Download/HomepageTurbo Browser 98 is a highly integrated file management tool that has the
muscle to kick sand in the faces of Windows explorer and all those other little file
viewers, multimedia players, graphics converters, and mini-managers you've ganged together
to do the same jobs. With its versatile three-panel interface, Turbo Browser 98 works
fast, allowing quick viewing of just about any filetype, showing you the tree listings on
the left, folder contents in the middle, and files contents to the right. It handles file
conversion, compression, file manipulation (copy/move/paste/delete), encryption/decoding,
disk spanning (file splitting for floppy transfers), and batch file processing of any
files your choose. Wow, huh?
This new version adds capabilities for previewing Adobe PDF files, AutoCAD DWF files, and
MP3 music files using Active Movie, via upgraded ActiveX controls -- in addition to
previewing of HTML, ZIP, email, spreadsheets, documents, images and clips via the
integrated Turbo Browser 98 viewer. Just add new filter definitions anytime you have any
extra viewing needs.
Even better, Turbo Browser 98 is easy to use, and you can tweak it to suit your tastes: if
you have a panel you want to float and dock somewhere handy on the screen as you work, do
it. If you're looking for an elusive file, advanced search options let you hunt them by
contents, date, type, location, attributes, filesize -- and you can search your entire
computer, including subfolders! And if you have various files you need to find first,
handle later -- well, just drag-n-drop 'em down to Turbo Browser's "QBar" --
that's where you can store files you want to queue up (Q, see?) and handle in a batch.
Just drop them onto the QBar function button for the job in question: ExportQ, ZipQ,
ConvertQ, PrintQ, ViewQ, and SoundQ. Add your own Q buttons too, for special collections
or whatever. (And anytime you see a "plus" sign added to the Q button's name,
that means there's something stored there.) When you're ready to process your
"Q" files, just click on the appropriate Q button. It's much easier done than
explained.
More goodies: For graphics conversion, you need go no further for changing image format
and basic image enhancement (including color reduction, to reduce filesize). You can print
any printable file (text and spreadsheets in any format, graphics of any kind, your ZIP
file viewer list, email, even hexidecimal -- without having to open associated programs.
With the installed ActiveX components, you can create and edit ActiveX documents (like
HTML files), all within Turbo Browser. Just open this program, and click around on the
toolbar -- you'll see even more features, which you can mix and match to suit every
contingency.
I first saw Turbo Browser (when it was "97") about a year ago, just after I'd
bought what I thought was a whiz-bang file viewer/manager, and I nearly cried. I'd paid
the same money for something that ONLY viewed, and not even as expansively as Turbo
Browser. If you handle lots of varied-format files, this single program rolls up the
function of at least five separate ones. So the price is really quite right. See for
yourself with a fully functional 30-day trial. Ordering details can be obtained at the
product web site, including the pricing for German, French, and Japanese editions of this
product. Turbo Browser 98 can also be purchased in a price-reduced package with Turbo ZIP,
at a total of $79.95. (Turbo ZIP sells individually $39.95 and is listed under a separate
product review.) Registered users receive email support, plus there's lots of information
at the product web site -- and Turbo Browser 98 includes a comprehensive help file.
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