Sleipnir 2.8.3 Web Browser Tutorial:
Clearing Cache / History / Auto Complete PasswordsChanging what the browser is allowed to run/display (images, flash, pop-ups)
Browser Security
Changing the home page
Viewing the Source Code of a file
Refresh rate
Favorite pages/ Bookmarks
A select few other options/features
Sleipnir is a browser that allows you to choose what type of browser engine it runs on.
It has several compatibilities to choose from.
In most sections you can choose the Trident engine- which is what Internet Explorer uses
or you can choose the Gecko Engine- which is what most browsers developed through the Mozilla foundation use.
Clearing Cache / History / Auto Complete Passwords
From the Tools menu, Choose Clear Personal Data
Click on the items you wish to clear from the system
Changing what the browser is allowed to run/display (images, flash, pop-ups)
From the Security menu,
You can choose security for the browser engine itself,
or you can set parameters for a specific web page
You can choose what to allow or block.
This can help keep your computer from being infected with a virus
Please be aware that blocking things may affect your ability to view websites
From the Security menu,
You can choose cookies for the browser at all times
or you can enable cookies for a just specific web page or the duration of having the browser window open
You can choose what to allow or block.
This can help keep your computer from being infected with a virus
Please be aware that blocking things may affect your ability to view websites
From the Tools menu,
Choose Sleipnir Options
In Quick Security
You can switch modes between Secure and Full access and give each mode a different set of allowances
From the Security menu,
You can affect pop-ups here.
If you click on Popup block Manager....
You can choose to block specific information by clicking on Settings
From the Security menu,
In page block manager
You can block specific pages
Browser Security
From the Options menu,
Choose Internet Options
In Privacy
You can choose specific cookie settings
and enable the popup blocker
In Security
You can tell the system which sites to trust or restrict
Clicking on custom settings....
Allows you to enable and disable or set prompts for specific scripts
This can help keep your computer from being infected with a virus
Please be aware that blocking things may affect your ability to view websites
In Content
You can manage auto complete information
Clicking on settings....
This will allow you to clear private passwords and information filled in on web forms
If you share or use a public computer, it is a good idea to delete this information
Changing the home page
From the Tools menu,
Choose Sleipnir Options
In General
You can type in the exact URL you want for your home page
You can choose to use the current page in your active browsing window
Viewing the Source Code of a file
From the View menu,
Choose View Source
The system will autolaunch a new window with the source code for the website
Auto refresh
From the View menu,
Choose Auto Refresh Tab
This allows you to have the system auto refresh a page to ensure up to date information on pages you may leave open
Favorite pages/ Bookmarks
From the Favorites menu, you can view all of your favorites
Add to your favorites
Or organize your favorites
Bookmarks can be shared between browser programs or computers using import and export
A few options and Features
Since this is a tabbed browsing system,
you can save groups of web pages that are usually opened in conjunction with each other
so you can open them all at once as a group
If you are unable to load a web page, Sleipnir will try to help you determine why you can't load it
You can really learn a lot about a web page in the script section if you are into web development
You can download themes, Plug-ins, and extra extensions