A few days ago a new web browser, called Browzar, appeared on the Internet. Claiming to be a privacy-oriented browser, Browzar immediately caught the eye of technology websites which started reporting it. Here are some examples: The Register, Lifehacker and Download Squad.
However, after a few days it turned out that Browzar is not really what it claimed to be. Browzar is simply a wrapper around Internet Explorer, which is not a bad thing by itself. It keeps your privacy by cleaning Internet Explorer’s cache and history, thus protects other users of the same computer from knowing what you’ve been doing. That’s not enough for a browser to get so much hype, as there are many tools that do this already.
This wouldn’t make it to my blog on a regular day. But I’m troubled with the way this browser got so much news before anyone really tried it to see what it’s worth. The hype around this browser was very much unjustified, and this is why I didn’t include links to its download page.
You see there will always be MBAs to make something out of nothing…