests you, simply
“walk” up to it and click on the site's image, and you should
be redirected to the actual Web site. Once you are at the actual site
you wish to visit, you can browse around like you would any other Web
site. When you're done, hit the back button and you're right back on the
street.
In addition to the
premade cities that you can choose from, there is an option to create
what are called villages. These villages are nothing
more than a collection of your sites that you have entered into your village
settings. You can then visit them with only a few mouse clicks. This village
doesn’t have to be all Web sites either. If you have photos posted
on the Internet, you can enter these addresses allowing the images to
come up in between the other Web sites in your village. In order to create
a village, you have to create a free account and dump in the Web addresses
you want. You don’t have to do it all at once either. You can always
log in and modify your village in a matter of seconds.
3B Browsing is a completely
different way to surf the Web. It is very graphically pleasing and the
window shopping feel can really spark some ideas if you’re not sure
what exactly you're looking for.
If you're worried
about the program being a little too much, keep in mind that they have
a number of great tutorials for you that will quickly clue you in on how
to use 3B’s tools and capabilities.
All in all, 3B is
a very cool concept that creates a very unique and very cool Web surfing
environment. I’m sure we will see more of these types of browsers
in the future, but you guys can enjoy this one now. Go out and give 3B
a try. I’m sure you will enjoy the download. Until next week, so
long.
You can download the
3B browser, here.
Note: Minimum
System Requirements:
· Cable or DSL broadband
· PC only, Pentium III or higher
· Windows XP of 2000
· Direct X 8.1 or later version
· 256 MB (or more) of main memory
·32 MB (or more) video card memory
· 1GB available hard disk space
~Chad Stelnicki
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